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Download full textCarlson, Andy; Laderman, Sophia – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2018
Promise programs (also known as free college programs) have grown in popularity over the last few years. When targeted correctly, these programs have the potential to increase enrollment, retention, and graduation rates for underserved students. By focusing a promise program on adult students and including additional supports and services, states…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Education, Student Financial Aid, Adult Programs
DeSanctis, Vincent; Fischer, Joan – Literacy Discussion, 1973
Offers the New Jersey State Adult Basic Education Program as a model for other states. Article gives a thorough outline of the New Jersey program. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Russell, Ken; Sumner, Jack – Adult Leadership, 1975
The Iowa Statewide Delivery System provided for the educational needs of 267,000 adults throughout the State in 1973-74. Fifteen area schools offered programs in adult basic education, high school completion, general adult and continuing education, and career supplementary education, as well as other innovative programs. (MW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Delivery Systems
Sjogren, Douglas; Jacobson, Larry – 1976
The document presents an indepth study of nine selected exemplary adult basic education (ABE) programs in Region 8: Volunteers Clearing House, Fort Collins, Colorado; Utah Navajo Development Council, Blanding, Utah; Adult Education Tutorial Program, Denver, Colorado; Project SAVE, Lemmon, South Dakota; Gates Rubber Company, Denver, Colorado;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Demonstration Programs
Illinois State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Springfield. Dept. of Adult Education.
An overview of Adult Education Programs in the State of Illinois is provided. Discussions are then presented on various facets of General Adult Education, as follows: Section 10-22.20 of The School Code of Illinois; Adult Basic Education Program; Adult High School Credit and Americanization Program; General Educational Development Program;…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Lloyd, Arthur P. – 1968
This document discusses continuing education, primarily as it concerns Idaho, with specific reference to classroom teachers. The report makes the assumption that education is not just for students or scholars but should fulfill the need for an "enlightened electorate.""Continuing education" is defined as including all forms of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Needs, Lifelong Learning
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
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1971
Project BEAM, a special experimental demonstration project funded by the Adult Education Act, attempted to motivate undereducated adult Iowans to learn to read, to make the project known, and to make available for nationwide distribution the television and radio materials developed for the project. The two-phase project was conducted from…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Kincaid, Harry V.; Rink, Dan L. – 1972
U. S. Office of Education funding has been provided to Region Nine for fiscal year 1973 for an Adult Basic Education (ABE) staff development effort, aimed at improving the delivery of adult education services to meet target population needs and Federal program goals through preservice and inservice training of personnel engaged in adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Federal Aid
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1974
Reflecting the philosophy and policy of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education, the report first examines the adult basic education (ABE) target group from the vantage point of the discipline of economics, focusing on: educational attainment and occupation distribution; education, mobility, and occupation; technology and increasing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Programs
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1976
This document represents the completion of the first phase of a study of adult and continuing education in California. The current method of funding community colleges in general, and adult/continuing education programs offered by community colleges and school districts specifically, are examined, their shortcomings noted, and alternatives to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Average Daily Attendance, Community Colleges
Johnson, Richard L.; And Others – 1993
Based on a program developed in Texas, this guide was developed to help correctional educators coordinate educational services in the community with adult education program providers in order to provide appropriate programs for parolees and probationers. Following an introduction that explains terms of the criminal justice system and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
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
Long, Huey B. – Adult Leadership, 1973
Findings of a questionnaire sent to all state directors of education to identify the major issues in the education of mentally handicapped adults. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Handicapped Students, Mental Retardation
Holmes, Barbara J.; And Others – 1987
A study examined the role of the state in providing adult literacy services. Questionnaires were sent to state adult education directors, state library directors, and state literacy commission directors in the 50 states and five territories, with a varying rate of return approximating 75 percent. Each questionnaire sought information about…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
