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Direct linkWalker, Karla – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2019
In this article Karla Walker describes how her division developed new curriculum to help adults earn their High School Equivalency Diplomas (HSEDs). The division's goals were to: (1) shorten the time students took to complete the program; (2) develop transition to college or employment; (3) allow for poverty-informed decisions within the program;…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, High School Equivalency Programs, Spiral Curriculum, Program Development
Download full textIppolito, Andrew – Achieving the Dream, 2018
Now, more than ever, more adults must earn college credentials in order to earn family sustaining wages and to help fuel and sustain a robust national economy. That means that institutions of higher education must do all they can to help adult students enroll in college and complete a postsecondary credential. Achieving the Dream emphasizes a…
Descriptors: College Students, Adult Students, Career Choice, Community Colleges
Collet-Klingenberg, Lana L.; Kolb, Sharon M. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2011
In a study that examined transition services for students with disabilities aged 18-21 years in the state of Wisconsin, respondents completed and returned 231 surveys. Survey data indicated that 50% of respondents lived in rural communities. The authors analyzed data for participant perspectives on components of transition planning in the areas of…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Transitional Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Curriculum Development
Pikalek, Amy J. – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2010
In recent years, terms such as "social media" and "social networking" have become staples in the university continuing education marketer's vocabulary. This article provides both a working knowledge of the social media landscape and practical applications of the concepts using a case study approach from a Midwestern university.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Adult Students, Economic Factors, Educational Environment
Drew, Sally J. – 1994
To determine if further library-services issues require more study and whether further initiatives should be undertaken, the Division for Library Services of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction conducted a focus-group study. Nineteen library directors from small public libraries took part. Eight services librarians or directors from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adult Students, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Dyer, Gail E. – 1993
A semester-long study examined the assessment instruments and techniques currently being used by companies participating in the Wisconsin Workplace Partnership Training Program (WWPTP). Twenty-four instruments that may be categorized as either standardized tests, competency-based and criterion-reference measures, or participatory assessment…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Alternative Assessment
Barrineau, Irene T., Ed. – Association for Continuing Higher Education, 2005
The 2005 Proceedings of the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) are presented in this publication. This proceedings records the 67th Annual Meeting of ACHE held in Madison, Wisconsin. This year's annual meeting theme, "Designing Our Destiny: Creating Responses to Change in Continuing Higher Education," articulated the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Conferences, Continuing Education, Reentry Students
