Proceedings of this April, 1968, seminar at the Kellogg Center for Continuing Education, Michigan State University, underline the conviction that the final decades of the twentieth century will make almost impossible demands on the wisdom, skill, and vision of educators and leaders in continuing education. Seminar papers discuss potential socioeconomic trends and influences in America, the problem of assessing the basic nature of contemporary change, the challenge of renewing and rejuvenating democratic institutions, issues of consequence (inequality, the nature of education, the role of university extension, and others) in society and in continuing education, and the ultimate goals of education in the twenty-first century. Two special presentations describe the Oakland Plan (Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan) for alumni education, and elements of an interinstitutional educational project launched by the Negro College Committee on Adult Education. (ly)