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Ends or Means: An Overview of the History of the Adult Education Act. Information Series No. 346.
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Rose, Amy D. – 1991
An examination of the effects of the Adult Education Act (AEA) 25 years after its passage reveals the growth of the adult basic education (ABE) enterprise in the United States. The AEA provides funding to states to develop and maintain adult basic education programming. Because ABE was recognized as a means of improving the economic status of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational History, Educational Legislation