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Direct linkPhillips, DerNecia A. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The General Educational Development (GED) is a high school equivalency credential sought after by millions of Americans who do not hold a traditional high school diploma. This program evaluation offers insight to a local adult GED program as it seeks to increase the retention and GED completion rates of the students in their program. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Program Evaluation, Barriers
Download full textOffice of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2023
The objectives of this audit were to determine whether (1) Long Island Business Institute's (LIBI) career pathway programs met the program eligibility requirements set forth in section 484(d)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA); (2) students enrolled in LIBI's career pathway programs met the student eligibility requirements…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Audits (Verification), Compliance (Legal), Eligibility
Karen D. Seimears – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Texas consistently has one of the highest high school graduation percentages across the nation yet falls below the national average for adults passing high school equivalency tests (U.S. Census Bureau, 2017). In 2019, there were 300,401 adults in Tarrant County eligible for a high school credential. This opportunity for high school equivalency…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Adult Education, Adults, Attitudes
Joseph Cole – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In 2010, Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana opened its first Excel Center adult high schools aimed at assisting adults in obtaining a high school diploma and transitioning those adults into higher education, industry certifications, and the workforce completely tuition free. MERS Goodwill, the largest Missouri branch of Goodwill (excluding…
Descriptors: Adult Education, High Schools, Educational History, High School Graduates
Robin D. Benson Thompson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The American health care system is one of the most expensive in the world but has poorer health outcomes than other developed nations. Improving health outcomes cannot occur without addressing social determinants of health. Job training programs aimed at youth positively impact social determinants and one's ability to access the health care…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, High School Equivalency Programs, Allied Health Personnel, Mentors
Audas, Gary W., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This investigation focused on the disempowerment of adult literacy learners touched by traumatic events caused by an array of factors such as emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, neglect, homelessness, and poverty. The investigator will analyze "ged.com pretest" scores (pretest and posttest) for Cohen's d effect size in specific…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Trauma Informed Approach, High School Equivalency Programs, Adult Learning
