Changing the Odds: Informing Policy with Research on How Adult Learners Succeed
Summary
This paper deepens the discussion started during the symposium Changing the Odds: Informing Policy with Research on How Adult Learners Succeed, hosted by the American Institutes for Research on September 16, 2009. The symposium panelists and participants discussed new approaches to support today’s low-skilled adult learners. Topics included national challenges to improving adult education and workforce development outcomes. There was widespread interest in innovative models to support programs, accelerate learning through technology, and reaching out to under served populations. Participants also expressed an immediate need for more leadership as well as research evidence, and acknowledged that the workforce in adult and vocational education has many unmet professional development needs with little infrastructure to meet them.
This paper explores these challenges and possible solutions, as well as provides alternatives for program delivery and policy infrastructure. Additionally, the authors provide a demographic landscape of the trends in various adult learner populations, including those who require English language learning, general and vocational education, and skill improvement.
Citation
Condelli, L., Kirshstein, R., Reder, S., Silver-Pacuilla, H., & Spruck Wrigley, H. (2010). Changing the Odds: Informing Policy with Research on How Adult Learners Succeed. American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC.
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