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Work Force Education or Literacy Development: Which Road Should Adult Education Take? ERIC Digest No. 193.
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Imel, Susan – 1998
The increasing emphasis on work force development as a policy goal is bringing to the forefront a continuing debate over which of two roads--work force education or literacy development--the field of adult education should take. The recent shift in the welfare reform policy from emphasis on investing in basic and job skills to emphasis on quick…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment, Educational Needs