Modern societies would potentially reap large benefits from upgrading low skilled's education. However, this is difficult to put into practice because employers are reluctant to train low skilled and because low skilled are unwilling to participate. To circumvent this potential market imperfection, a large supply of formal education in Sweden is…

This report examines the various adult basic skills programs in operation in California, and explores program funding and structure, enrollment and demographics, and to the extent data allow, program outcomes. This measure is presented as part of the Commission's Performance Accountability Framework for California postsecondary education. Among…

This book deals with three aspects of adult non-vocational classes as provided directly by Local Education Authorities: fees charged in recent years and the association of variations in them with numbers of enrollments; variations in the provision of classes as between authorities of comparable size; and patterns of student enrollment as revealed…

Suggests alternative support sources and marketing techniques for school districts whose adult education budgets were slashed by California's property tax cutting initiative, Proposition 13. (SJL)

A QUESTIONNAIRE MEASURING ENROLLMENT OF POTENTIAL CLIENTS AND ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT GUIDANCE WAS SENT TO 50 CITIES. INFORMATION WAS RETURNED FROM 30 CITIES, AND INCLUDED DATA ON ADMINISTRATION, PUBLICITY, FINANCING, COUNSELING, TESTING, AND RECORDS. RESPONSES INDICATED COUNSELING SERVICES HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR A MEDIAN OF 10 YEARS…

It was found in this study that agency-paid adult students were more likely to rate educational goals higher in importance than self-paid students, contrary to the popularly held belief of adult secondary-school staff that these students are unmotivated to study and learn. (Author/AJ)

THIS REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION INDICATES THAT, WHILE THERE HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT, ADULTS WHO LACK HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS OR EVEN BASIC LITERACY SKILLS ARE NOT BEING REACHED. STUDIES ARE NEEDED TO DETERMINE WHY THESE ADULTS ARE LEAST LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS. STUDIES MADE OF CURRICULUMS,…

This paper examines adult vocational education in the context of the current vocational education system. The first of four major sections defines and discusses the background of adult vocational education. In section 2, a typology of vocational education is presented, followed by a discussion of three funding categories as they relate to adult…

THE AGRARIAN TRADITION, THE BRITISH LEGACY OF ARISTOCRATIC IDEAS, AND THE ENTRENCHMENT OF CONSERVATIVE ATTITUDES FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR WERE ALL INHIBITING FACTORS TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS IN SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL, EARLY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, THEY PRECIPITATED THE NEED FOR PUBLICLY SUPPORTED LITERACY TRAINING AND OTHER REMEDIAL PROGRAMS.…

A STUDY WAS MADE OF DROPOUTS FROM DAYSCHOOL AND THEIR REASONS FOR ATTENDING FRESNO ADULT SCHOOL AS PART-TIME EVENING STUDENTS. A CHECKLIST TYPE QUESTIONNAIRE, BASED ON MILDRED PARTEN'S "SURVEYS, POLLS, AND SAMPLES," WAS COMPLETED BY 258 MEN AND 427 WOMEN ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATE CLASSES. AMONG REASONS FOR…

The development of adult education in Oklahoma has followed the general American pattern. After World War II, several Oklahoma public schools began adult education programs and later took advantage of Federally supported vocational and literacy programs. However, differing attitudes toward educational purpose and financing between eastern and…

This study examined relationships between adult education provisions and their use, especially in the public school context. Data were drawn from five school districts in ten states. Nationwide adult participation in various fields of study was surveyed, followed by involvement by government at all levels. Such concepts as investment versus…

PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION (NAPSAE), THE ALMANAC INCLUDES A MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY, REPORT ON FEDERAL LEGISLATION, NAPSAE YEAR IN REVIEW, NAMES OF NAPSAE OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, RECENT ADULT EDUCATION RESEARCH, NAPSAE AWARDS RECIPIENTS, AN ANNOTATED LIST OF NAPSAE…