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Download full textClasby, Miriam – 1997
The Casco Bay (Maine) Partnership for Workplace Education was a federally funded workplace literacy program that provided customized basic skills education at seven business sites in the Portland area. The partnership served more than 2,000 employees from 1993-96. Program characteristics included the following: ongoing and self-directed learning;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Education Work Relationship, Institutional Cooperation
Auspos, Patricia; And Others – 1988
Training Opportunities in the Private Sector (TOPS) was a small-scale, voluntary program operated as one among many employment-related options available to recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children in Maine's Work Incentive (WIN) Program. TOPS was distinguished from Maine's other WIN demonstration activities by three program elements.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Incentives
University of Southern Maine, Gorham. – 1998
The Casco Bay Partnership includes the University of Southern Maine (USM) and seven businesses in greater Portland, Maine, that range from large multinational corporations to small, family-owned businesses. During a 3-year project funded by a National Workplace Literacy Program grant, the partnership designed and delivered workplace basic skills…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy
