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Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education. – 1989
Literacy education volunteers during 1988 numbered 77,000, two-thirds of whom served as tutors in basic literacy and English-as-a-second-language classes. The other third served in supportive roles as administrators, recruiters, teacher aides, counselors, and providers of child care and transportation. The number of volunteers rose from 34,500 in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Adult and Community Education. – 1986
This document contains charts and tables that describe illiteracy and education (particularly adult education) in Louisiana. A few statistics are given in narrative form at the end of the document. The headings on the tables and charts are as follows: Decreasing Illiteracy in Louisiana (1960-1980); Decrease in the Number of Illiterates and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Pendleton, Audrey – 1988
The study used data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress report to examine the relationship for young adults between functional literacy skills and educational attainment. Educational attainment was classified into four categories: less than a high school graduate, high school graduate, some postsecondary education, and college…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Graduates, College Students, Dropouts
Fratoe, Frank A. – 1978
Despite developmental efforts and a relatively larger population growth rate in nonmetro areas since 1970, rural/nonmetro people are still behind their metro counterparts in terms of wage levels, family income, adequacy of housing, and access to essential public services like education and health care. Rural public school education lags behind…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Ancillary Services, Career Choice
Fratoe, Frank A. – 1979
Members of the farm related population generally lag behind their nonfarm related counterparts in the number of school years completed, number of persons completing high school and college, functional literacy rates, participants in adult education, and labor force status. In 1975 White farm males trailed metro and nonmetro nonfarm males by 1.2…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Personnel