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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1972
The progress of adult literacy in United Nations member states from 1969 to 1971 is the subject of this report. Based largely upon replies to a questionnaire sent to governmental and nongovernmental groups, the report describes trends in literacy development using selected programs as examples. Problems to be overcome if reduction of illiteracy is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Literacy, Questionnaires
Download full textTexas Univ., Austin. Extension Teaching and Field Service Bureau. – 1969
The Office of Education Guidance and Counseling Project for Adult Basic Education in Region VII includes five state programs, each run somewhat autonomously, in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, for which joint training preparations were made. In Phase I of the Project the central staff gathered statistical data on students,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Guidance, Guidance Personnel
Divita, Charles, Jr. – 1969
A survey was made of 4,912 students in the Adult Basic Education program in West Virginia to determine their backgrounds, characteristics, aspirations, and attitudes. They were found to be in sociological and economic patterns similar to those of their parents; both groups were school dropouts from rural areas and both were undereducated,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Age Groups, Aspiration, Educational Background
Seaman, Don F.; Kohler, Emmett T. – 1969
This reports a large-scale evaluation of the adult basic education (ABE) program in Mississippi, begun under Title II-B of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. In 1968-69 the ABE Program enrollment was 22,000, although the target population was 440,000. When the Mississippi State Department of Education was first authorized to conduct ABE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Civil Rights, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Oakland Unified School District, CA. – 1966
A FIRST-YEAR EVALUATION WAS MADE OF SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SET UP TO PROVIDE REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION IN BASIC EDUCATION AND IN METHODS OF SEEKING AND APPLYING FOR EMPLOYMENT, OFFERED UNDER THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT. PARTICIPANTS RANGED WIDELY IN AGE, (21-76) WITH A GREAT NUMBER IN THE ADVANCED AGE GROUP. THEIR…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Arithmetic
MURPHY, DAVID R. – 1966
THE PILOT REHABILITATION PROJECT IN THE HARTFORD STATE JAIL BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1965 AND JUNE 1966 WAS SPONSORED BY THE CONNECTICUT STATE JAIL ADMINISTRATION AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, FINANCED UNDER THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963, AND ADVISED BY THE LOCAL OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND THE AD HOC JAIL COMMITTEE OF THE GREATER…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Facilities
STARK, JOHN R. – 1966
IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTIONNAIRE FROM THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER 1965, FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES DESCRIBED PROGRAMS CONCERNED WITH THE MAINTENANCE OR DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, EMPHASIZING THOSE INVOLVING EDUCATION AND TRAINING, REHABILITATION, EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, CHILDREN'S WELFARE, INCOME- MAINTENANCE,…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adult Basic Education, American Indians, Apprenticeships
