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Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center, Rantoul. – 1993
A study examined basic skills programs at 21 Illinois companies. Most of the top managers interviewed recognized the basic skills training needs of their work forces; however, only 14 of the companies actually offered workplace basic skills programs. Three major motivating factors were identified as catalysts for beginning a program: a drive for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Corporate Education
Illinois State Univ., Normal. – 1984
This publication is a compilation of papers presented at the "Presidents' Conference on Excellence in Illinois Education." These conference proceedings outline the complex and difficult nature of the educational problems facing the state of Illinois and the nation as a whole. These papers, by presidents of universities in Illinois,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Basic Skills, College School Cooperation, Education Courses
Download full textWentling, Tim L.; Barnard, Wynette S. – 1984
A study examined the views of various members of the school and business communities toward what the focus of vocational education programs in Illinois actually is and what it should be. A questionnaire dealing with six factors currently stressed in vocational educational programs and five factors that should possibly be stressed was mailed to the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basic Skills, Content Analysis, Counselor Attitudes
