[NLA] Access for ABLE students to Postsecondary Education

Sat Sep 14 17:16:59 EDT 2002

Hi,
The web address is http://literacy.kent.edu (no www)
You can also reach the OLRC at olrc at literacy.kent.edu .

best,
tim
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Tim Ponder
tponder at literacy.kent.edu

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> Subject: Re: [NLA] Access for ABLE students to Postsecondary Education
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>
> Ohio Has.
> The Ohio Literacy Resource Center has received a substantial
> grant to do just
> that.
> Contact M. Ropog   www.literacy.kent.edu
>
> g. gillette
>
> On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:58:30 -0400 RoyceSJ at netscape.net wrote:
>
> > When we consider the problem of "access", we
> > must consider not only access to ABLE programs
> > but access of our graduates to post-secondary
> > education. In my recent study of 70 successful
> > ABLE graduates, I discovered that the 20 that
> > attained higher education degrees had immediate
> > financial assistance (loans, scholarship,
> > disability checks) or two working family
> > members.  Another 10 are still enrolled in
> > higher education taking course after course,
> > year after year as time and money allow. Access
> > to ABLE programs must not be a dead end.
> >
> > My question is:  Has any state formed an
> > alliance between their ABLE programs and
> > postsecondary institutions to provide financial
> > assistance or even referral to funding sources
> > for "qualifying" GED/Adult High School
> > graduates?
> >
> > Our concern for access must be both coming and
> > going.  If you have an answer to my question
> > (and David does not consider it a policy issue)
> > please contact me at the address below.
> >
> > Sherry Royce
> >
> > Dr. Sherry Royce
> > Royce & Royce, Inc.
> > 1938 Crooked Oak Drive
> > Lancaster, PA 17601
> > email: sjroyce at comcast.net
> > tel: 717-569-1663
> >
> >
> > Thomas Sticht  wrote:
> >
> > >Research Note
> > >12 September 2002
> > >
> > >Year 2 of The National Literacy Summit of 2000
> > Has Passed:
> > >Has There Been Any Action on the Action
> > Agenda?
> > >
> > >Thomas G. Sticht
> > >International Consultant in Adult Education
> > >
> > >In September of 2000 the National Literacy
> > Summit 2000 steering committee
> > >launched An Action Agenda for Literacy
> > entitled "From the Margins to the
> > >Mainstream". The Action Agenda called for an
> > education system of QUALITY
> > >services for adult students with ease of
> > ACCESS to these services and
> > >sufficient RESOURCES to support quality and
> > access. This adult education
> > >and literacy system was set as the national
> > goal to be achieved by the
> > >year 2010. Unfortunately, after the first two
> > years into the Action
> > >Agenda, results in these aspects of the system
> > are not encouraging.
> > >
> > >QUALITY: I have found no information to form a
> > basis for a judgment as to
> > >whether or not in the last two years there has
> > been an increase or
> > >improvement in the quality of services for
> > adult students in the programs
> > >of the Adult Education and Literacy System
> > (AELS) of the United States,
> > >i.e., those programs funded in part by State
> > Grants from the WIA/AEFLA act
> > >of 1998, or any other programs such as those
> > of ProLiteracy Worldwide,
> > >libraries, corrections, workplace, etc.
> > >
> > >ACCESS: From the peak of 4.1 million in 1997
> > enrollments in the AELS
> > >dropped to around 2.9 million in program year
> > 1999-2000, the last year for
> > >which I have data. This is a drop of almost 30
> > percent, some 1.2 million
> > >enrollments.  At 2.9 million, we are nearly
> > back to the 1985 figure of
> > >around 2.879 million enrollments. This is a
> > loss of over a decade of
> > >progress in getting adults to access the Adult
> > Education and Literacy
> > >System of the United States of America.
> > Presumably the programs that
> > >served the 1.2 million adults who are no
> > longer in the AELS are sill
> > >operating, but outside the framework and
> > funding of he AELS. Indeed, there
> > >have been news stories about long waiting
> > lists for adult literacy and
> > >language programs. At the present time,
> > though, it looks like the Action
> > >Agenda item of ACCESS is failing with respect
> > to increasing access to and
> > >enrollments in the AELS, and there are no data
> > of which I am aware to
> > >suggest it is succeeding outside the AELS. I
> > do not know if the DAEL,
> > >NIFL, NCSALL, NCL or any other organization is
> > looking into the issue of
> > >ACCESS.
> > >
> > >RESOURCES:  In September 2000 the National
> > Literacy Summit 2000 Action
> > >Agenda included  Action Agenda Priority 1:
> > Resources, Outcome B: Action 2:
> > >"Persuade Congress to appropriate $1 billion
> > annually to the adult
> > >education, language, and literacy system." In
> > 2002 both the President and
> > >Senate have requested $575 million for FY 2003
> > for the AELS. This is the
> > >same as for FY 2002.
> > >
> > >The Action Agenda Commitments: Is the Field
> > Uncommitted?
> > >
> > >In a year 1 report of progress in the Action
> > Agenda,  some 163 commitments
> > >were made by 69 organizations for action they
> > were going to take in future
> > >years to further the National Literacy Summit
> > 2000 Action Agenda. In year
> > >2, however, I have checked the National
> > Literacy Coalition’s web pages for
> > >the Action Agenda and found only three
> > commitments by the NCL for year 2,
> > >and these are the same as in year 1. There is
> > no year 2 report of
> > >commitments like that of year 1. Further, the
> > NIFL has dropped a link to
> > >the Action Agenda from its web site and no
> > loner refers to it on its home
> > >page, suggesting a drop in the NIFL’s
> > commitment to the Action Agenda.
> > >Likewise, there is no link to or discussion of
> > the Action Agenda at the
> > >NCSALL web page to the Action Agenda.
> > >
> > >At the present time, then, it seems to me that
> > during 2002, the National
> > >Literacy Summit 2000 has not had much action
> > from the field or from any
> > >national leadership that would help achieve
> > the Action Agenda’s goal of
> > >moving the adult education, language, and
> > literacy system, however
> > >defined, from the margins to the mainstream of
> > education in the United
> > >States. Instead, it appears that since the
> > Action Agenda was released at
> > >the Literacy Summit of 2000, there has been a
> > downhill decline in action.
> > >
> > >This leads me to wonder if there is actually
> > much interest anymore in the
> > >Action Agenda among either the original
> > sponsors and formulators of the
> > >Agenda, or the rest of the adult literacy
> > education field, either?
> > >
> > >Well, we are at the start of year 3, and there
> > are still several years to
> > >go before we reach 2010. Perhaps things will
> > pick-up in these out years.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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