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Download full textShapiro, Doug; Dundar, Afet; Ziskin, Mary; Yuan, Xin; Harrell, Autumn – National Student Clearinghouse, 2013
This "Signature Completions Extra" presents the six-year outcomes for the fall 2007 cohort, not including dual enrollment students. The data allows readers to compare the fall 2007 cohort results to the fall 2006 cohort results that were presented in November 2012 as part of "Signature Report 4," the National Student…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, College Students, College Graduates, Public Colleges
Hsu, Yung-chen – GED Testing Service, 2008
Health literacy is important for all adults. Because lower health literacy is associated with lower educational attainment, many adult basic and literacy education programs increasingly provide health education to low-literate adults to improve their health literacy. Using data from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), this study…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Dropouts, Literacy Education, Health Education
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2009
Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.) Section 49-7-2 (c) (7) requires the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to "submit a biennial report to the governor and the general assembly, commenting upon major developments, trends, new policies, budgets and financial considerations which in the judgment of the commission will be useful to the governor…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Colleges, Public Colleges, State Standards
Hsu, Yung-chen; George-Ezzelle, Carol E. – GED Testing Service, 2007
Many adult basic education programs use the Tests of General Educational Development (GED[R] Tests) to measure the skills and knowledge associated with a high school program of study as well as to assess the achievement gains of adult learners through participation in their programs. Using data from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy…
Descriptors: Credentials, Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Statistics on Education. – 1977
This publication presents statistics on educational attainment and illiteracy by country, age, sex, and other characteristics where available. Data are derived from censuses and surveys carried out since 1945, supplemented by a limited number of estimates. Most of the basic data is taken from the "Demographic Yearbook Population Census"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Aldridge, Fiona; Tuckett, Alan – 2002
Adult participation in learning in England and across the nations of the United Kingdom was examined in 2002, and the survey findings were compared to those of earlier surveys. Overall, 42% of the 4,896 people interviewed in the weighted sample survey of adults aged 17 and over reported having engaged in learning in the past 3 years. For the first…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences
Aldridge, Fiona; Tuckett, Alan – 2001
Adult participation in the United Kingdom in 2001 was examined through interviews with a weighted sample of 6,310 adults over age 17 across Great Britain with a boosted sample in Wales. The following were among the key findings: (1) for the first time in 20 years, there was a marked upswing in adults' participation in learning from the previous…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis
Tuckett, Alan; Sargant, Naomi – 1999
Adult participation in education in the United Kingdom in 1999 was examined in a survey during which a sample of 5,054 adults over the age of 17 (2,366 men and 2,688 women) throughout the United Kingdom were interviewed. The following were among the major findings: (1) 23% of adults enrolled in courses were taking computer courses; (2) the rate of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Age Differences
O'Connell, Philip J. – 1999
Data from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) were analyzed to compare the incidence and volume of continuing education (CE) and training among adults in the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The following were among the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Age Differences
