ERIC Number: EJ860741
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 4
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Encouraging GED Students Write Now!: The Studio as Bridge
Cotugno, Marianne
Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, v3 n3 p171-174 Fall 2009
While plans for adult education programs are forming on a state level, Miami University Middletown (MUM) is developing a new program, Write Now! This program has three goals: (1) to encourage students to complete GEDs (General Educational Development); (2) to encourage those who have earned GEDs to consider postsecondary education; and (3) to provide participants with college-level writing experience. The author discusses the Write Now! program and how the program gives current GED students and recent GED recipients an opportunity to participate in a half-day workshop and then to enter an essay contest. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Writing Instruction, Essays, Workshops, Partnerships in Education, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Adult Students
Commission on Adult Basic Education and ProLiteracy America. 1320 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210. Tel: 315-422-9121; Web site: http://www.coabe.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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