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Peer reviewedFoster, Anne R. – College Student Journal, 1979
Explores program content, instructional organization, and departmental needs of reading departments in community colleges in California. While differences in colleges exist, most follow certain patterns in program management and staffing procedures. The outlook indicates continued expansion as community colleges meet the needs of students entering…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Community Colleges, Program Development, Reading Instruction
Download full textMILLER, JUSTIN H. – 1966
TRENDS EVIDENT IN ADULT READING DURING THE 1960'S IN THE AREAS OF ADMINISTRATION, PROGRAMS, TEACHING, TECHNIQUES, RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND METHODS OF PROMOTION OF READING PROGRAMS ARE DISCUSSED. TWO INSTANCES OF COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION BASED ON INTENSE AND OFTEN FALLACIOUS ADVERTISING AND ON PUBLIC IGNORANCE ARE CITED. A POSITIVE TREND IN THE AREA…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Trends, Inner Speech (Subvocal)
Smith, Carl B.; Fay, Leo C. – 1973
This book discusses volunteer reading programs, which have been and are being established as a result of the high illiteracy level in the United States. These programs tend to fit into three categories: (1) supportive programs which take place within the school or school system, (2) supplemental programs operated essentially from outside the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, High School Students, Illiteracy
Thurston, Eric L., Ed.; Hafner, Lawrence E., Ed. – 1965
Focusing on the philosophical and sociological bases of reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the fourteenth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1964. Among the topics covered in the 27 papers are the following: the philosophy and sociology of reading; reading reform; adult literacy; paperback books; factors in…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Cloze Procedure, College Students
Greene, Frank P., Ed. – 1972
This is one of two volumes of papers drawn from the twenty-first annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1971. Focusing on junior college and college reading programs and problems, the 40 papers are arranged into the following categories: designs for programs, special admission students, ethnically different students, adult…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Conference Reports, Higher Education, Individualized Programs
