Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i4RFPc904785; Thu, 27 May 2004 11:25:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:25:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05100302bcdbaee01a4b@[67.192.250.117]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10323] New CAAL Paper Released 5/27/04 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2480 Lines: 49 May 27, 2004 -- Today the Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy released Working Paper 4 in its series being issued as part of its task-force study of the role and potential of community colleges in adult education and literacy. Called ADULT EDUCATION & LITERACY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN KENTUCKY, the 89-page paper is by CAAL's Forrest P. Chisman. Despite its length and density the paper is an easy read. It is a journey into the intricacies and history of how the Kentucky system came to be what it is today and what factors account for its astounding success. The paper describes and discusses Kentucky's adult education and community college systems in depth, as well as the linkages that have been developed between the two systems. A Foreword to the paper points out some of the many features that make Kentucky a fascinating and instructive national model: Kentucky requires, through explicit statewide policy, a seamless system of transitions from adult education to postsecondary education; its adult education service is basically learner-centered and competency-based; it is one of only a few states that invests heavily in workforce education; community college presidents consider adult education service to be part of their mission and generally do a good job of providing traditional adult education services; and the adult education and community college systems work together well through an array of linkages. The research phase of the study was funded by Kentucky Adult Education; CAAL's community college project funders supported other activities required to bring the Kentucky report to publication: the Ford Foundation; Household International; the Lumina Foundation for Education; the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.; the Nellie-Mae Foundation; Verizon, Inc.; and several individual donors. The paper is available in PDF form at the CAAL Web site, http://www.caalusa.org. At the home page, scroll down the left column to publication item (4). Readers may distribute at no cost and without prior CAAL permission as many copies of the PDF file as they need. A limited number of bound copies are available directly from CAAL for $15 each (send a prepayment check to CAAL, which is tax exempt, along with a written request for the number of copies desired). -- Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 46th Floor New York, NY 10020 212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610 www.caalusa.org
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