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Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Editor: Sarah Newcomb
Production: Rose Tilghman
March 7, 2002
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Private Sector Training:
Does Size Matter?
Small and medium-sized firms expect to increase investments in employee
training in coming months, but planned investments by larger companies hit
hard by recession have sagged. This is according to a new report by the
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). Still, ASTD expects
total training expenditures to increase in 2002. A special focus of growth
has been e-learning. In 2000, private sector training expenditures were $704
per employee, but companies with strong commitments to training spent as
much as $1,574 per employee. Most training involved technical processes or
information technology. State and federal adult education expenditures per
learner that year are estimated at about $400. See http://www.astd.org Go to
Press Room at bottom, click release and click "summary" in text.
FL Adult School
Goes Tech Prep
Florida Community College at Jacksonville is one of nine winners of a FY
2001 Tech Prep Demonstration grant, OVAE just announced. The college gets
$485,519 over three years to redesign its downtown adult high school as a
tech prep program. The goal is to provide adult students with integrated
academic and technical instruction, including opportunities to enroll in
dual credit technical education courses. Graduates earn a diploma and
credits toward an Associates Degree in a technical career field. Evaluation
components include academic achievement, retention and completion, placement
in employment and enrollment in postsecondary education.
Verizon Funds
Workplace and
Online Learning
Verizon gave $350,000 recently to Laubach Literacy International (LLI) and
Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) to support workplace literacy and
online resources. LLI gets $250,000 to create/distribute a booklet boosting
employers' awareness of how low literacy affects productivity,
profitability, and competitiveness. LVA gets $100,000 to develop the
LVA/Verizon Promising Practices Exchange. The Exchange will expand online
information and learning opportunities for educators helping low-literate
adults. Contact <mailto:bkogut at laubach.org> or <mailto:croethel at laubach.org>
Can Community Colleges
Help Welfare Clients?
Maybe you're scratching your head about what works for welfare clients. The
Community College Role in Welfare to Work, a new ERIC publication, outlines
successful service models based at community colleges in CA, IL, TX and WI.
The work in this book was sponsored by the Department. For sale for $28 at
http://www.jbp.com Click education.
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A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/
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<P ALIGN=3DRIGHT><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#008080" FACE=3D"Arial">Office of =
Vocational and Adult Education</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><I><FONT COLOR=3D"#008000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Editor: Sarah =
Newcomb</FONT></I></B>
<BR><B><I><FONT COLOR=3D"#008000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Production: =
Rose Tilghman</FONT></I></B>
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<P><I><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#008000" FACE=3D"Arial">March 7, =
2002</FONT> =
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</B> </I>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#008080" SIZE=3D4 =
FACE=3D"Arial">___________________________________</FONT></B>
</P>
<BR>
<P><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Private Sector =
Training:</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Does Size =
Matter?</FONT></B>
</P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Small and medium-sized firms expect =
to increase investments in employee training in coming months, but =
planned investments by larger companies hit hard by recession have =
sagged. This is according to a new report by the American Society for =
Training and Development (ASTD). Still, ASTD expects total training =
expenditures to increase in 2002. A special focus of growth has been =
e-learning. In 2000, private sector training expenditures were $704 per =
employee, but companies with strong commitments to training spent as =
much as $1,574 per employee. Most training involved technical processes =
or information technology. State and federal adult education =
expenditures per learner that year are estimated at about $400. =
See</FONT><U> <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Times New Roman"><A =
HREF=3D"http://www.astd.org" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.astd.org</A></FONT></U><FONT FACE=3D"Times =
New Roman"> Go to Press Room at bottom, click release and click =
"summary" in text.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">FL Adult =
School</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Goes Tech =
Prep</FONT></B>
</P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Florida Community College at =
Jacksonville is one of nine winners of a FY 2001 Tech Prep =
Demonstration grant, OVAE just announced. The college gets $485,519 =
over three years to redesign its downtown adult high school as a tech =
prep program. The goal is to provide adult students with integrated =
academic and technical instruction, including opportunities to enroll =
in dual credit technical education courses. Graduates earn a diploma =
and credits toward an Associates Degree in a technical career field. =
Evaluation components include academic achievement, retention and =
completion, placement in employment and enrollment in postsecondary =
education.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Verizon =
Funds</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Workplace =
and</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Online =
Learning</FONT></B>
</P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Verizon gave $350,000 recently to =
Laubach Literacy International (LLI) and Literacy Volunteers of America =
(LVA) to support workplace literacy and online resources. LLI gets =
$250,000 to create/distribute a booklet boosting employers' awareness =
of how low literacy affects productivity, profitability, and =
competitiveness. LVA gets $100,000 to develop the</FONT><I> <FONT =
FACE=3D"Times New Roman">LVA/Verizon Promising Practices =
Exchange</FONT></I><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">. The Exchange will =
expand online information and learning opportunities for educators =
helping low-literate adults. Contact</FONT><U></U><U><I> <FONT =
COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Times New Roman"><<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:bkogut at laubach.org">mailto:bkogut at laubach.org</A>></FO=
NT></I></U><I></I><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman"> =
or</FONT><U></U><U><I> <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Times New =
Roman"><<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:croethel at laubach.org">mailto:croethel at laubach.org</A>>=
</FONT></I></U></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Can Community =
Colleges</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D4 FACE=3D"Arial">Help Welfare =
Clients?</FONT></B>
</P>
<P><FONT FACE=3D"Times New Roman">Maybe you're scratching your head =
about what works for welfare clients.</FONT><I> <FONT FACE=3D"Times New =
Roman">The Community College Role in Welfare to Work,</FONT></I> <FONT =
FACE=3D"Times New Roman">a new ERIC publication, outlines successful =
service models based at community colleges in CA, IL, TX and WI. The =
work in this book was sponsored by the Department. For sale for $28 =
at</FONT><U> <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" FACE=3D"Times New Roman"><A =
HREF=3D"http://www.jbp.com" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.jbp.com</A></FONT></U><FONT FACE=3D"Times =
New Roman"> Click education.</FONT><B></B><B></B></P>
<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">_________________________________________________________=
______________________________________</FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER><B><I><FONT COLOR=3D"#008080" SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial">A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and =
Literacy</FONT></I></B></P>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER><B><I><FONT COLOR=3D"#008080" SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Office of Vocational and Adult =
Education</FONT></I></B></P>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER><B><I><FONT COLOR=3D"#008080" SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial">OVAE Homepage</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D1 =
FACE=3D"Arial"></FONT></I></B><B><I><U> <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" =
SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial"><A HREF=3D"http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/" =
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