The Bethlehem Area Chamber of Commerce (Pennsylvania) developed a model network of nine Lehigh Valley Chambers of Commerce and two literacy coalitions to improve the literacy levels of a two-county area work force. A literacy coordinator conducted the following activities: (1) publicized program provider information; (2) encouraged company-based…

Lehigh Valley (Pennsylvania) business, education, and service representatives offered residents of a two-county work force a chance to take the General Educational Development (GED) test for free and improve basic skills. Lehigh Valley census data indicated that one-third of the 650,000 population lacked a high school diploma, yet fewer than 500…

The Temple University Neighborhood Extension Program (TUNE) got its start during a series of discussions among representatives of Temple University, the Model Cities Program, and the neighborhoods surrounding the university's North Philadelphia campus. The most complex problem identified during these meetings was the cycle of poverty in which many…

Seminar materials are provided from the Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) Area Chamber of Commerce's Literacy Sensitivity Program, which assists managers in identifying workplace basic skills training needs. The document includes the following sections: seminar overview; conducting the seminar--the presentation, the video, the group discussion, and…

This document contains both a final report and a curriculum guide for the Homestudy Option, a program geared to the 1988 General Educational Development (GED) test. The final report describes two program objectives: (1) providing an adult basic education home study curriculum to rural adults to take the first steps toward educational independence;…