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Alamprese, Judith A.; And Others – 1992
State and local program efforts for delivering coordinated services in adult education were investigated. This report presents findings from phase 2 of a two-phase study of federal funding sources and services for adult education. Site visits were made to five states during 1989-1991 to examine the coordination activities that were carried out…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies
Sticht, Thomas G. – 1994
The San Diego Consortium for Workforce Education and Lifelong Learning (CWELL) has as its mission the improvement of education and training of out-of-school youth and adults, especially those who do not plan to go to college. It provides a working model of how the California State University and California Community College systems can work…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges, Educational Research
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1976
This document represents the completion of the first phase of a study of adult and continuing education in California. The current method of funding community colleges in general, and adult/continuing education programs offered by community colleges and school districts specifically, are examined, their shortcomings noted, and alternatives to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Average Daily Attendance, Community Colleges
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1975
Adult basic education programs in California, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia were reviewed to assess the progress made by the programs in reducing illiteracy. The programs' management was also evaluated. It was found that although some positive achievements have been made, the program successfully reaches only a small fraction of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Agee, Janice Lowen – 1987
This annual report describes some of the major activities currently under way across California to implement educational reforms. The achievements described focus on raising standards in California schools, providing technical support to school districts, and charting progress at the local level through a statewide accountability program. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Programs, Annual Reports, Bilingual Education Programs
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report on the current status of state advisory councils on adult education contains data concerning the 1975 and 1980 status of state councils in the 50 states. It consists of an introduction, four sections, and an appendix. Provided in the introduction are some conclusions of a 1975 survey on state advisory councils on adult education as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Comparative Analysis
Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System, San Diego, CA. – 1992
California providers of instructional services under Section 321 of the Adult Education Act collected learner data in Fall 1991. From the total population of 130,000 adult basic education (ABE) learners, a sample of local agencies and all state agencies collected demographic and pre/posttest data for 87,934 adult learners in programs of ABE and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
American Univ., Washington, DC. Adult Learning Potential Inst. – 1980
This document on involvement by states and higher education in adult learning is one in a series of four developed to provide a comprehensive overview of the scope of training practices relating to adult learning. It consists of two sections, each summarizing the results of extensive surveys pertaining to training programs for special adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Bugarin, Alicia – 1996
This report examines the services, funding, clientele, and program outcomes of each of California's job training programs. The first part of the report consists of tables detailing the following: the sources of the $4.178 billion dollars spent on California's job training programs in fiscal year 1995-96 and the $3.764 billion spent on the same…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Budgets, Correctional Education, Delivery Systems