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 g31FnAu00589; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:49:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:49:10 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <004801c1d993$bff1cf80$3d25a2d1@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:780] NCES Report on participation rates in adult ed 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: 1965 Lines: 44 The following message, written by David Rosen, is cross-posted from the NLA list: The National Center for Education Statistics released a report in February on participation rates in adult education from 1991-1999. The good news is that, overall, participation increased, but take a look at the summary below, especially the last sentence. There is troubling news for those who serve Latinos, adults with lower levels of education, and/or adults who are low-income. Summary The increase in participation in adult education found in this report is not new. What is new is evidence of the breadth of this increase. Virtually every group of adults examined increased their participation in adult education between 1991 and 1999, often in ways that reduced disparities in participation that had existed in 1991. But a closer look at participation in specific activities reveals some troubling signs of groups being left behind--especially Hispanics, those with lower levels of education, those with lower status jobs, and those who are employed part time. Even after accounting for other factors, all of these groups have relatively low rates of participation in work-related courses, an adult education activity that is likely to have economic payoffs. Adults with lower levels of education also are less likely than those with higher levels of education to participate in nonwork-related courses, after accounting for other factors. Thus, although the widespread increase in participation in adult education has been accompanied by an elimination of some inequities, in many cases the highly educated and high status groups that have been the traditional beneficiaries of adult education remain the main beneficiaries today." Participation Trends and Patterns in Adult Education: 1991 to 1999 N A T I O N A L C E N T E R F O R E D U C A T I O N STAT I S T I C S Statistical Analysis Report February 2002 http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002119
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