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.
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Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
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New York, NY 10020
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