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Persistence Among Adult Education Students Panel

This panel discussion focuses on persistence in ABE, ESOL, and GED programs, and features a NCSALL study entitled, "Supporting the Persistence of Adult Basic Education Students."

This report examines student persistence in adult education programs. It presents a working definition of persistence, examines existing research, and describes NCSALL's three-phase study of the factors that support and inhibit persistence.

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This Project is funded in part by the National Institute for Literacy. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the policies of the National Institute for Literacy. No official endorsement by the National Institute for Literacy or any product, commodity, service, or enterprise is intended or inferred.

Presenters


Dr. John Comings - Director, National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), Cambridge, MA

Ernest Best - Project Manager, African American Men's Literacy Project and Executive Director, Massachusetts Alliance for Adult Literacy, Boston, MA

Kathleen Endaya - Director, Project READ, Redwood City Public Library, Redwood City, CA

Dr. David J. Rosen - Senior Associate, Newsome Associates, Boston, MA


Last updated: Thursday, 25-Jun-2009 13:40:25 EDT