[AAACE-NLA] Literacy programs in community colleges vs. libraries

[Catherine B. King]

Hello Robert:

Check with the Virginia Department of Education.

Catherine King


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Runyon" <rrunyon at mail.unomaha.edu>
To: <aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 11:22 AM
Subject: [AAACE-NLA] Literacy programs in community colleges vs. libraries


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> I would like to start a new discussion theme, which may or may not be
> appropriate for this list.
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>       The question takes on, in a way, from comments that Thomas Sticht
> contributed a few weeks ago.
>       My question is the comparative benefits of a non-profit literacy
> provider agency affiliating with a public library vs. a community college.
> There are various kinds of trade-offs to be made in each arrangement.
>       Even though as a former librarian, I would favor that linkage, I
> think there may be stronger benefits in the adult (ABE/GED) education
> context to locating on a community college campus.
>       The reason for my question is that I am actively involved in a
> non-profit, volunteer literacy agency that is seeking to share facilities
> and programmatic support with a community college or a public library.
>       Do you have, or know anyone, with experience in analzing/evaluating
> these issues?
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> Robert S. Runyon, Library Dean Emeritus
> University of Nebraska at Omaha
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