It does this by:
	providing a forum for professional educators to share resources and information about alternative degree programs on a national and international level.
	stimulating practitioner research, thereby contributing to the integration of theory and practice, and to the improved quality of our efforts.
	serving as a vehicle for cooperative consultation and collaboration among professionals in the field.
	integrating the interests and concerns from a variety of areas within adult higher education including distance, international and liberal education.
	promoting the rights of adult students.
	influencing institutional and public policies concerning the principles of quality practice applied to adult education.
	promoting cultural diversity and multicultural perspectives, and maintaining that commitment through the incorporation of such perspectives into the policies, procedures, and practices of alternative degree programs for adults.

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