Adults' Participation in Work-Related Courses: 1994-95. Statistics in Brief. [Report No.: NCES-98-309

Autor/inn/en	Darkenwald, Gordon; Kim, Kwang; Stowe, Peter
Institution	National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC.; Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD.
Titel	Adults' Participation in Work-Related Courses: 1994-95. Statistics in Brief. [Report No.: NCES-98-309
Quelle	(1998), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Adult Education; Adults; College Graduates; Corporate Education; Education Work Relationship; Educational Research; High School Graduates; Inplant Programs; Labor Force Development; Lifelong Learning; Participant Characteristics; Professional Continuing Education; Statistical Data + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Arbeitskräftebestand; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Berufsfeldbezogener Unterricht; Weiterbildung
Abstract	In the 1995 National Household Education Survey, adults were asked about six types of adult education activities: English as a second language, basic skills education, postsecondary credential programs, apprenticeships, work-related courses, and personal development courses. About 22 percent of adults reported participating in work-related courses. Among the key findings concerning participation in work-related courses were the following: college graduates (39 percent) were more than twice as likely as persons who completed only high school (18 percent) to participate in work-related courses; the youngest and oldest adults (those under 25 and over 56 years old) were less likely to participate in work-related courses (16 percent or less) than adults between 26 and 54 years old (27 percent or higher); women constituted half of the participants in work-related courses; rates of participation in work-related courses were generally higher among persons in professional or managerial occupations (from 41-71 percent) and lower among those in trades (from 11-22 percent); employed adults (31 percent) were more likely to participate in work-related courses than those who were unemployed but in the labor force (11 percent); and time (47 percent) and cost (30 percent) were the most frequently reported barriers to participation in work-related courses by interested nonparticipants. Information on the survey methodology and data reliability is included. Contains 9 endnotes, 17 references, and 6 data tables. (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01