Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i9RHjka23348; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:45:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:45:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05100303bda301c9fba2@[67.192.191.82]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4577] NEW CAAL PAPER - AD ED/LITERACY IN OREGON X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2713 Lines: 58 Colleagues, CAAL regrets that NIFL e-mail security makes it impossible to attach the PDF file. I hope you will go to the CAAL web site to get this repjort, and that you will find it of interest. GS NEWS RELEASE October 27, 2004, New York City -- In Oregon, community colleges govern adult education and literacy, and they provide nearly all services offered in the state. Policy is based on the premise that adult education and literacy are on a par with all other community college programs. And, state financial support is provided almost exclusively in the form of full-time equivalency reimbursement funding to the colleges. These are just some of the features that set Oregon's adult education/literacy system apart and make the state an important model. Today, the Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy is releasing "OREGON SHINES! Adult Education & Literacy in Oregon Community Colleges." This report is the sixth in CAAL's series of working papers on the role and potential of community colleges in adult education and literacy. The 84-page document by Clare Strawn and Sharlene Walker (Amy Rothman and Gail Spangenberg, editors) contains an Executive Summary and four main sections: (I) Demographics of Need and Service, (II) Building An Integrated Statewide System, (III) The College Perspective, and (IV) A Closer Look at Some Elements of the Oregon Story. A supplemental reading list and other appendices are included. In a foreword to the report, CAAL president Gail Spangenberg writes: "This report is a story of enlightened state government, remarkable vision, and astonishing collaboration and commitment. Who, in this day and age, would imagine that something as wonderful as Oregon Shines is possible, that government could be so truly democratic in impulse, that a process, top to bottom, could be so all-inclusive? As a story within a story, an inspiring account is given of the state's successful adult education and literacy system and the central role of community colleges as the governing agent and primary provider of adult education services." CAAL's community college study and publication of the Oregon paper are made possible by funding from the Ford Foundation, Household International, Lumina Foundation for Education, the Nellie-Mae Foundation, the McGraw-Hill Companies, Verizon, and several individual donors. The report is available in PDF format at the CAAL web site (www.caalusa.org, scroll down the left column and click on the title); it may be freely reproduced. -- 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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