With the continuous decline on students' enrollment in adult and vocational education in Niger Delta region, this study sets to analyse the effect of militancy activities and its impact on educational development. It adopted the ex post facto type of the descriptive research. The sample of 347 students was used to respond to the data collecting…

In 2000, federally funded public adult education programs provided basic skills training and English language instruction to over 2.6 million students, or about 1.5% of the U.S. adult population. By 2021, enrollment had plummeted to under 900,000, or less than 0.4% of adults. What explains these declines? This policy brief describes the evolution…

Applying to college and securing financial aid are complex processes that can be barriers to college enrollment, particularly for individuals not entering directly after high school. These adults can seek out support from various organizations, including the U.S. Department of Education-funded Educational Opportunity Centers (EOCs), which operate…

This appendix is a supplement to the report "Possible Ways of Increasing College Access Among Adults from Underserved Backgrounds: A Study of College Transition Text-Based Messaging." It provides additional information about the study of Text Ed--the messaging strategy evaluated for its ability to increase college enrollment and Free…

Although high school completion rates have slowly increased over the past several decades, nearly 30 million adults today still lack a high school credential and, as a result, face a significant barrier to both higher education and employment opportunities. Policymakers and practitioners in the adult education field are searching for ways to…

The Australian education and training system offers a range of options for young people. This publication provides a summary of the statistics relating to young people aged 15 to 19 years who participated in an education and training activity during 2014. Information on participation is presented for school students, VET in Schools students,…

Two core adult education outcomes for advanced adult learners in U.S. states under the National Reporting System are learning gains in adult secondary education and entry into postsecondary education (PSE). Advanced learner outcomes are associated with key functions in an adult education programming framework, as well as with adequate…

A number of recent policy reports have suggested that Canadian universities and community colleges should play a more significant role in response to the adult education and training needs of Canada's workforce. This article discusses the results of a study that examined investment trends and the characteristics of non-formal adult learner…

In this paper I report on a research project designed to address the question of how the policy of continuous enrolment has been working in practice in the AMEP (Adult Migrant English Program), the national English language program offered to newly-arrived migrants to Australia. Managers, teachers and learners from around Australia were…

Results of the 1991 national survey of enrollment of limited-English-proficient (LEP) elementary, secondary, and adult students are reported. The survey elicited data from all chief state school officers in March and May of 1991. The first section consists of a narrative summary of the report's findings. The larger second section contains two sets…

At the close of the spring 1997 term, Florida's Pensacola Junior College (PJC) undertook an analysis of enrollment to determine trends from the previous spring term. Results of the analysis included the following: (1) PJC ended spring 1997 with 2,648 unadjusted fundable full-time equivalent (FFTE) students, a drop of 8%, or 231 FFTE, from spring…

At the close of the 1996-97 academic year, Florida's Pensacola Junior College (PJC) undertook an analysis of enrollment to determine trends from the previous academic year. Results of the analysis included the following: (1) PJC ended the year with 6,644 fundable full-time equivalent (FFTE) students, a drop of 6.6%, or 470.5 FFTE, from 1995-96;…

At the close of the first summer term of 1997, Florida's Pensacola Junior College (PJC) undertook an analysis of enrollment to determine trends from the previous summer. Results of the analysis included the following: (1) PJC ended the term with 680 unadjusted fundable full-time equivalent (FFTE) students, a drop of 4% (n=-28) from the first…

The results of a national survey concerning the enrollment of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in elementary, secondary, adult basic, and adult secondary education are presented and summarized. Data are drawn from information provided by chief state school officers, federal agencies, and individual respondents to the survey. The study is…

The study reported here, the fourth of a series of studies on adult education in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, provides quantitative evidence about the magnitude and characteristics of adult education activity in nine OECD countries. The nine countries included are Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany,…