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Download full textWyoming Community College Commission, 2005
Wyoming's colleges offer much more than academic and occupational technical degrees and certificates. In 2000, 27,703 Wyoming citizens, age 25 years and older, did not have a high school diploma. For this 12.14% of Wyoming's population, the Adult Basic Education (ABE) program at each of the colleges is designed to equip these adults with the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Strategic Planning, Educational Opportunities, Community Colleges
Strawn, Julie – National Commission on Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2007
This Policy Brief is intended to help the National Commission on Adult Literacy consider state and federal policy strategies that hold promise for increasing the number of lower-skilled adults, including those with limited English skills, who earn postsecondary credentials that can open the door to family-supporting jobs and careers. It examines…
Descriptors: Credentials, Postsecondary Education, Demand Occupations, Numeracy
Mulry, Laura J., Ed. – New Mexico Higher Education Department, 2007
The annual report on the State of Higher Education in New Mexico has been enhanced to include more analysis as well as data. Compared to previous years, higher education in New Mexico is educating more New Mexicans and a broader spectrum of New Mexicans than ever before. Of particular importance given the mission to educate all of the citizens of…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges, Technical Education, State Legislation
Speights, Dave – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 2001
From the perspective of the field of adult literacy, the year 1999 is best seen not as the penultimate year of the millennium but as the year bookended by the reauthorization of the National Literacy Act in late 1998 and the National Literacy Summit of early 2000. Both of those events represent a huge milestone, and 1999 may be regarded as the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Program Effectiveness, Family Literacy
Alderman, L. R. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
For the purpose of this report, adult education is assumed to have the following characteristics: (1) It is carried on voluntarily and during the leisure time of a mature individual; and (2) The study is seriously undertaken and is pursued under guidance. During the past biennium there has been much activity in the field of adult education. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Opportunities, Adult Education
