Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection

Persistent barriers to accessing high-quality, affordable postsecondary education remain for currently and formerly incarcerated individuals. This guide was developed by the U.S.

This resource links to various collections from the Smithsonian through which to learn about about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This website provides discussion questions and links to additional resources through which to explore the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

This brief describes innovative, remote adult ESOL program practices and designs based on interviews with staff from 34 adult ESOL programs across the US about their use of digital technologies for onboarding, instruction, and supports to diverse ESOL learners.

This page links to projects and resources supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that provide perspective and insight on the Asian-American experience.

This study examines teachers’ implicit biases and their correlates, largely confirming hypotheses that connect county-level teacher implicit bias to disparities in achievement and school discipline between Black and White students.

This guide, developed for Model UN students, could be used to better understand how to support refugees and migrants who participate in adult basic education programs.

This article reviews several digital literacy frameworks and curricula to identify the digital skills people need to learn to participate in today’s world.

This brief describes how Adult Promise program leaders and their partners are incorporating a racial equity focus into initiatives targeting adult learners through goal setting, outreach and recruitment, financial supports, and completion strategies.

This report explores the role of race in community college education, specifically as it pertains to African American and Latino males. 

This paper briefly describes constructive developmental theories of adulthood, implications for academic language and critical thinking, and outlines developmentally scaffolded learning activities.

Drawing on a literature and program review, analysis of publicly available data, and consultations with experts in the field, this report examines opportunities for women and student parents to pursue and succeed in STEM fields at community colleges.

This policy brief outlines a series of  promising approaches to link language instruction with occupational training and to address the pressures and challenging life circumstances immigrants face. 

This report seeks to identify the key elements of a comprehensive and systemic approach to the challenge of educating immigrant students .

This book chapter looks at strategies for connecting male high school dropouts of color between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four to pathways to postsecondary credentials that have value in the labor market.