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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
Dean, Winston; And Others – 1992
In 1992, a study was conducted to determine whether Grossmont College (GC) was meeting its five stated goals of excellence, retention, access, transfer, and diversity. Data were gathered on: (1) student access, including a comparison of applicants and enrollees, the ethnicity of freshmen, participation in testing and orientation programs, English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Administrators
Download full textSpicer, Scot L.; Karpp, Edward R. – 1995
Outlining the demography of the students and community served by Glendale Community College (GCC), in California, as well as providing indicators of institutional effectiveness, this five-part report is designed to assist faculty, staff, and students understand the college's diversity operations. Section I provides a community profile, including…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Planning, Community Characteristics
Spicer, Scot L.; And Others – 1996
Outlining the demography of the students and community served by Glendale Community College (GCC), in California, as well as providing indicators of institutional effectiveness, this five-part report is designed to assist faculty, staff, and students understand the college's diverse operations. Section I provides a community profile, including…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Planning, Community Characteristics
Sherron, Ronald H. – 1986
A longitudinal study examined adult basic education (ABE) in Virginia between 1970 and 1985. (The first study was conducted in 1970, the second in 1978, and the third in 1985.) Data for the 1985 study were collected from survey instruments mailed to all state department ABE personnel, local ABE supervisors, learning center coordinators, and ABE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Counselor Characteristics, Curriculum Development, Demography
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
