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This page includes organizations that have studies in progress
or have completed studies that address adult transition students.
In alphabetical order, they are:
Abt Associates, Inc.
http://www.abtassociates.com/Page.cfm?PageID=1350&RS=1
Abt Associates is one of the largest for-profit government and
business research and consulting firm in the world. In the area
of education, they have evaluated a number of literacy-related
projects and issues. For example, this 1999
report by Judith A. Alamprese provides a typology of literacy
programs.
American Council on Education (ACE)
http://www.acenet.edu
ACE is the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher
education institutions. It seeks to provide leadership and a
unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence
public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives.
Link to information about their report on the 2002 Series GED Test . At the bottom of the page are several
interesting graphs that can be downloaded along with a pitch
to purchase the entire report.
Berkeley Policy Associates
http://www.berkeleypolicyassociates.com
Berkeley Policy Associates is an employee-owned company that
provides research and consulting to support public policy development on social and economic opportunities. Their current focus includes welfare reform, policies that impact women and families, and supports for individuals with physical and psychiatric disabilities.
Community College Research Center (CCRC)
http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu
The mission of the CCRC is to carry out and promote research on major issues affecting the development, growth, and changing roles of community colleges in the United States. While many of the student studies focus on traditional-age college students, most include adult students, including this brief on persistence and student success courses - Do Student Success Courses Actually Help Community College Students Succeed?
Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (CAAL)
http://www.caalusa.org
CAAL's broad mission is to help advance adult literacy in the
United States. A current initiative, the Community
College Task Force Study, has the overall goal to develop
educational opportunities for adults through basic skills upgrading,
further education, and English language programs that support
their successful transition from the adult education and literacy
system to postsecondary education and career opportunities.
Forging New Partnerships: Adult & Developmental
Education in Community Colleges
by Hunter Boylan for a project of the Council for Advancement
of Adult Literacy (CAAL)
http://www.caalusa.org/boylanpaper.pdf
This is one of several studies commissioned by CAAL and completed
over the past two year. Dr. Boylan’s report examines the
relationship between Adult Basic Education and community college
for programs housed on college campuses. The report includes
a description of a survey sent to the 1,195 community college
presidents (with a 43 percent return rate) and the findings from
four sites visits to four specific colleges.
Higher Education Policy Research Center
http://www.womeningovernment.org/highered/
Women In Government’s Access to Higher Education Policy
Research Center is dedicated to identifying policy issues, gathering
research data and information, and providing a centralized clearinghouse
for state legislators on ways to increase access to higher education
for women and minorities.
Jobs for the Future (JFF)
http://www.jff.org/
JFF is a non-profit research, consulting, and advocacy organization
that has both a youth and an adult focus. Their credo is that
all adults should have the skills needed to hold jobs that pay
enough to support a family. A
Future that Works: First-Person Accounts of Community Colleges
that Change Lives illustrates the profound effect that
a community college education can have on the lives of adult
students.
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
http://www.mdrc.org/
MDRC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization
dedicated to learning what works to improve the well-being of
low-income people by studying the implementation and effects
of programs that have attempted to increase self-sufficiency
and improve life circumstances of people on welfare. One of their recent reports focuses on a scholarship program for low-income parents. See Paying for Persistence.
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
(NCSALL)
http://www.ncsall.net/
NCSALL focuses on practice-based research, advocacy on literacy
and related issues, and professional development for the literacy
field. To link directly to reports on transition to postsecondary
education, go to http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=154.
National Commission on Adult Literacy
http://www.nationalcommissiononadultliteracy.org/pandp.html
The National Commission on Adult Literacy is an independent panel of leaders from labor, business, government, education, literacy, and philanthropy. Its formation was announced in July 2006 by Dollar General Corporation and the Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (CAAL). All publications created for the commission, including Challenges of Assessing for Postsecondary Readiness, can be reached on their website.
New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC)
http://www.nelrc.org
The mission of NELRC, located at World
Education, is to strengthen adult literacy services in New
England. Its current initiatives include this network (NCTN)
and the New England ABE-to-College
Transition Project funded by the Nellie
Mae Education Foundation. Many of the program profiles highlighted
on this Web site are from the project. See their recent Project
Evaluation Report [PDF].
Office for Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), U.S.
Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/transition.html
The OVAE Web site has research and resources to help prepare
young people and adults for postsecondary education, successful
careers, and productive lives. This link goes directly to their
program page on transition to college for adult students.
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