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Download full textBeder, Harold W.; Darkenwald, Gordon G. – 1974
In an effort to determine the effectiveness of 309 (b) projects (experimental demonstration projects in Adult Basic Education funded through the Adult Education Act), selected projects were used as the basis for several case studies and evaluated. Project RFD was never intended to be utilized by Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs but instead…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs
Leahy, Meredyth A. – 1991
The evolution of the Adult Education Act (AEA) in the last 25 years illustrates the progress of adult basic education (ABE) in the United States. A detailed look at the literature and outcomes of AEA-funded projects provides a sense of the effectiveness of 25 years of federal involvement. The passage of the AEA in 1966 led to the first systematic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Legislation
General Electric Co., Washington, DC. TEMPO. – 1969
This report summarizes innovations being developed in seven special adult basic education (ABE) projects: the Washington, D.C. ABE Demonstration Center; Opportunities Industrialization Center pupil recruitment and Adult Armchair Education projects in Philadelphia; Laborers' International Union participation in ABE in Columbus, Ohio; Southwest…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1984
This document provides an overview of programs and activities in adult and secondary education, along with statistical data about adult education efforts in the United States. The first part of the document presents seven short sections about council functions and programs in adult education. Included in these sections is the following…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Bilingual Education
Seibles, Mary, Comp. – 1984
This catalog, the seventh in a series of annual listings of special adult education projects, was developed to facilitate the exchange of programmatic information among adult education practitioners about projects funded by states under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. This catalog contains 382 project abstracts from 46 states. The…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Resources
Vines, Diane Welch – 1983
The National Adult Literacy Initiative calls for a collaborative effort among the public, private, voluntary, and military sectors to address more effectively illiteracy through adult education. One of the first points in the initiative calls for continued educational services funded by the federal government and administered by the states. Other…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
