The study is a description of the activities undertaken within the framework of the work-oriented adult literacy pilot project in Iran, an evaluation of its first measurable results, and an examination of the problems of functional literacy in the light of the Iranian experiment. The first chapter traces the efforts of the Iranian authorities over…

To determine the research and planning tasks necessary for a regional career development program, the educational consulting firm of Engelhardt and Engelhardt, Inc. surveyed the needs and suggested a way to expand occupational education for adults and secondary students served by the King Philip Regional Schools. The need for career education and…

THIS GUIDE WAS PREPARED TO ASSIST COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS, LOCAL DIRECTORS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, LOCAL COORDINATORS, AND SUPERVISORS IN THE ORGANIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SUPERVISION OF DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS. IT WAS ESPECIALLY ORIENTED TO FLORIDA. IT DESCRIBED DISTRIBUTIVE COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE INVOLVING BOTH COUNTY SCHOOL…

The Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1936 established the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Program, more commonly known in most states as the Business Enterprise Program (BEP). The BEP is described as a program that provides persons with blindness with remunerative employment and self-support through the operation of vending facilities on federal…

In an effort to more effectively disseminate information about community college programs for older adults, this directory was developed for three purposes: to make guidelines available for establishing, expanding, or revising programs; to offer a selection of successful programming models; and to provide a compendium of existing programs. Part I…

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…

The California Literacy Campaign (CLC) is a statewide, community-oriented, library-based adult literacy program initiated by the California State Library in 1984. A key feature is the latitude given individual sites for developing literacy services to meet the needs of the local population. Two evaluations suggested that current learner progress…

The federal government's experience with adult retraining programs began in 1962 with the passage of the Manpower Development and Training Act and creation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance program. When the 1973 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act expired in 1982, Congress enacted the Job Training Partnership Act. During the 1980s, states…

A project entitled the LINK Program was undertaken to develop a model program of educational brokering through union locals and small businesses in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. Included among the major project activities were the following: contacting unions, presenting a model program to them, and soliciting support from union officials;…

This handbook presents guidelines for establishing adult education programs in county jails while simultaneously describing the establishment of an adult education program in the Bell County Jail in Texas in 1980. The three chapters of the handbook describe the preliminary planning, staff selection, and curriculum development and delivery stages…

This guide is intended to acquaint postsecondary-level administrators, instructors, and counselors with the background, philosophy, components, structure, and use of the OPTIONS program. The first section discusses recent and likely demographic changes that will affect postsecondary education and the work force. It explains the role of the OPTIONS…

This publication contains guidelines for fostering cooperation between the business and professional community and a community adult learning center. It is based on a program in operation at the Great Neck (New York) Adult Learning Center. The guidelines for initiating and conducting the program cover the following processes: selection of the…

Recent program planning literature involving adult education has attempted to draw upon techniques from marketing management. Most of the literature has, however, not explored the relationship between adult education program decision needs and fundamental marketing concepts. Adult educators and marketing managers are conducting similar daily…

This document on inservice training and staff development is one in a series of four developed to provide a comprehensive overview of the scope of training practices relating to adult learning. Directed toward educators designing and conducting training programs and toward trainers of trainers, these contributions by adult educators and…

Using the Delphi forecasting technique, a model program was designed to provide educational services to elderly members of the community served by the College of DuPage. A questionnaire was developed and administered to three groups: full-time faculty at DuPage (N=15), local officials and authorities on aging (N=13), and senior citizens of the…