Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eA3ELk910151; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:21:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:21:47 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <7d.c7c7f30.27342383@aol.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: JATDP@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1089] Re: national adult ed stats X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 114 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 690 Lines: 19 Esther, This statistic is quoted by Tom Stitch in his article From the Margins to the Mainstream that I believe can be found on the NALD web site. <<The Digest of Education Statistics for 1998 reported an enrollment of 4.2 million in the adult system of non-credit, non-formal education funded through the federal government's Division of Adult Education and Literacy>> Judy Titzel Providence RI << Hi. Does anyone have the latest statistics on how many people in the U.S. participate in non-formal adult education (ESL, GED, ABE, literacy, etc.)? I need a ballpark figure that will give people unfamiliar with adult ed an idea of how widespread it is. Thanks, Esther >>
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