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

[Gail Spangenberg]

Mr. Runyon, My organization (the Council for Advancement of Adult 
Literacy) has a major national study in process on the role of 
community colleges in adult literacy. This initiative is examining 
all sorts of partnership arrangements.  The initiative is being 
carried out under the guidance of a diverse task force chaired by a 
community college president (representing the American Association of 
Community Colleges) and the study director (the fellow doing most of 
the work) is Forrest Chisman.  You may wish to e-mail Mr. Chisman at 
forrest at crosslink.net.  You can also learn much more about the 
project, including a first publication, by going to CAAL's web site 
at www.caalusa.org.  Gail Spangenberg



>Robert,
>
>I don't have an answer to your question, but I'm including the American
>Library Association's literacy discussion list in this reply in case
>they have a response for you. If your question is not appropriate for
>the NLA list, then you'll at least have another source for information.
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>I'm not sure, but I think that in order to subscribe, you'll need to:
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>Taylor
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Runyon [mailto:rrunyon at mail.unomaha.edu]
>Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 11:23 AM
>To: aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
>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.
>
>       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?
>
>Robert S. Runyon, Library Dean Emeritus
>University of Nebraska at Omaha
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