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Mezirow, Jack – Cogito - Knowledge and Action in Adult Education, 1971
Discusses synchronic induction", a new way for executives to analyze a plan for elusive and intangible qualitative factors crucial to the success of large scale programs of human resource and community development, as has been developed at Columbia University's Teachers College. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Program Administration, Program Attitudes, Program Development
Download full textNational Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993
A number of findings and recommendations regarding the mission of Private Industry Councils (PICs) under the Job Training Partnership ACT (JTPA) were developed based on information collected in several ways: a focus group of PICs, roundtable discussions held nationwide with staff from nearly 100 PICs in 45 states, and canvasses of more than 200…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Institutional Mission
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This document reports oral and written testimony given at hearings by witnesses concerning House Bill (H.B.) 2039, the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Amendments of 1989, and related proposals. The proposed legislation is designed to correct shortcomings in JTPA and to redirect focus to the hard to serve; and provide more intensive services…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Prosen, Sue – 1983
In the United States, illiterate adults account for 20 percent of citizens over age 16. Yearly, 5 percent of these adults without a high school diploma are enrolled in Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses, which offer few appropriate counseling services. In order to study the counseling services available to ABE students in Maryland, on-site visits…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Lewis, James P.; Boyle, Rebecca – 1976
In an effort to better achieve the educational program objectives of developing specific salable skills, and developing skills leading to the General Education Development completion, 321 male and 23 female offenders enrolled in adult basic education, general education development, and vocational courses in Pennsylvania's eight State institutions…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Fingeret, Arlene; And Others – 1985
An evaluation of adult basic education (ABE) programs was conducted in North Carolina, using a case study approach. Research was done by six teams that collected information from taped interviews with participants in six programs chosen to represent rural and urban areas and various demographic and racial mixes of students. Materials and records…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Borei, Sven H. E.; Shively, Joe E. – 1981
The Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL) contracted with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to seek information on the presence, operation, and impact of adult learning programs within the 13-state Appalachian Region. Literacy was defined on a program operation base, possible programs were listed, and program descriptions were obtained…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Definitions, High School Equivalency Programs
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education. – 1988
A study was conducted to determine to what extent community college-based adult basic education/general educational development (ABE/GED) programs reflect program characteristics addressed in the professional literature; to identify a general state of the art for the college delivery of ABE/GED services; and to understand better the current and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Community Colleges
McCune, Donald A. – 1979
The Adult Basic Education (ABE) program conducted by the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was evaluated. Data were collected via staff interviews and record reviews during site visits at ABE facilities located in five of six district comprising the Trust Territory. Focus of the evaluation activities was on program administration,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Educational Assessment
