This manual provides the policies and procedures for an individualized diploma program that offers adults an alternative approach toward earning a high school diploma. It presents information on time and location, eligibility, diploma requirements, admission to the program (student intake), resources, and a flowchart showing pathways to a diploma.…

This document is the first nationwide compilation of successful recruiting techniques for students in adult basic education, literacy, General Educational Development classes, and adult high school degree programs. Information for the publication was gathered from a literature search and other sources, especially "Reaching the Least Educated," a…

The purpose of this Massachusetts Department of Education document is to create an awareness of, and to provide information about, adult high school credentialing programs based upon assessment of skills, which augment existing ways to earn a high school diploma. It is intended for staffs of adult learning centers, adult education programs, CETA…

This document consists of the first six issues (year 1) of a bilingual newsletter (English and Spanish) that provides information about available programs and services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in New York State. The goal is to help migrant farmworkers achieve self-sufficiency and obtain permanent employment through job training…

Designed to provide mature adults in an urban setting with an alternative to the high school diploma, the External High School Diploma Program of the District of Columbia is a systematic assessment of an individual's demonstrated competencies in the four generalized life skills areas of health, social/political, consumer/producer, and career…

A model program based on three demonstration projects of the Appalachian Women's Employment Information Project plus one Women's Bureau funded project for rural women in Mississippi provides a guide to the development or expansion of training and employment services for rural women. The model program is designed to help economically disadvantaged…

Serving Native American adults of Thurston and Pierce communities, the Adult Education Program individualizes instruction and makes full use of tribal community resources to improve educational level and employment opportunities. Major program goals are to increase high school equivalency completion rates, to enhance ability of identified extreme…

Family support programs have been attracting increased attention, and are at the center of efforts to build systems of integrated, comprehensive, and preventive family-focused services. This handbook, developed by the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP), profiles 73 school-affiliated family support and education programs in the United States to…