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Download full textBrock, Thomas, Ed.; Slater, Doug, Ed. – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the highest unemployment that the U.S. has seen since the Great Depression, with particularly heavy job losses for Black, Hispanic, and Native American workers. In this set of studies commissioned by Lumina Foundation, the authors examine actions that states and community colleges can take to address the needs of…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges, Academic Degrees, Adult Education
Direct linkCrowe, Meagan – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2019
This report examines how technology and automation are changing the job market -- and what states can do to prepare adults for the new workplace. It analyzes shifts from low- to middle-skills jobs, details current education levels, and offers recommendations for retooling adult education programs.
Descriptors: Information Technology, Automation, Labor Market, Job Skills
Peer reviewedMadrigal-Hopes, Diana L.; Villavicencio, Edna; Foote, Martha M.; Green, Chris – Adult Learning, 2014
This qualitative study examined the impact of a six-step framework for work-specific vocabulary instruction in adult English language learners (ELLs). Guided by research in English as a second language (ESL) methodology and the transactional theory, the researchers sought to unveil how these processes supported the acquisition and application of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English Language Learners, Career Readiness, Adult Education
Lyman, Barbara G. – State of Reading, 1996
Presents a broad overview of issues related to adult-literacy education policy, focusing on Texas. Looks at the nature and extent of the need for adult-literacy development in Texas; funding, access and equity for populations needing services; quality of the adult-literacy workforce; promising new directions; and implications for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Equity (Finance)
Lyon, Robert – 1973
The paper was prepared for continuing education directors in Texas who requested additional information concerning their real estate offerings. Real estate course offerings in three States (Texas, Colorado, and California) are compared and differences and similarities among the program are assessed. A format for a certificate program in Texas is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Certification, Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning
Rooze, Gene E. – 1984
A study examined the skills required of human resource development (HRD) specialists in western Texas. To gather data for the study, the researcher administered a survey instrument to 66 employers from the western Texas region who were identified as employing 200 or more persons. Of these individuals, 28 returned usable responses. Based on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Competence, Educational Needs
Lusky, Richard A.; And Others – 1995
This learning module is one of three training modules that were developed for members of the Texas Gerontological Consortium for Continuing Education to use in preparing case managers working in human service professions coordinating community-based programs for frail elderly Texans. Module I deals with the following topics: foundations of case…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Behavioral Objectives, Caseworker Approach
