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Valiente, Oscar; Lowden, Kevin; Capsada-Munsech, Queralt – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2020
This article shows how the Scottish Government's (SG) political management of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has reinforced the economic goals of lifelong learning (LLL) under the skills for work agenda. Youth unemployment has been prioritized as the main social problem to be addressed, and most of the limited public resources for LLL have been…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, At Risk Persons, Young Adults, Economic Climate
Georgia State Univ., Atlanta. – 1978
A 1970 census revealed that approximately half of the male population in the state of Georgia, 25 years of age or older, had completed fewer than eight years of school, the minimum requirement for literacy according to the United States Office of Education. In addition to the yearly income lost by these males (which amounts to 175 million…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties. Washington, DC. – 1980
This review of perspectives on the current status and policy issues of urban America is divided into nine chapters, each of which includes a bibliography. Chapter one presents an overview of the postindustrial demographic and economic changes in the United States and the Federal government's response to these changes. The ongoing transformation of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal State Relationship, Financial Problems