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PDF pending restorationOffice of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1993
These state profiles provide brief descriptions of the target population, services, and participants of state-administered adult education programs that are supported in part by funds authorized under the Adult Education Act, as amended. Profiles based on information taken from 1990 census data and from information included in the 1991 annual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Adult Programs
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Download full textO'Donnell, Kevin; Chapman, Chris – National Center for Education Statistics, 2005
This E.D. TAB report presents selected data on adults' participation in work-related educational activities in the United States over a 12-month period from 2002-03. These data are from the Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons Survey of the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program. Interviews were conducted with a nationally…
Descriptors: Adult Education, National Surveys, Telephone Surveys, Job Training
Young, Malcolm B.; And Others – 1995
A third-party national evaluation of the basic grants section of the Adult Education Act was conducted in September 1990. Although clients eligible for adult secondary education (ASE) constituted the largest segment of the target population, enrollments were highest in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs and most programs primarily served…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Young, Malcolm B.; And Others – 1994
A third-party national evaluation of the basic grants section of the Adult Education Act was conducted in September 1990. The study drew on data from the following sources: 1990 mail survey of all federally supported local service providers; longitudinal study of local programs that provided information on the characteristics of more than 22,000…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Schug, Mark C.; Western, Richard D. – Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, 1999
The effectiveness of school-to-work (STW) in Wisconsin was examined through a review of the data from the following sources: STW implementation reports; follow-up surveys of youth apprenticeship graduates, parents, and employers; and telephone interviews with curriculum directors from 45 Wisconsin school districts. Of the practices and innovative…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship
Drury, Darrel; Koloski, Judy – 1995
A comprehensive study of the Adult Education for the Homeless Program (AEH) was conducted using data from the following sources: program files; focus groups conducted with state project administrators; site visits to 9 local programs in 3 states; surveys of 32 state projects, 230 local programs, 588 service delivery sites, and 2,943 program…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Minnesota State Dept. of Economic Security, St. Paul. – 2000
Minnesota's Youthbuild program helps at-risk youths gain useful job skills while building safe, affordable housing in their neighborhoods and working toward their high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate. In 1999, the Minnesota Legislature appropriated 751,000 dollars per year in Youthbuild funds. The program…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Building Trades, Career Education
Golding, Barry; Davies, Merryn; Volkoff, Veronica – 2001
The volume and scope of research into adult and community education (ACE) in Australia have increased significantly over the past decade. Studies designed to map, reevaluate, showcase, and promote ACE have been funded by Australia's federal and state governments and by bodies such as Adult Learning Australia. Practitioner-generated research has…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
