Can the Hard-to-Reach Adults Become Literate?.

Fitzgerald, Gisela G.

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ERIC Number: EJ294399

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1984

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Can the Hard-to-Reach Adults Become Literate?

Fitzgerald, Gisela G.

Lifelong Learning, v7 n5 p4-5,27 Feb 1984

Addresses the problem of why the millions of hard-core illiterate American adults are not being reached by adult basic education programs. Three factors are cited as frequent reasons for nonparticipation: (1) age, (2) satisfaction with present situation, and (3) poverty. (JOW)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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