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Selkirk, Betty; Wiggins, Sondra – 1998
A project was conducted to prepare unemployed or underemployed adults to enter the work force by continuing and expanding an adult education and career enhancement program that embraces the National Education Goals and contains all the elements of a school-to-work model. Staff were recruited and trained, a curriculum integrating work-based and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources, Employment Potential
Taylor, Valorie – 1999
The majority of employment and training programs are designed as one-size-fits-all, leaving approximately 85 percent of participants unsatisfied, unmotivated, or forced back into a job with no chance of advancement. In targeting a clientele of single parents and dislocated workers, an action research project, called Chance to Advance, conducted in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students