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Sperazi, Laura; DePascale, Charles A. – 1997
The Massachusetts Workplace Literacy Consortium sought to upgrade work-related literacy skills at 22 partner sites in the state. Members included manufacturers, health care organizations, educational institutions, and labor unions. In its third year, the consortium served 1,179 workers with classes in English for speakers of other languages, adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consortia, Partnerships in Education, Program Effectiveness
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. REEP, Arlington Education and Employment Program. – 1994
The Arlington (Virginia) Adult Learning System (AALS), a program designed to link resources and enhance services of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) providers, is described. The AALS is a consortium in which an adult education provider (the public school system) coordinates efforts of its own organization with a community-based organization, a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Organizations, Consortia
Bloom, Barbara A. – 1977
The Regional Continuing Education for Women Program (RCEWP), involving Temple University and four community colleges in the Philadelphia area, resulted in the establishment of programs and services at the community colleges to assist adults, particularly women, who are returning to college. It also meant the establishment of a model…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Students, Assertiveness
Anderson, Clinton L. – 1997
This book traces the history of the Servicemembers Opportunity College (SOC) program, which allows military personnel to obtain civilian education at more that 1,000 designated community colleges, technical institutes, and four-year institutions nationwide. Among the topics discussed in this history of the SOC program's development as the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Consortia
Julian, Augusta A. – 1982
A project provided information to North Carolina community college users on telecommunication instruction and assisted officials at those community colleges, technical colleges, and technical institutes that were interested in offering broadcast television, cable television, or radio courses. A research survey of telecourse students examined…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Broadcast Television, Cable Television
Anderson, Clinton L.; Kime, Steve F. – 1996
The U.S. military has made numerous important contributions to the development of adult and continuing education. As in civilian adult education, military innovations in education have consistently used workplace learning. The educational benefits produced by the GI Bill democratized education by exploding the myth that "common" people…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Articulation (Education), Competency Based Education