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Download full textCausey, Oscar S., Ed. – 1955
This volume contains selections from the first, second, and third yearbooks of the Southwest Reading Conference for Colleges and Universities. Articles discuss various aspects of college reading programs, including program establishment and administration, recent research on college reading, student reaction, vocabulary development, evaluation of…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Counseling Services, Higher Education
Dawood, Rosemary – 1993
The Adult New Reader Collection-Model Project proposed to serve five targeted groups by providing literacy, language development, and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) materials. The five groups included: literacy tutors; students identified by the staff and matched to their trained tutors; adult library users not connected to a literacy program…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, English (Second Language), Library Material Selection
Causey, Oscar S., Ed.; Eller, William, Ed. – 1959
This issue of the yearbook contains twenty papers that were presented and discussed at the eighth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference. Papers in part one relate to the various problems involved in starting college reading programs, including the administration of the program, selection and motivation of students, objectives,…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
Mangum, Garth L. – 1983
Despite the fact that, of all the 50 states, Utah has the highest percentage of state and local government expenditures for education and the highest proportion of adults who have graduated from high school, one out of every five adults in Utah lacks basic literacy skills. At present, the following adult literacy programs offer instruction in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
University of the Western Cape, Bellville (South Africa). Centre for Adult and Continuing Education. – 1995
This report traces the development and major accomplishments of the Centre for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE) at South Africa's University of the Western Cape (UWC) since its establishment in 1985. Presented in the introductory section are the CACE's aims and lists of its 1994 staff and 1994 advisory council members. CACE milestones for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Harris, Joan E. – 1984
In response to the increasing number of constraints affecting adult education, South Carolina has designed an approach to adult literacy that makes efficient use of limited resources. The program, which has been designed so that it can be adapted to conditions prevalent in local communities, centers around the development of political, social, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Support
Werner, Evelyn C., Comp.; Harmon, Cheryl M., Comp. – 1997
This document presents abstracts for 30 projects that were conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1995-1996 with federal funds allotted to strengthen adult basic and literacy education through experimentation with new methods, programs, and techniques and professional development for personnel working in adult basic education programs. Among the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
