In its first year of operation, the Staff Development Project of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) made dramatic quantitative gains in Adult Basic Education (ABE) teacher training throughout the Southeast. The following have been accomplished in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee: 16 institutions of higher education participated in project activities; 13 of these colleges and universities established adult education divisions for the first time; 16 programs leading to master's sixth-year certificates and doctorates were added to six already existing, and 19 additional ones are planned; 29 full-time education faculty were employed by participating institutions; 16 graduate students actively participated in both university program activities and in providing in-service training to local ABE personnel; 61 graduate and undergraduate courses were added, and an additional 33 are planned; 2,971 students enrolled in credit courses offered by six universities on campus, off-campus, and by extension; 7,800 teachers attended courses, institutes, seminars, and workshops; 4,735 teachers and supervisors attended more than 118 seminars and workshops to begin regular in-service training for ABE personnel; 337 ABE classes and programs were visited by college and university staff; teacher trainer were established in two states; cooperative planning teams were instituted in two other states; all states assumed responsibility for developing on-going professional training plans; 400 staff members attended three regional seminars; 17 ABE teachers for the blind or visually handicapped were trained; and a 12 member research panel was established to evaluate the project. (Author/DB)