Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g1K1vEu27142; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:57:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:57:14 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <011501c1b9b0$bfb55800$c353f7a5@oemcomputer> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:731] NCES Resleases Two New Publications X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2036 Lines: 37 FYI: The National Center on Education Statistics (NCES) has just released the following two new publications: "The Persistence of Employees Who Pursue College Study" uses data from the base year and first follow-up surveys of the 1995-96 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study to examine the persistence and completion rates of students who define themselves primarily as "employees who decided to enroll in school." These "employees who study" were found to have persistence rates similar to those of other students when their goal did not involve obtaining a postsecondary credential, or when their goal was to obtain a postsecondary certificate. Among those seeking an associate's degree or higher degree, however, "employees who study" had lower persistence rates than their peers. Differences in the backgrounds and life situations of "employees who study" may help account for these differences in persistence. To download, view and print this report as a pdf file, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002118 "Participation Trends and Patterns in Adult Education: 1991 to 1999" uses data from the 1991, 1995, and 1999 Adult Education Surveys of the National Household Education Surveys Program to examine participation rates in adult education over time. Participation is examined among different groups of adults (by age, sex, race/ethnicity, education level, labor force status, occupation group, and whether the adult has continuing education requirements), and for different types of adult education (adult basic education, English as a Second Language programs, credential programs, apprenticeship programs, work-related courses, and nonwork-related courses). For work-related courses and nonwork-related courses in 1999, a multivariate statistical analysis was used to help reveal the socio-demographic determinants of participation in these activities. To download, view and print this report as a pdf file, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002119
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