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Download full textOffice of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Adult Learning and Literacy Clearinghouse. – 1996
The fact sheets in this packet provide updated information about the following: (1) the Federal Adult Education and Literacy Program; (2) the major estimates and definitions of adult illiteracy in the United States; (3) volunteerism; (4) the Division of Adult Education and Literacy Clearinghouse; (5) literacy education for older adults; (6) adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Clearinghouses, Correctional Education
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Adult Learning and Literacy Clearinghouse. – 1995
This compilation contains 14 fact sheets published by the Adult Learning & Literacy Clearinghouse. It includes an unnumbered fact sheet from January and these numbers from February: 0, 3-10, 12, 14, 16, and 17. Topics are as follows: the Even Start Family Literacy Program, Federal Adult Education and Literacy Program; adult education for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Correctional Education
Rio Salado Community Coll., AZ. – 1985
A project was conducted to deliver general educational development (GED) instruction through an audio teleconferencing system to adult students in Arizona. Using a previously existing audio teleconferencing system owned by Rio Salado Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, project staff developed a series of credit and noncredit teleconferencing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Daily Living Skills
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1995
Intended to share information about specialized training and demonstration activities from a rich diversity of local subject interests, environments, and populations served, this guide is a compilation of adult education and literacy resources funded under the Adult Education Act. Information is provided on 276 projects funded under Section 353 of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Adult/Community Education. – 1991
Florida supported a wide range of educational activities for adults through an extensive network of public and private agencies during fiscal year 1989-90. In 1990, 419,429 adults participated in adult education programs. Adult educational programs assisted adults in completing requirements for U.S. citizenship and getting off welfare. A total of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Citizenship Education, Correctional Education
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1997
This document profiles 285 adult education and literacy resources that were developed with funding provided under Section 353 of the Adult Education Act. The resources are grouped according to the following categories: adult education program management; adults with disabilities, competency-based adult education; corrections education; English as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1993
This guide contains descriptions of 187 adult education resources/projects funded under Section 353 of the Adult Education Act. Included in the guide are descriptions of special demonstration projects emphasizing methods for educating adults with various special needs and descriptions of activities designed to train teachers to recognize and serve…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Annotated Bibliographies
Seibles, Mary, Comp. – 1984
This catalog, the seventh in a series of annual listings of special adult education projects, was developed to facilitate the exchange of programmatic information among adult education practitioners about projects funded by states under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. This catalog contains 382 project abstracts from 46 states. The…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Resources
