Emily Hollowell- Adult Education in the 1980s
History of Adult Education in the 1980s Emily Hollowell Ball State University History of Adult Education in the 1980s Your name Commented On Emily Hollowell Herman Jones Introduction Adult Education has evolved into many shapes and forms over the years and it always seemed to differ based on the events happening in the world at that time. It’s so interesting to look back at big historic moments in our past and see how it influenced adult education. For this paper I will be focusing on the 1980s era, where historic events from these times impacted what people wanted to learn and what was available to learn. As we all know going into this decade there were many educational influences from the 1970s. Major world events like the Vietnam War had a major impact on immigration to the United States. In an article from the early 1980s, Duke Austin from INS was interviewed. In this interview he said “It looks like the numbers will reach 8.5 million and perhaps even go over the 9 mil...