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Download full textColorado Department of Higher Education, 2024
To meet the demands of its current and future workforce, Colorado needs to increase postsecondary attainment. To do this, we must help more students find affordable pathways to postsecondary education so they have the confidence to enroll. One way to increase enrollment in higher education, particularly for low- and middle-income students, is to…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Access to Education, Student Financial Aid, Financial Aid Applicants
Mortrude, Judy; Cielinski, Anna – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2017
In January 2016, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) commenced an 18-month project to study the implementation of California's Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG) initiative. AEBG's purpose is "to improve coordination and better serve the needs of adult learners within each region." CLASP set out to foster greater understanding…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Block Grants, Educational Finance, Program Implementation
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2015
This report provides an update of Cedefop's statistical overview of vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning in European countries. It illustrates progress on 33 indicators selected for their policy relevance and contribution to Europe 2020 objectives. These also provide a review of progress in key areas of education and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2013
This report provides a statistical overview of vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning in European countries. Data are presented in the form of statistical snapshots--one for each country--for the 27 European Union (EU) Member States and, where data are available, for Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2013
This report provides a statistical overview of vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning in European countries. Data are presented in the form of statistical snapshots, one for each of the 31 selected indicators. To the extent allowed by data availability, data are presented for the 27 European Union (EU) Member States and for…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research. – 1992
This report presents data from a biannual survey of non-credit instructional activities at constituent institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) in 1991. Non-credit instruction provides educational support mostly to adults who may be considering a career change or career advancement and also provides job skills training in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
Petersen, Allan; McIntyre, Chuck – 1985
In response to legislative mandate, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges conducted a study of the level of noncredit courses, enrollments, and average daily attendance (ADA) offered at the community colleges. The study focused on the number of students enrolled in noncredit courses and the impact a mandatory fee would have on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Education, Enrollment
Peer reviewedO'Donnell, Kevin; Chapman, Chris – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This report presents selected data on adults' participation in educational activities in the United States, excluding full-time only enrollments in college/university or vocational/technical credential programs, over a 12-month period from 2004-05. Historically, full-time only participation in postsecondary (college and vocational) programs has…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Participation, Adult Education, Individual Characteristics
Halstead, D. Kent – 1988
This study presents indexes estimating the cost of living, value of amenities, and equilibrium wages in 579 cities and averages for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. An additional index of the cost of providing government public services is derived from these data. The indexes are intended to be useful tools for employees, unions,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Costs, Geographic Location, Government Employees
Jelinek, James J. – 1992
This resource book contains demographic data for the eight states of the Mountain Plains Adult Education Association. All information is current (1990-92) and comes from the national census and hundreds of research studies. Chapter I provides a demographic perspective of the nation, describes a holistic view of demographics, and discusses…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Continuing Education
Office of Inspector General (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2000
A follow-up audit evaluated the program effectiveness of three Kulick Youth Opportunity pilot grants. For the 105-participant sample in the initial audit, earnings were analyzed to determine whether youths' earnings increased or decreased in the year after the initial evaluation. Separate earnings analyses were performed for calendar year 1999 for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audits (Verification), Demonstration Programs, Employment Patterns
Verma, Nandita; Coulton, Claudia – 2001
A Cuyahoga County, Ohio, study focused on two cohorts: pre-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) leavers who left in the third quarter of 1996 and post-TANF leavers who left in the third quarter of 1998. Outcomes were examined for about 6,151 adult welfare leavers. Findings indicated the rate of leaving welfare increased between 1996-98;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 2000
The Washington State Displaced Homemaker Program (DHP) as administered by the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) accomplished its goals during the 1997-99 biennium. Four multipurpose service centers provided services to displaced homemakers in urban and rural county areas; four programs provided services to displaced homemakers in rural…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Services, Information Services
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. General Educational Development Testing Service. – 1991
Eleven tables and five graphs present statistical data concerning the Tests of General Educational Development Program (GED Testing Program) in 1990. Data for each state and Canadian province are included. The tables present data on the following topics: testing volumes (i.e., number of people tested), percentage of people tested by age group,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Annual Reports, Educational Trends
Willson, Laura Faulk; And Others – 1987
This analysis of the credit and non-credit course offerings of the California community colleges provides statewide data by standardized course classification category. The report includes an analysis of courses and workload in student contact hours for the principle disciplines within the categories of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Transfer),…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Community Education
