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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
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
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
Download full textImel, Susan – 2003
The increase in the number of youth under age 18 enrolling in federally funded adult basic and literacy education programs is a trend that is putting increasing pressures on programs designed to serve an adult population. Documenting the extent of the trend is difficult due to the way in which federal statistics on age of program participants have…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Continuation Students
Austin Community Coll., TX. – 1995
To provide transition opportunities for adult education students while preparing them for their General Educational Development (GED) test, Austin Community College (ACC) developed a program called GED Plus. A variety of information sources, including orientation sessions, brochures, telephone inquiries, and site visits to partner agencies, were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Articulation (Education), Career Awareness
Molek, Carol – 1988
This report and reference booklet is designed to provide adult education supervisors, instructors, and General Educational Development (GED) students and alumni with information to establish GED alumni associations as part of the adult basic education program. The final report details the GED Alumni Stretch and Reach project, which was proposed to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Alumni, Alumni Associations, Guides
Hawk, Kim; And Others – 1993
The Anthology of Inmate Art project was a 353 Special Demonstration Project to encourage prison inmates enrolled in adult basic education/General Educational Development (ABE/GED) programs to create and publish their own works of art, poetry, and other creative writing. In addition to gaining experience in creative writing and discussing poetry,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Anthologies, Art Activities, Computer Literacy
Ireton, Leroy, Ed. – 1989
Designed for use by adult basic education (ABE) teachers and directors, this publication presents a general overview of the major areas incorporated into the Oklahoma ABE program. Contents include a schematic diagram of ABE administration; ABE philosophy; state and federal guidelines; map of percentages of population 25 years and over with less…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Enrollment
Dolan, Margaret M.; And Others – 1985
This manual is intended as a working guide for adult educators who are planning to introduce General Educational Development (GED) home study programs into their local districts. The guide is a compilation of the experiences and observations of the Norwich Office of Adult Education, which is a part of the Southeastern Connecticut Adult Education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Career Counseling, Curriculum Development, High School Equivalency Programs
White, G. Ray; Pruitt, Katy – 1987
Job Training Partnership Act funds were provided for the Options for Young Mothers project in a mid-sized Texas community. The program was developed and 14 clients were selected. The main components of the program were life skills, General Educational Development (GED) training, counseling, and basic skills training and job placement (Jobs). The…
Descriptors: Counseling, Daily Living Skills, Early Parenthood, Federal Legislation
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
Quigley, Benjamin Allan – 1987
Eight provinces and two territories have built a Canadian General Educational Development (GED) testing program. The Canadian GED program has a number of major Canadian characteristics that have evolved due to a certain inner logic set in motion as the provinces and territories joined the GED program. In order, these provinces and territories have…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Educational Development, Educational History
Green, Anson M. – 1998
Students in the Culebra Road GED/JOBS (General Educational Development/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) class, an adult education class for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) students, created their own website. First, students completed a computer literacy survey to gauge their computer skills. Next, students were encouraged to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Computer Uses in Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Merlin, Shirley B. – 1996
The report describes the development and implementation of an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program for limited-English-proficient employees of the poultry industry. The program, undertaken at James Madison University (Virginia), was funded initially in 1991 by the federal government and has continued with funding from two poultry companies.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, English (Second Language), High School Equivalency Programs
Frankenburger, Lydia – 1999
This research project was conducted to identify the reasons for the low retention rate for adult students enrolled in the prep level of the General Educational Development (GED) programs offered by the Clinton County (Pennsylvania) Development Center for Adults. All adult students who attended class at least once from July 1998 through January…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Attitudes
