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Download full textPickard, Amy – Adult Literacy Education, 2022
This essay describes the decline in the number of participants enrolled in federally-funded adult basic education (ABE), adult secondary education (ASE), and adult English Language (EL) programs. Enrollment data since 1965 indicate a steep and consistent downward trend in the number of adults enrolling in these programs since the 1990s.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Basic Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Lee, John Michael, Jr.; Rawls, Anita – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2010
When the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education (subsequently referred to as the commission) convened in the fall of 2008, the educational landscape included a number of issues that the commission's members recognized as formidable challenges to those students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. The Commission's…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Attainment, Educational Change
College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2011
State public policy has been an important tool for improving the educational preparation and opportunity for many communities. However, without concerted statewide efforts it will continue to be difficult to substantially expand opportunities to accelerate higher education attainment and workforce preparation. Over the next 15 years, the states…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Public Policy, State Surveys
Okes, Imogene E. – 1976
Based on the first survey of adult education in the public school system to be conducted by the U.S. Office of Education since 1958, the findings reported here show that adult education is growing faster than any other level of education and that there are more students in public adult education (defined here to include elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, 2006
The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) has statutory responsibility for developing a six-year strategic plan for higher education in cooperation with the state's colleges and universities, policy makers, and other key constituencies. This master plan aims to coordinate the efforts of the various institutions of higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Planning, Strategic Planning, Educational Objectives
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
This report contains statistics from 382 schools engaged in the business of preparing teachers. Of this number, 80 are teachers colleges, 110 are State normal schools, 63 are private normal schools, 34 are city normal schools, and 95 are county normal schools. Although only 11 more schools are included in this report than were included in 1920, a…
Descriptors: Enrollment Rate, Schools of Education, Statistical Surveys, College Students
