Adult Basic
Education & Community Colleges in Five States
by Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (CAAL), September 2003 |
This paper analyzes adult education and
literacy program characteristics of community college systems in five
states (Oregon, California, Iowa, Connecticut, and Hawaii) based on
research conducted by the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System
(CASAS). The characteristics investigated include size of enrollment,
demographics, education level, retention, staffing, service to welfare
clients, and learning gains.
http://www.caalusa.org/casasworkingpaper.pdf |
Adult Education &
Literacy and Community Colleges in Kentucky
by Forrest P. Chisman, May 2004 |
This is Working Paper
4 in a series being issued by Council for the Advancement of Adult
Literacy (CAAL) in its task force study of the role and potential of
community colleges in adult education and literacy. It provides the
major findings, issues, and recommendations about the adult education
system in Kentucky.
http://www.caalusa.org/caal_ky_case_chisman.pdf |
Adult ESL and the
Community College
by JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall and Ken Sheppard, December 2004 |
This is Working Paper
7 in a series being issued by Council for the Advancement of Adult
Literacy (CAAL) in its task force study of the role and potential of
community colleges in adult education and literacy. It introduces
some key issues about the quality and articulation of ESL programs
offered by community colleges.
http://www.caalusa.org/eslreport.pdf |
Adult Learners and
State Policy
by Richard A. Voorhees and Paul E. Lingenfelter, February 2003 |
This study reviews
the participation of adults in postsecondary education and outlines
policies and strategies states can use to enhance the capacity of their
work force.
http://www.sheeo.org/pubs/pubs_results.asp?issueID=4
|
The Adult Learning Gap Why States Need
to Change Their Policies Toward Adult Learners
by Alice Anne Bailey and James R. Mingle, October 2003 |
This paper explores
the gap between the need for lifelong learning and the capacity to
support adult postsecondary education needs with recommendations to help
state leaders and others in their efforts to close the gap.
http://www.communitycollegepolicy.org/html/Issues/access/pdf/MingleReport.pdf |
Adult Learners in
the United States: A National Profile
by Karen Paulson and Marianne Boeke, April 2006 |
This report
summarizes published data and research about the characteristics and
enrollment patterns of adult learners enrolled for credit in
postsecondary institutions in the United States. It is intended as a
reference for university leaders who seek information on the adult
student population.
http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pubInfo.cfm?pubID=370 |
Best Practices in
Adult Learning A CAEL/APQC Benchmarking Study
by Thomas A. Flint and Associates, 1999 |
This study reports on
a year-long project to find and document some the innovative ways that
colleges and universities serve adult learners.
http://www.cael.org/publications_cael_books.htm |
| Breaking Through:
Helping Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed in College and Careers
by Marty Liebowitz and Judith Combes Taylor, November 2004 |
This report looks at
whether and how community colleges can significantly improve the odds
that low-income, low-skilled adults earn college-level occupational and
technical credentials.
http://www.ecs.org/html/Document.asp?chouseid=6156 |
| The Condition of
Education 2004: Indicator 7 - Adult Participation in Work-Related
Learning by John Wirt, Susan Choy, Patrick Rooney, Stephen
Provasnik, Anindita Sen, and Richard Tobin, June 2004 |
This report is Indicator 7 of a series of
38 indicators in the National Center for Education Statistics Condition
of Education 2004. It surveys and analyzes populations, 16 years old and
above, who participated in adult education for work-related reasons.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004077.pdf |
| The Condition of
Education 2004: Indicator 29 - Employees Who Study by John
Wirt, Susan Choy, Patrick Rooney, Stephen Provasnik, Anindita Sen, and
Richard Tobin, June 2004 |
This report is Indicator 29 of a series of
38 indicators in the National Center for Education Statistics Condition
of Education 2004. It studies older undergraduates who consider
themselves employees first and students second.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004077.pdf |
Education and the
Common Good: Social Benefits of Higher Education in Kentucky
by Amy L. Watts, 2001 |
This report attempts to answer the
question: What return the state of Kentucky can expect for the
investment it is making in the education of its citizens.
http://www.kltprc.net/books/educationcommongood/education_and_the_common_good.pdf
|
Effectiveness and Efficiency in Higher
Education for Adults: A Guide to Fostering Learning
by Morris T. Keaton, Barry G. Sheckley, and Joan Krejci Griggs |
This book outlines
eight key learning principles to help adults learn best with greatest
impact and least cost/effort expended.
http://www.cael.org/publications_cael_books.htm |
Expanding Access to Learning:
The Role of Virtual Universities
by Carol A. Twigg, 2003 |
The Center for Academic Transformation at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute assesses the current state of statewide
virtual university initiatives and offers an alternative strategy to the
predominant collaborative model.
http://www.center.rpi.edu/Monographs/ExpAccess.html |
Findings from the Condition of Education
2002: Nontraditional Undergraduates
by Susan Choy, August 2002 |
This report contains a special analysis
that is republished from the Condition of Education 2002 in a booklet
form. It describes nontraditional undergraduates in terms of their
demographic characteristics, enrollment patterns, ways of combining
school and work, participation in distance education, and persistence
patterns.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002012.pdf |
From the Prison Track to the College
Track: Pathways to Postsecondary Success for Out-of-School Youth
by Lili Allen, Cheryl Almeida, and Adria Steinberg, April 2004 |
The authors of this publication focus on
four types of learning environments that appear to hold particular
promise for vulnerable and potentially disconnected youth. They identify
the unique characteristics that make these programs work, and identify
four high schools - one employing each approach - that help disengaged
youth graduate and go on to college and/or meaningful employment.
