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Noun Concept
Categories: Educational stages, Articles with short description, Adult education, long volume value
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adult education  Continuing studies  Adult Basic Education  Adult education center  Adult Education Centre
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A course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study WordNet 3.0
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A course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. Wikipedia
Any instruction or training, informal or formal, which is geared to persons of mature age, regardless of previous education, and typically offered by university extension programs, employers, correspondence courses or community groups. OmegaWiki