ABSTRACT
A STUDY of the age distribution of students in classes and courses for the liberal education of adults raises other important questions. A large proportion of the students are not only middle-aged, but also come to adult studies after a long interval since they left school at age 14 or even earlier, and their vocational experience in many cases has provided little preparation for the intellectual tasks in which they are to engage. It may well be asked whether, after a certain age, adult education is worth while, whether the effort of learning is justified in terms of the results achieved.
