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Pennsylvania State Univ., Middletown. Capitol Campus. – 1993
A study examined the acceptability of distance education as a means of staff development for literacy and adult basic education (ABE) providers in rural Pennsylvania and the perceived need and available resources for such a program. The major project activities were a review of the literature on literacy staff development by distance education in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Needs
Creech, Joseph D. – 1999
The percentage of adults with high school diplomas is higher today than 10 years ago in every Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) state, but most SREB states will not reach the goal of 90 percent of all adults with high school diplomas or equivalent by 2000. The change is the result of state and local efforts to identify and attract more…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Opportunities, English (Second Language)
Carr, Neil – 1980
This report contains tables and a narrative summary of significant findings from a study of participants in the adult education literacy program operated in the state of New York for the year 1979-80. Charts and tables provide data on nineteen aspects of the program. These are annual program goals, student demographic composite, unemployed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Enrollment
Deschamp, Philip – 1995
A survey of 150 schools in Western Australia asked principals, teachers, and parents about the extent to which the First Steps program literacy component was operating in their schools and their perceptions of the results of the implementation. The First Steps program is designed to support the development of literacy and numeracy among…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students
Australian Dept. of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Canberra. – 1996
This volume contains all statistical data from a research project that determined the impact of workplace language and literacy inclusive training (LLIT) on key aspects of the workplace in regard to the whole process of workplace change. The document presents the principal data on which the findings and recommendations are based. A general…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Central Piedmont Community Coll., Charlotte, NC. Dept. of Planning and Research. – 1994
Based on the critical success measures used by Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC), In North Carolina, this report provides longitudinal data on student and institutional outcomes for 1988-89 to 1992-93. The first section focuses on student success, providing tables on numbers of returning students; progress of literacy students; numbers of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Outcomes Assessment, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Kegan, Robert; Broderick, Maria; Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Helsing, Deborah; Popp, Nancy; Portnow, Kathryn – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2001
How do ABE/ESOL (Adult Basic Education/English for Speakers of Other Languages) programs shape adult learners, and how do adult learners, in turn, shape their programs? Beyond the acquisition of important skills (such as greater fluency in the English language) what are the bigger internal meanings for adults of participating in ABE/ESOL…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students