This document contains summaries of 48 research projects that were, with few exceptions, funded under Section 353 of the Adult Education Act. Discussed in the introduction are the distribution and stated purposes of Section 353 grants, the procedures used to locate the project reports summarized, criteria used to determine which projects would be profiled, and information about retrieving the copies of the project reports. The 48 summaries are grouped under the following section headings: assessment and testing (10 projects); curriculum and instruction (15 projects); participation and retention (9 projects); and surveys and evaluations (14 projects). Each project summary contains some or all of the following: ERIC Document (ED) and/or project number, date, state, contractor, purpose, procedure, summary of findings, comments, correlations/cross-references, contact information, and source from which copies of the full report and follow-up technical papers (if available) may be obtained. (MN)