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Winder, George – J Secondary Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Counseling, Federal Aid, Industrial Education
Ivy Tech State Coll., Indianapolis, IN. – 1995
This document contains a final report, evaluation, and curriculum materials from a project conducted at the RJR Nabisco plant in Indianapolis to upgrade the literacy and numeracy skills of the workers to facilitate technological changes to production lines. As the final report explains, although the goal of the project was to recruit and test 150…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum, Education Work Relationship
Barker, Kathryn Chang – 1991
Directed at persons who are not experts in program evaluation or workplace literacy, this handbook provides various options and processes that can be used for formal evaluation of workplace literacy programs. The handbook is organized in six sections. An introductory section acknowledges the weaknesses of any evaluation attempt. In the second…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Miller, Robert R. – 1990
Using a brief series of extended interviews, a study gathered information on how corporate competitive strategies affect, and are affected by, worker training requirements. It focused on training activities involving plant-level personnel and first-level supervisors. Interviews were conducted with general manufacturing executives and training…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Basic Education, Competition, Corporate Support
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1972
The combined impact of all federally assisted manpower programs in the Atlanta area was evaluated, with emphasis on outreach, eligibility, identification of needs and abilities, and screening for course assignment. In fiscal year 1970, training was provided for 10,300 persons and job placement for 5,600, although most of the estimated 70,000 poor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged
Imel, Susan – 1992
Workplace literacy programs have been viewed as the way to raise workers' basic skills so they could perform more effectively in increasingly complex work environments. As these programs have proliferated, so have the number of issues associated with workplace literacy. Some issues are related to assumptions underlying the need for workplace…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
Hellman, Linda – 1995
The generic workplace curricula in this document were developed in a workplace education project conducted in Pima County, Arizona, which served 524 workers (58 percent from minority groups) at 14 worksites. Generic curriculum and competencies were developed for each subject area rather than each specific worksite. Of 374 workers who completed the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Competence
BCEL Newsletter for the Business & Literacy Communities, 1992
A study sought to determine how and why small businesses invest or do not invest in basic skills instruction for their workers. Data were gathered through a national mail and telephone survey of a random sampling of 11,000 small (50 or fewer employees) and medium-sized (51-400 employees) firms, a targeted mail survey of 4,317 manufacturers, a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance
Duncan, Roberto A. – 1993
U.S. business and government are managing an increasingly heterogeneous work force. Between 1985 and 2000, white females, nonwhites, and immigrants are projected to represent 88 percent of new workers. Approximately 4 million new immigrant workers will join the work force during the next 10 years. Therefore, it is imperative that employers…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Business Responsibility, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Institutional)
Chernow, Harneen – 1993
This report includes two sections: (1) an overview of the issues involved in joint labor/management workplace education programs and (2) a description of such a program partnering two union locals, nine hospitals, and Bunker Hill Community College to implement a workplace-based career ladder program. The first section explains that unions and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Beder, Hal; And Others – 1992
A reflective self-assessment process was used to evaluate Project RISE, a 1-year, federally funded workplace literacy project. The goal of the evaluation was to help staff understand their collective experience in a way that might help them to serve their clients more effectively in the future. A list of the most critical problems faced by staff…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Employer Employee Relationship
Noyelle, Thierry; Bailey, Thomas – 1990
Changing employer-based training represents one strategy that U.S. firms are adopting to confront recent transformations in the global economy. The new competitive conditions place new and different demands on workers, more of whom are being called upon to use technical, conceptual, and communications skills. Approaches to training in particular…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Banking, Basic Skills
Braid, Mary; Macaskill, Sandra, Ed. – 1990
Workplace education (WPE) has a significant role to play in solving basic skills problems and in other training requirements. In addition to the benefit of a more able, adaptable work force, WPE leads to more contented workers, encouraged by better employment opportunities. In addition, employees benefit by being more confident both within the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Migrant Action Program, Mason City, IA. – 1972
The philosophy behind and the operations of the Iowa Migrant Action Program (MAP) are discussed in this 1972 annual report. In developing its programs, MAP emphasizes self-determination as a key factor in redirecting the migrant to a life style different from the one he has known. MAP's various projects are intended to economically upgrade the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annual Reports, Clinics, Day Care Centers
Smith, Paula S. – 1995
A demonstration project was conducted in Alabama to create a basic skills workplace curriculum that would assist a local corporation in improving work force productivity. During the 3-year project, a job-specific curriculum was written for Russell Corporation's Skills Training at Russell (STAR) program. The curriculum covered four topics: safety,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
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