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Direct linkMoore, Elizabeth; Oppenheim, Emma – National Council of La Raza, 2010
Adult education services, including education for those lacking basic literacy and numeracy, preparation for the high school equivalency diploma, and English-as-a-second-language courses, play a crucial role in bridging the basic skills gap for Latinos and other workers with limited formal education and training. With recent policy and program…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Basic Skills, Adult Programs, Profiles
Becker, Stanli K. – 1986
A description is provided of Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC's) Jesse Owens Youth Development Program, a comprehensive year-round combination of courses, programs, and activities for inner city young people between the ages of 11 and 21. Following introductory comments on the program, the beginnings of CCC's youth development program are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Cultural Activities, Disadvantaged Youth
Download full textSanders, Joseph, Ed.; Stokes, Dia B., Ed. – 1979
This paper reports on the programs and research projects developed and/or undertaken by the Center to promote the development of high risk children. Included are descriptions of the Center's Longitudinal Program and its nine project components which concentrate on the early development of basic abilities among children from low income families.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Development, Compensatory Education, Day Care
Smith, Michael F. – 1979
In conjunction with Navajo Community College, an instructional program was designed to provide job and basic skills training to members of the Navajo tribe in Arizona. The Human Services Training and Development Program was conducted at three field sites on the reservation with approximately 30 students at each site. The curriculum was organized…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Basic Skills
Pierce, Nancy – 1981
This report provides information on programs and developments during the 1980-81 academic year in the Institute of Study for Older Adults (ISOA) Liberal Arts program which provided more than 158 courses to over 3,600 disadvantaged elderly residents of New York City. The first section concentrates on progress towards continuing objectives--in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1994
This guide is intended to assist in linking service providers to existing resources and models and to build awareness of the body of innovative work that has been developed to respond to needs of homeless adult learners. It describes materials for instruction, outreach, and program management that were primarily developed in projects funded under…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Affective Behavior, Basic Skills
Connections, 1979
Two topics are emphasized in this first newsletter of the Urban College and University Network of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The first concerns the establishment of the network: its purpose in promoting communication among urban institutions; its composition; a look at the students of the institutions; promising…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Community Colleges, Consortia
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1988
The Canadian federal government will commit $25 million to an initiative aimed at assisting immigrant women. The initiative will support settlement orientation, and language and skills training to help immigrant women adapt to Canadian life and enhance their employment opportunities. Funding areas include the following: (1) delivery of basic…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Phelps, Margaret S.; And Others – 1987
This paper describes a model for a literacy program proposed for the Rural Education Project at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. The program would target unemployed adults, at-risk youth and others in a seven-county target area whose lack of reading skills hampers their search for employment. The model calls for cooperative…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Basic Skills
