Press Release: Adult Education x Dropouts = Lose-Lose Problems
that have been plaguing urban secondary schools may be shifting
to adult education venues, according to a new study conducted by
The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and
commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education. Researchers
from the Center for Advanced Study of Education (CASE) at The
Graduate Center examined five urban adult education programs and
discovered a rise in enrollment among 16-20 year-old high school
dropouts along with increases in the difficulties those students
brought. Overall, the results seem to indicate a lose-lose
situation, with teenagers not getting the support services they
need and adults being disrupted in their learning by needy
teenagers. An exploratory case study, the report was
commissioned to examine a perceived trend in the increasing
effect of high school dropouts on adult education and to see if
that perception held up and warranted further concern. The
results serve as an alert to policymakers