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Stanley, Pat – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
At a series of four "Issues That Matter" meetings held by the Education Department's Office of Vocational and Adult Education over the last academic year, nearly 80 college leaders gathered to discuss issues urgent to community colleges. All are familiar--the need to create career pathways, improve articulation and developmental education, and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Csepelyi, Tünde – CATESOL Journal, 2010
The focus of this article is on adult literacy in adult basic education (ABE) programs with special emphasis on English as a Second Language (ESL) students. The article intends to highlight several relevant points in ABE ESL literacy instruction. It focuses on (a) the nature of adult learning, (b) the structure of ABE programs, (c) who the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Literacy Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Harlow, Caroline Wolf; Jenkins, H. David; Steurer, Stephen – Journal of Correctional Education, 2010
The National Adult Literacy Survey, conducted by the U.S. Department of Education in 1992 and 2003, included federal and state prisoners. One finding of the 2003 survey was that prisoners with a GED scored higher in reading skills than persons in the general population with the equivalent education. In an attempt to explain that unexpected…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Academic Achievement, Computer Uses in Education
Lynne Chisholm Ed.; Abrar Hasan Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (NJ1), 2010
In the 21st century, the rapid pace and complexity of economic, technological and cultural changes require women and men to adapt and re-adapt throughout their lives--all the more so in the context of globalisation. In this era of the knowledge society--where production structure is shifting towards greater knowledge use and away from reliance on…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Learning
Taking Limited English Proficient Adults into Account in the Federal Adult Education Funding Formula
Capps, Randy; Fix, Michael; McHugh, Margie; Lin, Serena Yi-Ying – Migration Policy Institute, 2009
This new report by Migration Policy Institute's (MPI's) National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy examines the funding formula used to distribute Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title II federal funds for adult education, literacy, and English as a Second Language instruction. Though all adults with limited English proficiency (LEP) are…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Attainment, Adult Education, Limited English Speaking
Song, Wei; Hsu, Yung-chen – GED Testing Service, 2008
The General Educational Development (GED) Tests are widely used to certify a high school level of academic knowledge and skills. The popularity and profound influence of the GED Tests have elicited numerous studies on the outcomes of obtaining a GED credential. Most studies on labor market outcomes for GED credential recipients have targeted…
Descriptors: Credentials, High School Equivalency Programs, Adult Literacy, Outcomes of Education
Singh, Madhu, Ed.; Castro Mussot, Luz-Maria, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (NJ1), 2007
This publication contains the results of the conference "South-South Policy Dialogue on Quality Education for Adults and Young People" that took place in Mexico City in 2005. Articles were written by participants who presented their national programmes from the governmental perspective, which were reflected in the literacy policies, but…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Learning
Heuer, Barbara P. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2007
When an adult student from China says he learned English from listening to the radio or a literacy teacher mentions that she is reading a book recommended on "Oprah", they are illustrating how popular media are used for informal adult learning. This chapter examines some of the issues and implications surrounding how a sector of adult learners,…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Literacy, Popular Culture, Mass Media Effects
Steinberg, Jon, Ed. – Literacy Assistance Center, 2009
This newsletter, published five times a year, features articles on issues of concern to adult, family, and youth literacy practitioners, as well as recommended resources, announcements, and teaching strategies. (1) Creating a 21st Century Adult Literacy System (Martin C. Finsterbusch); (2) What Research Can Tell Us (Stephen Reder); (3) Skills the…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Adult Literacy, Teaching Methods, Literacy Education
Chisman, Forrest P. – Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2009
The publication is based on the "Adult Readiness Roundtable" Project co-sponsored by CAAL and the National Center on Education and the Economy on April 6-7, 2009. It is not a transcript of the Roundtable discussion; instead it reports on a two-day discussion meeting among a group of exemplary adult-education-for-work programs from around the…
Descriptors: State Action, Adult Education, Educational Change, Public Policy
Balatti, Jo; Black, Stephen; Falk, Ian – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This Support Document reports in detail on two of three components of the methodology. The first part of this document features the literature review, focusing in particular on the three areas of health literacy, financial literacy and literacy in the justice sector. It also includes a background section on policy. The second part of the Support…
Descriptors: Models, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Social Capital
Hanemann, Ulrike – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (NJ1), 2009
When it became clear that existing literacy efforts would not be enough to enable some countries to reach Education for All (EFA) Goal 4 (a 50 percent improvement in levels of adult literacy), UNESCO launched the Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE, 2006-2015). 35 countries with literacy rates below 50 percent and/or a population of more…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Adult Literacy, Private Sector, Capacity Building
Prins, Esther; Schafft, Kai A. – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Educational researchers have long sought to understand the factors that enable or constrain persistence in non-formal family literacy and adult education programs. Scholars typically posit three sets of factors influencing persistence: situational (learners' life circumstances), institutional (programmatic factors), and…
Descriptors: Poverty, Persistence, Economically Disadvantaged, Adult Education
Sharma, Anita – Online Submission, 2011
This review of literature on South Asian nomads is part of a series of monographs on educational access published by the Consortium for Research on Educational Access Transitions and Equity (CREATE). In the context of India, most recent work has focused on access to the education system for the poor. CREATE research in India has focused on …
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Needs, Research Methodology, Nongovernmental Organizations
Warschauer, Mark; Liaw, Meei-Ling – National Institute for Literacy, 2010
Although information and communication technologies have become an integral part of life in the United States, they have not yet been adequately integrated into adult language and literacy programs. This raises concerns because of the potential value of technology for enhancing learning and because of the vital role of technological proficiency as…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Adult Literacy