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Download full textMorris, Donald R. – 1986
The Roving Leaders Center, one of the Dade County (Florida) Public Schools' Educational Alternative Outreach Programs, is designed as a last resort beyond the opportunity schools. Although it originally involved counselors who visited the schools, it now consists of a classroom, recreation room, offices, and reception area. It is staffed by a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Institutionalized Persons, Nontraditional Education, Nontraditional Students
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
Slaughter & Associates, Woodland Hills, CA. – 1991
As the result of an extensive survey of the literature, analysis of current state plans for educating migrant farm workers, and site visits to nine programs serving adult farm workers in California, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington, a two-volume final technical report on adult migrant farm worker education is presented. The…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Agricultural Laborers, Basic Skills
Hunziker, Celeste M. – 1984
The Early Warning System (EWS) of the Individualized Study Program (ISP) at the University of California, Davis, was evaluated. Disadvantaged students who have not met the university's entrance requirements are tracked by the EWS during their first year in order to identify academic problems and provide advising and support. Findings include: EWS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills
Frampton, Derek; Hull, Lynn – 2000
This guide explains how staff at further education (FE) colleges throughout England and Wales can engage in the Learning Gateway, which is a program featuring personal advisers, "front end" assessment and support, and life skills training to help disengaged 16- and 17-year-olds re-engage in education, training, and employment. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills
