This report of the proceedings of the Third Annual Lifelong Learning Research Conference held at the University of Maryland, February 6-7, 1981, contains abstracts of forty-eight papers, three symposium papers, and the plenary address. The conference focus was on nonformal adult education. Papers deal with environmental/leisure education issues, adult/continuing education concerns, community development, international education, volunteerism, adult basic education, and research methodology. Representative titles include The Mandatory Continuing Education Debate: The Perceptions of Maryland Dentists, Lifelong Learning as a Worldwide Movement Reflecting and Contributing to Social Transformation, An Analysis of Policy Initiatives in Lifelong Learning, Phenomenological Perspectives in Adult Continuing Education: Implications for Research and Practice, Comparison of Adult Student Characteristics in States Participating in a Distance Learning Program, A Typology of Patterns of Formal Organization of University Continuing Education, Wisconsin's External High School Diploma Program Evaluation Project, Popular Education in France: Another Perspective on Lifelong Learning, The Learning Contract in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, The Untapped Resource: Disabled Persons as Volunteers, University Extension in Multicampus Systems: A Study of System Level Influence on Campus Decentralization, An Innovative Education Modality--The Satellite System, Council Effectiveness Training: A Training Program for Citizen Advisory Councils. (YLB)