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101. A Path Out of Poverty (2006)
Helping BC Income Assistance Recipients Upgrade Their Education
Authors: Shauna Butterwick, Caroline White
Collection: Research Materials
This report examines a set of policies and practices formerly in place in British Columbia that supported access to post-secondary education and upgrading programs for income assistance (IA) recipients, particularly those facing multiple barriers to employment and education. The policies ended in 2002.
Based on interviews with staff who delivered these programs in colleges and institutes during the late 1990s, the authors describe the “best practices” for programs designed to help people with low income improve their educational credentials.
They found that effective programs address the key areas of access, retention, and transition. Other key components include identification of the existence of multiple obstacles to accessing formal education; outreach activities and strong links with community and relevant government agencies; assessment of students’ needs and capabilities; financial help with tuition, fees, books, housing, and child care; and support for academic success, including counselling, advocacy, networking, and partnerships with employers.
The authors call on the British Columbia government to change welfare rules so that people receiving income assistance can participate in postsecondary education; restore and increase designated funding to post-secondary institutions to support IA recipients; support colleges and institutes in providing programs and services that offer holistic support to students; and restore tuition-free adult basic education in British Columbia’s public post-secondary institutions.
Added: 2012-10-11
102. Pathways to College (2008)
Report of the Adult Student Pathways to College Post-secondary Programs Project
Authors: College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading (CSC)
Collection: Research Materials
About 25 per cent of students in post-secondary Ontario college programs have delayed their entrance to college and have never participated in any form of post-secondary education. These delayed entrants take multiple pathways to college that include participating in courses or programs to upgrade their academic skills. This report examines the pathways to college taken by students who do not have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent and have delayed entry to college education. Information on student pathways and mobility was collected from applicant and registrant data sources, focus groups with students and group discussions with staff.
The Adult Student Pathways to College Postsecondary Programs Project is one of the five projects on Improving College Systems Pathways undertaken by the Coordinating Committee of Vice-Presidents Academic on behalf of Ontario colleges. The key objectives of this project were to gain a better understanding of the multiple pathways adult upgrading students take to enter post-secondary college programs and suggest strategies to improve data collection and tracking of mobility of college academic upgrading students between colleges.
Funders:
- Ontario Ministry of Education and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Added: 2009-02-24
103. Plain Language as Problem-Solver (2002)
Series: Plain Language Association International (PLAIN) - Fourth Biennial Conference
Authors: Jacquie Harrison
Collection: Research Materials
A training and consulting project with a recently merged accountancy firm in New Zealand provided Jacquie with some interesting insights into the increasing relevance of plain language to intensely competitive commercial environments. She worked with people from a range of levels within the firm to redesign the monthly reports they made to their clients. Plain language consultants will appreciate the main lesson of this project: the support of those at the top of the organisation is essential.
Added: 2003-03-24
104. Plain Language Summaries: Literacy Skills, Occupational Assignment and the Returns to Over- and Under-Education (2008)
Series: Plain language summaries of Statistics Canada research reports
Authors: T. Scott Murray
Collection: Research Materials
This paper is part of a series of summaries that explain, in straightforward language, a number of online research documents from Statistics Canada. It is part of a project carried out by the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD), with funding from the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL).
The study summarized here used Canadian data from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) to examine the relationships between schooling, literacy, and the assignment of individuals to occupations.
Analysis of the required training time of individuals’ jobs shows that literacy skills are an important determinant of occupational assignment by skill level, once schooling is taken into account. Skills acquired through on-the-job training may also play an important role in occupational assignment.
The Statistics Canada report concludes that literacy skills play a significant role in the assignment of workers to occupations, independent of the role of schooling. This would seem to indicate that employers are capable of determining their employees’ literacy skills by more accurate means than simply depending on their level of schooling as an indicator of workers’ productivity.
Funders:
- Canadian Council on Learning (CCL)
Added: 2012-10-15
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105. The Plain Web (2002)
Series: Plain Language Association International (PLAIN) - Fourth Biennial Conference
Authors: Chuck Letourneau
Collection: Research Materials
The Web is a vast library filled with writing that is often as far from plain language as it is possible to get. Chuck's talk focussed on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines that relate to plain language. Governments and commercial organizations around the world are adopting W3C standards as law or policy. Chuck hopes to get more plain language professionals involved in the work of the W3C.
Added: 2002-01-01
106. Poverty in British Columbia: A Resource Booklet for Schools (1986)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1986 - Vol. 5, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Jean Swanson
Collection: Research Materials
This article describes a resource booklet on poverty, Poverty in B.C., developed by End Legislated Poverty (ELP), a coalition of B.C. groups.
Added: 2004-09-02
107. The Power of Learning - IALW 2009 (2009)
A world of possibilities through learning
Series: IALW Magazine
Authors: Canadian Commission for UNESCO
Collection: Learning Materials
This magazine has been published to mark International Adult Learners’ Week 2009 (IALW). In Canada, IALW 2009 will be celebrated March 2 – 8. Since 2000, this celebration has recognized adult learners in more than forty countries around the world who have embraced learning. The Power of Learning showcases ten adult learners from across Canada. Each of these learners tells how they have created a better life for themselves and their families through learning. This resource also contains information about the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI), which will take place May 19 - 22, 2009, in Brazil.
More stories from adult learners can be found on the Commission’s web site www.unesco.ca/en/activity/education/ AdultLearners.aspx).
Added: 2009-03-05
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108. Prepared for Success (2001)
A Study of College Preparatory Students in Post Secondary College Programs
Series: Prepared for Success
Authors: College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading (CSC)
Collection: Research Materials
This is a report on a project designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of preparatory programs in preparing students in Ontario for post secondary studies and to highlight the supports identified by learners that colleges provide to enhance student success. Data was gathered from community colleges province-wide.
Added: 2003-12-02
109. Prepared for Success - 2010 - 2011 (2012)
A Study of the Success of Adult Upgrading Graduates in the First Semester of Postsecondary Programs
Authors: College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading
Collection: Research Materials
This document is the latest in a series of reports that examine the postsecondary outcomes of students who have moved on from upgrading programs to further education in Ontario’s college system. It is made up of charts and bar graphs that analyze and compare results for the past eight years.
It includes information on students’ choice of programs; numbers of students who switch programs; retention rates; and grade point average (GPA).
The authors note that in terms of retention and GPA, students from adult upgrading programs continue to demonstrate that they are well prepared to succeed, both academically and personally, in postsecondary education. Additionally, the low rate of program changes shows that adult upgrading programs have helped students make the appropriate program selections.
Added: 2013-04-16
110. Prepared for Success 2004-2005 (2005)
A Study of the Success of Adult Upgrading Graduates in the First Semester of Post Secondary
Series: Prepared for Success
Authors: College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading (CSC)
Collection: Research Materials
An initial study, ” Prepared for Success: A Study of College Preparatory Students in Post Secondary College Programs”, examined the post secondary outcomes of students who had moved on from upgrading programs to further education in the college system in 1999/2000.
The initial study tracked students from post secondary admission through to graduation documenting success both in terms of retention and grade point average.
This study focuses exclusively on first semester results, specifically the spring/fall 2003 and winter 2004 semesters.
Added: 2005-09-04
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