RONALD M. CERVERO is professor in the Department of Adult Education at the University of Georgia. He is coauthor of Planning Responsibly for Adult Education (Jossey-Bass, 1994) and author of numerous articles on the politics of adult education, program planning, and continuing education for the professions.

ARTHUR L. WILSON is associate professor in the Department of Education at Cornell University. He is coauthor of Planning Responsibly for Adult Education (Jossey-Bass, 1994) and coeditor of the Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education (Jossey-Bass, 2000) and Adult Education Quarterly.