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Kim, Jeounghee; Belzer, Alisa – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2021
Amidst diminishing federal investment in Adult Basic Education (ABE), there is growing interest in return on investment (ROI) as an economic rationale to support ABE funding. Against this backdrop, we provide an overview of the ROI concept and methods and the empirical evidence on ABE program impacts to broaden the discourse among practitioners…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Adult Basic Education, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
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Belzer, Alisa – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2009
In this paper, I report on the work of a practitioner inquiry group that went awry when the sponsor refused to publish and disseminate the participants' final reports, stating that they were of poor quality and did not contribute to the knowledge base. I, the facilitator of the group, disagreed strongly with her. I suggest that the difference…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Inquiry, Evaluation Methods, Stakeholders