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ERIC Number: ED571873
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jan
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
State Strategies to Facilitate Adult Learners' Transitions to Postsecondary Opportunities. REL 2017-223
Hector-Mason, Anestine; Narlock, Jason; Muhisani, Helen; Bhatt, Monica P.
Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
Prior research has classified strategies to facilitate adult learners' transitions to postsecondary opportunities into five broad categories: advising, General Educational Development-plus (GED-plus), English as a second language, career pathways, and college preparatory (Zafft, Kallenbach, & Spohn, 2006). This two-part study relied on interviews with directors of state- and local-level adult education programs and existing data sources to explore how states facilitate adult learners' transition to postsecondary education. One part of the study used data from interviews conducted in 2014 with adult education directors in six Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest Region states. The study found that states use different combinations of strategies within and across these five categories to facilitate transition. The second part of the study used data from the National Reporting System for Adult Education Programs and found large variation across states in adult learners' postsecondary participation. Part of this variation may reflect inconsistencies in reporting across states. This report suggests areas for future research that can build on the findings described here. [This report was written in collaboration with the Midwest College and Career Success Research Alliance.]
Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest. Available from: Institute of Education Sciences. 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20208. Tel: 800-872-5327; Web site: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Postsecondary Education; Adult Basic Education; Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest (ED); American Institutes for Research (AIR); National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (ED)
Identifiers - Location: Illinois; Iowa; Indiana; Michigan; Minnesota; Ohio
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: EDIES12C0004