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Direct linkNguyen, Jessica Marjorie – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Started in 1942, the GED test provides people a high school equivalency diploma to gain new career and educational goals. While many GED recipients state they wish to earn a college credential, few earn one, often dropping out before their second semester of college. To increase the number of GED recipients and their career and college…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Adult Education, Transitional Programs
Download full textGarvey, John – Jobs for the Future, 2011
For many years, the General Educational Development (GED) credential has been viewed as the high school dropout's safety net. Though not as well regarded as the high school diploma, the GED has opened up educational and economic opportunity for millions of young people and adults who did not finish high school. Nearly 680,000 people take the full…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, High Schools, Dropouts, College Programs
Peer reviewedComings, John – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2007
Since 1991, the U.S. has had a national research and development (R&D) center focused on programs that help adults to improve their language, literacy, and numeracy skills; to acquire a General Educational Development (GED) or other high school certification; and to transition into postsecondary education or training. For the first five years,…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Opinions, Numeracy, Adult Learning
Reiff, Tana; Jamula, Melissa – 1986
This booklet is both a description of activities to organize a General Educational Development program (GED) alumni association and a guide to starting an alumni group. It specifically focuses on "Operation Alumni," a project to establish a local GED alumni organization at Reading Area Community College that could serve as a state model…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Alumni, Alumni Associations
Tucker, John D. – 1987
The purpose of a project was to develop a comprehensive distance learning system for undereducated adults not being served through traditional adult education classroom instruction. Odessa College (Texas) developed and implemented a televised delivery system for General Educational Development that complemented and supplemented existing adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Distance Education, Educational Television
Champagne, Delight E. – 1982
Structured interviews and case analyses were used to assess the support systems of 20 women enrolled in General Educational Development (GED) preparation classes in Connecticut. None was found to have a complete system of support--that is, one lacking in neither sources nor types of support as defined by the researchers--for their educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged
Washington-Greene County Community Action Corp., Waynesburg, PA. – 1991
A project was conducted in Pennsylvania to strengthen the Greene County General Educational Development (GED) alumni association and to create a GED alumni association in Washington County. Four activities were conducted to strengthen the Greene County chapter: (1) a newsletter was produced; (2) an awards banquet was held; (3) a schedule of…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adult Students, Alumni, Alumni Associations
Eyster, George W. – Adult Leadership, 1976
Based on the Appalachian Adult Education Center's experience in a comprehensive demonstration and study of the utilization of an adult educational television series (a high school equivalency examination preparation series in Kentucky), the author outlines formal support systems needed for successful state adult education programs on open…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Methods, Educational Television
Deaton, Anne – Adult Leadership, 1975
United States programs represented at the January, 1975 Multinational Workshop on Adult Education (Washington, D. C.) included: regional university adult education center (Appalachia); low-income nutrition (Georgia); community college sponsored learning center (Kankakee, Illinois); State GED program (Alabama); regional occupational centers (Los…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Human Resources
Scheier, Elaine; And Others – 1972
The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Banking (AIB) is a sponsor of the Joint Bank Hiring and Education Program for the Disadvantaged (HEP), the purpose of which is to hire and train undereducated adults and provide education that will enable the trainees to compete successfully in the banking industry. Educational Development…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education
Paul, Daniel M.; Kantrowitz, Jonathan D. – 1983
This report provides research on the ramifications of implementing computer-assisted instruction (CAI) within the established framework for conducting adult basic education. The first part is narrative beginning with an historical overview of CAI. Topics include the availability of computer hardware in public schools, teacher preparation for CAI,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction
Turner, Anita P. – 1981
The goals, services, and administration of North Shore Community College's (NSCC) Center for Alternative Studies (CAS) were the subject of the workshop described in this report, which was conducted by the National Council of Community Services and Continuing Education. After the workshop's agenda is presented, the text is provided of CAS Director…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adult Students, College Credits, Community Colleges
Wilson, LaVisa Cam – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1977
Reports results of a study which surveyed adult education opportunities presently being provided or facilitated by Head Start programs in Alabama and examined the types of adult education programs, patterns of participation in adult basic education General Educational Development (ABE/GED) programs, and the effect of class location on GED…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attendance
Venezky, Richard L.; And Others – 1993
A study evaluated different approaches to placing students in adult literacy classes using 168 adult basic education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) students. Students in classes at Rochambeau School in White Plains, New York, were given the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE), the Tests of Adult Literacy Skills (TALS), an oral…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Testing
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Special Continuing Education. – 1970
This English language curriculum resource handbook provides background information and techniques of instruction designed for instructors helping students to prepare themselves for the General Educational Development Tests in general language and literary abilities. It consists largely of fundamental concepts which high school graduates are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Concept Formation
