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Download full textLund, Leonard; McGuire, E. Patrick – 1990
Up to 10 percent of U.S. workers are either functionally illiterate or marginally literate. These workers increase the operational costs of their employers and restrain companies' flexibility. The high school graduates of the 1990s will exacerbate the problem by entering the work force with marginal literacy skills. A survey of 1,600 manufacturing…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Business Responsibility, Community Education
