These proceedings contain 15 papers presented at a conference that included three general sessions and concurrent sessions for task forces on international adult education, computers, research, instructional improvement, self-directed learning, human resources development, and theory building. Some papers appear only as summarized versions. Titles and authors are as follows: "Emergence of Human Resource Development: Threat of Challenge to the Profession" (Nadler); "A Twenty-Five Year Retrospective Look at Self-Directed Learning" (Houle); "Putting Self-Directed Learning into Practice" (Knowles); "Self-Directed Adult Learning: A Critical Paradigm Revisited" (Caffarella, O'Donnell); "Philosophical Foundations of Research Design" (McElhinney); "Use and Applications of Computers and New Technologies" (Lewis, Oaklief); "Streamlining Academic Advising" (Oaklief); "Demystification of Computers: Courseware Evaluation" (Weiner); "Computer-Assisted Instruction" (Askov); "Record-Keeping: Spreadsheets and Data Bases" (Whinfield); "Networking/Telecommunications" (Sork); "International Adult Education Task Force: Reports and Reflections on International Conferences"; "An American in Paris--UNESCO 1985" (Niemi); "Building a New Organization across Cultures" (Marsick); and "The United Nations Women's Decade Conference and the NGO (Nongovernmental Organizations) Forum '85, Nairobi, Kenya" (Cassara). (YLB)