THE EXETER PAPERS, REPORT OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ADULT EDUCATION.

A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK IS PRESENTED AND IS APPLIED TO NATIONAL REPORTS ON ADULT EDUCATION IN FIVE COUNTRIES. THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS FEATURE COMPONENTS OF THE FRAMEWORK AND DETAILED DATA ON THE TOTAL EDUCATIONAL SCENE IN CANADA, HONG KONG, INDIA, ISRAEL, SUDAN, THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, PUERTO RICO, AND YUGOSLAVIA. CHAPTER 3 THROUGH 7 PRESENT NATIONAL REPORTS FROM HONG KONG, INDIA, ISRAEL, UNITED KINGDOM, AND YUGOSLAVIA. CHAPTER 8 REPORTS BRIEFLY ON IMPORTANT THEMES AND APPARENT AREAS OF AGREEMENT, INCLUDING PROBLEMS OF PROGRAM STATUS, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, FINANCING, AND THE PLANNING OF CROSS CULTURAL AND COMPARATIVE RESEARCH. AMONG THE AREAS PROPOSED IN THE LAST CHAPTER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION ARE TRAINING AND RESEARCH, TAXONOMY AND TERMINOLOGY, CULTURALLY RELATED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, AND THE IMPACT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC PATTERNS ON THE NATURE AND ORGANIZATION OF SYSTEMS OF ADULT EDUCATION. THE DOCUMENT INCLUDES 29 TABLES AND CHARTS AND 84 REFERENCES. (LY)