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Download full textCarbone, Gilbert J. – 1987
A $100,000 appropriation for fiscal year 1986 directed the Washington State Board for Community College Education and the state's Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a pilot program for coordinating the efforts of volunteer literacy tutors. The 12 projects funded by the program recruited and trained 1,473 volunteer tutors and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Community Colleges
Hirsch, Linda – 1988
Focusing on English as a second language (ESL) students' cognitive difficulties in content courses, a study evaluated the Retention Exemplary Model Project for 1986-87 of Hostos Community College of the City University of New York. The project's goal was to help advanced and post-ESL students acquire the language and cognitive skills required to…
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Milwaukee Area Technical Coll., WI. – 1994
Instructors from two campuses of Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) in Wisconsin were asked to judge the effectiveness of two integrated learning systems (ILS): the Computer Systems Resource (CSR) and Foundations for Success (FFS) systems, both of which are designed to provide adult learners with remedial instruction in reading, writing, and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Courseware, Educational Media, Instructional Material Evaluation
