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Stephens, Marguerite – 1994
A collaborative project involved Collins and Aikman, Inc., Pitt Community College, and the U.S. Department of Education in an effort to improve the literacy level of the company's work force in order to increase productivity. A pretest of about 400 of the company's 513 workers in 1 division uncovered educational needs in reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Needs
Coffey, Pat; And Others – 1989
Literacy Foundation Memphis, Memphis City Schools Adult Education, and Kimberly Clark engaged in a cooperative venture to implement an intensive industry skills enhancement program for employees of Kimberly Clark. The effort continued to develop, refine, and expand the industry immersion model located on site, with 80 hours of instruction…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Course Content
Clymer-Spradling, Carol – 1993
A workplace literacy program for garment workers is described and evaluated. The program, a partnership between El Paso Community College (Texas) and Levi Strauss & Company, consisted of a three-level, job-specific, video-based curriculum for limited-English-speaking employees implemented at seven plants in El Paso. The 18-month model…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Fashion Industry, Inplant Programs, Independent Study
Roane State Community Coll., Harriman, TN. – 1994
This document provides a rationale for a company to install a workplace skills program and suggestions for finding help in implementing such a program. Topics covered include the following: (1) changing literacy standards; (2) the changing work force and high performance workplaces; (3) cost of hiring new employees versus training current…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Dilcher, Ann Katherine – 1993
In spring 1992, the Southport Institute for Policy Analysis conducted a study of the role that community colleges play as providers of workplace education (WPE) programs, i.e., programs established for, or in cooperation with, a private sector company to help employees obtain a General Equivalency Degree (GED) or upgrade their basic skills. A…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs
Hellman, Linda – 1992
Pima County Adult Education's Workplace Education Project provided workplace education classes at 8 worksites to 322 workers. The worksites included Hughes Aircraft Company; AiResearch Tucson Division; Burr-Brown Corporation; Westward Look Hotel; Tucson Medical Center; Radisson Suite Hotel; Manufacturing & Research, Inc.; and University of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Napa Valley Unified School District, Napa, CA. – 1994
This report is an evaluation of an adult workplace literacy and English-as-a-Second-Language program for Napa Valley (California) vineyard workers of limited English proficiency. Many of the classes were held at the worksite. The first section of the report details the project's stated objectives and measures of accomplishment, anecdotal success…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Health Services, Inplant Programs
Merlin, Shirley B. – 1993
This document contains the performance report, external evaluation, and curricula for the Career Enhancement Program, a workplace literacy partnership conducted by James Madison University and Massanutten Technical Center for five companies in Virginia. The performance report describes how the project delivered individualized workplace literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
California Human Development Corp. – 1990
A project was conducted to coordinate and facilitate the delivery of workplace literacy programs in business and industry in Idaho. The project began with an audioconference, followed by a 3-day workshop in December 1988 for new workplace literacy coordinators and coordinators from postsecondary education and the state Department of Employment.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs