Prepared as a condensed reference source for the U.S. Department of Education's Planning and Evaluation Service for discussions on a possible research agenda for adult education, this paper reviews studies completed since 1995. It focuses on (1) evidence pertaining to numerous outcomes, (2)...

Prepared as a condensed reference source for the U.S. Department of Education's Planning and Evaluation Service for discussions on a possible research agenda for adult education, this paper reviews studies completed since 1995. It focuses on (1) evidence pertaining to numerous outcomes, (2)...

Since the early 1990s, federal legislation has encouraged secondary vocational education to go beyond its traditional focus of developing narrowly defined workplace skills to a broader goal of providing career preparation. On the basis of a nationally representative sample of students who...

The public vocational education and training (VET) system is now one of the few areas in Australia’s tertiary education system where students are required to pay up-front fees without access to loan assistance. These arrangements may lead to sub-optimal educational outcomes to the extent that...

Since the early 1990s, federal legislation has encouraged secondary vocational education to go beyond its traditional focus of developing narrowly defined workplace skills to a broader goal of providing career preparation. On the basis of a nationally representative sample of students who...