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Gaul, Patricia Reitz – 1985
Delaware County (Pennsylvania) Community College received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to use college work-study students to teach literacy. The college cooperated with the Delaware County Literacy Council in order to train tutors and clerical personnel and place them in tutoring or program support functions. A total of 30…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, College Students, Literacy Education
Nickse, Ruth S. – 1984
In academic year 1983-84, 19 postsecondary institutions participated in adult literacy projects under the Federal College Work Study (CWS) Program as part of the National Adult Literacy Initiative. (This report presents data from the 18 projects that returned questionnaires.) Approximately 256 college students tutored in reading, writing, math,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Santiago (Chile). Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. – 1987
At this regional colloquium 13 papers were presented concerning the relationship between education and employment. Themes addressed were: (1) the transformation of the workplace by technology and science; (2) the future of the disadvantaged population as a consequence of the technological revolution; and (3) the resulting changes in the education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Economically Disadvantaged
Nickse, Ruth S.; Englander, Nancy – 1985
"Collaborations for Literacy" is a project conducted at Boston University (Massachusetts) that uses college work-study students to teach adults to read through reading to and with a child. This instruction is provided at two Boston neighborhood sites (Jackson-Mann Community School and the Brighton branch of the Boston Public Library).…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Staryos, Michelle M.; Winig, Laura – 1985
This handbook was written by college students at Boston University (Massachusetts) about their experiences as adult literacy tutors in a program called "Collaborations for Literacy." The project teaches adults to improve their reading skills through reading to and with a child, using the "Reading Rainbow" television series and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Download full textMurphy, Garrett; Heitner, Bess – CAAL Bulletin, 2002
This document profiles 31 federal programs from which funding for adult literacy may be available. The document's three sections present descriptions of the following types of sources of funding and programs: (1) single pieces of legislation that contribute the major federal share of federal support for adult education in the United States; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Alaska Natives