http://www.jff.org/JFF_KC_Pages.php?WhichLevel=1&lv1_id=4&lv2_id=0&lv3_id=0&KC_M_ID=79 |
Held Back: How
Student Aid Programs Fail Working Adults
by Brian Bosworth and Victoria Choitz, April 2002 |
Bosworth and Choitz
provide findings from a project that investigated how state and federal
postsecondary student aid programs might better support the education
and training needs of working adults.
http://www.futureworks-web.com/pdf/Held%20Back%20report.pdf |
The Investment
Payoff: A 50-State Analysis of the Public and Private Benefits of Higher
Education
by Alisa Cunningham, Sarah Krichels, Jamie Merisotis, Christina
Redmond Daulton, Melissa Clinedinst and Loretta Hardge, February 2005 |
The Institute of
Higher Education staff builds on the work of other ongoing efforts that
have consistently shown that going to college has broad and quantifiable
national impacts. This report articulates the benefits of higher
education for both state and local governments utilizing a 50-state
analysis.
http://tools.isovera.com/organizations.php3?action=printContentItem&orgid=104&typeID=906&itemID=10395&User_Session=9d80773a85256db4c9b418c5c0a173ec |
Investing Wisely
in Adult Learning is Key to State Prosperity
by James Mingle, Bruce Chaloux and Angela Birkes |
This report, a part of the Challenge to
Lead education goals series, documents the benefits of providing more
education for adults who did not complete high school and the urgency of
increasing the number of high school dropouts who pursue further
education. It focuses on three key indicators of progress: enrollments
in Adult Basic Education, GED completion and enrollments of students who
earned the GED credential in postsecondary education.
http://www.sreb.org/main/Goals/Publications/Adult_Learning.asp |
Life After High
School: Young People Talk about Their Hopes and Prospects
by Jean Johnson and Ann Duffett with Amber Ott, 2005 |
This survey of young adults examines the
reasons behind the decisions they make about work or college. The study
analyzes the academic and career expectations and experiences of young
people (18 to 24 years old) of different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
http://www.publicagenda.org/reports/life-after-high-school
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| Low-Income Adults
in Profile: Improving Lives Through Higher Education by Bryan Cook
and Jacqueline E. King, February 2004 |
This report provides
a detailed description of low-income adult college students and the
challenges they face as they pursue postsecondary education.
http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pubInfo.cfm?pubID=310 |
| A New Emphasis and
Funding Methodology for Adult and Career Education by Council for
Education Policy, Research and Improvement, January 2004 |
The Council for
Education Policy Research and Improvement provides a report and
recommendations for ensuring that the critical area of adult and career
education is funded appropriately in the state of Florida.
http://www.cepri.state.fl.us/pdf/Adult&Career%20Educ%20Funding%20final%20rpt.pdf
|
| Opening Doors:
Expanding Educational Opportunities for Low-Income Workers by Susan
Golonka and Lisa Matus-Grossman, May 2001 |
This report is based
largely on a roundtable meeting of a wide-ranging group of
policy-makers, public agency administrators and researchers conducted by
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation and the National Governors
Association Center for Best Practices in April 2000 on expanding
postsecondary opportunities for low-income working parents and welfare
recipients.
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/101/full.pdf |
Opening Doors:
Students' Perspectives on Juggling Work, Family, and College
by Lisa Matus-Grossman Susan Gooden Melissa Wavelet, Melisa Diaz and
Reishma Seupersad, May 2001 |
This study uses
information gathered in focus groups at six community colleges from
current, former, and potential students (most of them single parents) to
explore institutional and personal access and retention issues they face
as they seek a workable balance of college, work and family
responsibilities.
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/260/full.pdf |
The Role of
Community Colleges in State Adult Education Systems A National Analysis
by Vanessa Smith Morest, April 2004 |
This national report
reveals that neither adult education nor community college systems are
adequately aware of the large role that community college systems play
as a service provider in adult education and literacy across the
country. It is the third resource document to be issued by
Council for the Advancement of Adult Literacy (CAAL)
in its study of community colleges and adult education/literacy.
http://www.caalusa.org/columbiawp3.pdf |
The Silent
Epidemic Perspectives of High School Dropouts
by John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio, Jr. and Karen Burke Morison,
March 2006 |
This report describes the high dropout
rates in America's schools as a silent epidemic. Survey findings
indicate that while some students drop out because of significant
academic challenges, most dropouts are students who could have succeeded
in school. The report recommends “supports” that can improve students'
chances of staying in school and next steps for tackling this issue.
http://www.silentepidemic.org/info/about-us.htm |
Waiting to Attend
College: Undergraduates Who Delay Their Postsecondary Enrollment
by Laura Horn, Emily Forrest Cataldi, Anna Sikora, and C. Dennis
Carroll, June 2005 |
This report describes the characteristics
and outcomes of students who delay enrollment in postsecondary
education. It analyzes demographic characteristics, why and where they
enroll, types of programs, attendance patterns and likelihood of earning
a credential of students who delay postsecondary enrollment in
comparison to their peers who enroll immediately after high school
graduation.
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005152.pdf |
Workforce
Contingent Financial Aid: How States Link Financial Aid to Employment
by Rita J. Kishstein, Andrea R. Berger, Elana Benatar, and David Rhodes,
February 2004 |
This research report
gives an account of the study undertaken by the American Institutes for
Research to understand the overall efficacy of the workforce-contingent
financial aid programs.
http://www.luminafoundation.org/research/Workforce.pdf |
