[AAACE-NLA] From benevolence to business...good economic sense

[David Rosen]

Colleagues,

This is a cross-post from the English Language discussion list.

David Rosen
DJRosen at theworld.com


Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Miriam Burt" <miriam at cal.org>
> Date: August 2, 2007 9:09:03 AM EDT
> To: "The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List"  
> <englishlanguage at nifl.gov>
> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 1635] MPI release report on estimates of  
> costs (and value) of educating all immigrant adults in United States
> Reply-To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List  
> <englishlanguage at nifl.gov>
>
> Hello, everyone.
>
>  Tuesday, July 31st, the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) released  
> their report entitled Adult English Language Instruction in the  
> United States: Determining Need and Investing Wisely.  Written by  
> Margie McHugh, Julia Gelatt, and Michael Fix,  this report  
> estimates that $4 billion per year  - about 4 times what is spent  
> now -  is needed over the next six years to provide all adult  
> immigrants with the English language instruction necessary for them  
> to participate in and contribute fully to the economic well-being  
> of the United States. The report goes on to offer suggestions for  
> ways of finding the funds for this, and, importantly, why this is  
> so needed and what the returns on this investment would be.
>
> The report is available on line at http://www.migrationpolicy.org/ 
> pubs/NCIP_English_Instructiona073107.pdf
>
>
> Yesterday,  the  Washington Post wrote about the report and its  
> release.  For as long as it's still available - you can read the  
> Post article online at
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/ 
> AR2007073101570.html
>
> The Post article ends with a great quote from Brigitte Marshall,   
> Director, Oakland Adult and Career Education. Brigitte was there,  
> along with Israel Mendoza (WA), and Heide Wrigley, as speakers/ 
> reactors/commentors on the report.
> Brigitte said that in talking about educating immigrants, the  
> country needed to "move from benevolence to business.... It makes  
> good economic sense."
>
> Miriam
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> Miriam Burt
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