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Emily K. Suh – Adult Literacy Education, 2023
Adult English language instruction is the fastest growing segment of U.S. adult basic education population. Supporting adult emergent multilingual students through English as a Second Language or English for Speakers of Other Languages classes, referred to here as ES(O)L, and developmental literacy programs presents a "wicked problem"…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Preparation, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Flessert, Amy M. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In this qualitative methods study, I draw on Paul Kei Matsuda's 1999 article "Composition Studies and ESL Writing: A Disciplinary Division of Labor" to examine if, more than 20 years after its publication, there is still a significant disciplinary division between ESL writing and first-year college composition. I surveyed writing…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, College Faculty, English (Second Language), Writing (Composition)
Paula Da Silva-Michelin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
While community colleges have traditionally been the leading providers of adult learner programs and the entry point for many minority students into higher education, very few English language learners (ELLs) transition to higher education. This qualitative gap analysis of the systems in place at a large urban public community college in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Adult Education, Transitional Programs
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Baca, Isabel, Ed.; Hinojosa, Yndalecio Isaac, Ed.; Murphy, Susan Wolff, Ed. – SUNY Press, 2019
"Bordered Writers" explores how writing program administrators and faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) are transforming the teaching of writing to be more inclusive and foster Latinx student success. Like its 2007 predecessor, "Teaching Writing with Latino/a Students", this collection contributes to ongoing…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Racial Composition, Culturally Relevant Education
Cox, Teresa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Recent studies have shown that students who are former Adult Basic Education (ABE) or English as a Second Language (ESL) students rarely make the transition to college-level work, even when they have a college-level goal. New programs have been designed to help these students move further, faster in their studies to help them complete credentials,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Adult Basic Education, At Risk Students, Intervention
Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2010
Black Hawk College (BHC) is a comprehensive community college serving all or part of nine counties and a population of approximately 224,510 residents in a mostly rural area of north-west Illinois. This practice was fully developed and implemented for the Shifting Gears (SG) initiative during the 2007-08 academic years. Heeding BHC's strategic…
Descriptors: Transportation, Adult Education, Educational Practices, English (Second Language)
Seymour, Sharon – Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2009
This report examines the literature on practices and programs seeking to improve students' transition from adult education to postsecondary education. Ultimately, the report seeks to provide practitioners with models for effective strategies in transitioning students to postsecondary education that can be implemented at community colleges…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges, Adult Education, Staff Development