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Direct linkLearning and Work Institute, 2019
More than 5 million adults lack both functional literacy (below level 1) and numeracy (below entry level 3); an estimated 11.5 million adults do not have basic digital skills; and one in five adults do not have basic financial capabilities. Around 850,000 people have English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) needs. At the same time,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Peer reviewedWolf, Alison; Aspin, Liam; Waite, Edmund; Ananiadou, Katerina – Oxford Review of Education, 2010
Since the publication of the Moser Report in 1999, improving the basic skills of adults has been a major priority for all of the UK's governments. There has been a particular interest in building up workplace provision, because of the assumed relationship between the basic skills of the employed population and productivity. A longitudinal study…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Foreign Countries, Employer Attitudes, Corporate Education
Download full textCommunity College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
This annual newsletter contains updates on the latest CCRC research, new publications and details of upcoming presentations at major conferences. The feature article in this issue, "Addressing the Needs of Underprepared Students," by Thomas Bailey, summarizes the discussion found in the paper "Challenge and Opportunity: Rethinking…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Research, Remedial Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs
