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Greenleigh Associates, Inc., New York, NY. – 1968
Descriptions of the program title, its administering agency, legislative authorization, main purpose, target population, funding, stipends, programs and facilities, administration and coordination, enrollee characteristics, course and teacher characteristics, course outcome, program measurement, and recommendations (if any) for improvement are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Perryman, Bruce C. – 1969
Using questionnaires, interviews, program records, and program visits, a survey was made to evaluate, and to develop guidelines for strengthening, Wyoming adult basic education (ABE) programs at state and local levels. Data were gathered from teachers, students, and administrators as to student and teacher characteristics and background, program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Attitudes, Enrollment, Expenditures
Seaman, Don F.; Kohler, Emmett T. – 1969
This reports a large-scale evaluation of the adult basic education (ABE) program in Mississippi, begun under Title II-B of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. In 1968-69 the ABE Program enrollment was 22,000, although the target population was 440,000. When the Mississippi State Department of Education was first authorized to conduct ABE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Civil Rights, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
National Association for Public School Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1968
This annotated bibliography dealing with training and retraining of adults and out of school youth, is the second joint publication of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education, and the Adult Education Clearinghouse of the National Association for Public School Adult Education. It contains 36 indexed and abstracted entries, dated 1965-1968, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Dropouts, Enrollment
Dutton, Donnie; Glover, Billy J. – 1970
An evaluation was made of the Tennessee Adult Basic Education Supervisors' Conference, held at Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee in August, 1970. Data were gathered from the 52 local supervisors in attendance by use of a questionnaire designed to obtain demographic data and participant reactions. The Kropp-Verner Attitude Scale was used…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conferences, Educational Objectives
Shore, Jane – 1979
This report describes and analyzes the programs of the Education Fund of District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in New York City. The Education Fund is a program carried out by the union to provide a wide variety of educational curricula, many on its premises, for the union's thousands of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Case Studies
KOEHLER, LAWRENCE E. – 1967
ADULT BASIC EDUCATION ENCOMPASSES FOUR STAGES--(1) INTRODUCTORY, FOR THE ILLITERATE WHO IS LEARNING TO READ BUT WHO MUST ALSO LEARN TO LISTEN AND COMMUNICATE, (2) ELEMENTARY, FOR THOSE WITH A FOUNDATION IN COMMUNICATION SKILLS WHO MUST DEVELOP VOCABULARY AND SOCIAL COMPETENCIES AND EXPLORE OCCUPATIONAL INTERESTS, (3) INTERMEDIATE, WITH EMPHASIS ON…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Qualifications, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1967
A 1967 PILOT STUDY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, EXAMINED ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS, PROGRAM COMPONENTS, PARTICIPANT CHARACTERISTICS, RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, AND OTHER PERTINENT COMMUNITY GROUPS AND AGENCIES, AND THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM'S SELF-HELP PHILOSOPHY…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Blacks, Community Relations
Drury, Darrel; Koloski, Judy – 1995
A comprehensive study of the Adult Education for the Homeless Program (AEH) was conducted using data from the following sources: program files; focus groups conducted with state project administrators; site visits to 9 local programs in 3 states; surveys of 32 state projects, 230 local programs, 588 service delivery sites, and 2,943 program…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy