NEWS RELEASE -- July 28, 2004 -- Today the Council for Advancement of 
Adult Literacy released a new paper in its community colleges series. 
THE ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM & ADULT EDUCATION, by Suzanne 
Knell and Janet Scogins, is CAAL's Working Paper 5, issued in 
conjunction with its study of the role and potential of community 
colleges in adult education and literacy.

Illinois is a model of national significance for many reasons, 
including the fact that an astounding 77 percent of adult education 
and literacy learners in the state is served by community colleges. 
It is also the largest state (among 13 in the nation) in which a 
community college authority administers adult education services.

The report is 123 pages long. It contains an Executive Summary 
followed by two main sections. Part 1, the main body of the report, 
provides (a) a statistical overview of the need for adult education 
service, the provider system, the number of students served, and the 
nature of service in Illinois; (b) a discussion of the nature and 
functioning of the community college administrative system for adult 
education in the state; (c) the state's system of financing adult 
education; (d) the process by which responsibility for adult 
education was transferred to the Illinois Community College Board in 
2001 and the issues and outcomes this shift has produced; and (e) a 
summary discussion of how adult education service is provided in four 
Illinois community colleges (Parkland College, Carl Sandburg College, 
Illinois Central College, and College of Lake County). Part II of the 
paper includes detailed profiles of the four local community colleges 
studied.

The report is available in pdf format from the CAAL web site, at 
www.caalusa.org (item 5 in the left home page column).  It may be 
freely reproduced.
-- 
Gail Spangenberg
President
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