Virtual Bookshelf: Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities

2021

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.

Partners and Supporters

Designing and Delivering Career Pathways at Community Colleges (Practice Guide)

2021

This practice guide provides community colleges with five specific recommendations for supporting occupational skills training through career pathways.

Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators
Policymakers
Researchers
State Leaders

Adult Education Strategies: Identifying and Building Evidence of Effectiveness

2021

A new IES snapshot, Adult Education Strategies: Identifying and Building Evidence of Effectiveness, summarizes a systematic review of existing, rigorous research on the effectiveness of categories of adult education strategies.

Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators
Policymakers
Researchers
State Leaders

IDEAL Distance Education and Blended Learning Handbook, 8th Edition

2022

This handbook is a practical guide that supports the start-up, scale-up, and delivery of quality distance education programming.

Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators
Researchers
Student Support Staff
Professional Developers

Compendium of Innovative Practices: Adult Education Bridge Programs and Integrated Education and Training (IET) Programs

2021

This compendium describes five innovative practices in bridge and integrated education and training (IET) programs as selected by the Advancing Innovation in Adult Education project.

Administrators and Program Managers
Partners and Supporters
Adult Educators
Policymakers
State Leaders

Compendium of Innovative Practices: Secondary Credentialing Programs for Adults

2020

This compendium describes the four innovative practices in secondary credentialing selected from the Round 1 Advancing Innovation in Adult Education applications.

Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators
Policymakers
Researchers
State Leaders

Findings from the Accelerating Opportunity Evaluation

2019

Evaluation report on the Accelerating Opportunity (AO) initiative, which aimed to help adults with low basic skills earn valued occupational credentials, obtain well-paying jobs, and sustain rewarding careers.

Administrators and Program Managers
Partners and Supporters
Policymakers
Researchers
State Leaders

Integrated Education and Training (IET)

2017

This policy brief summarizes Integrated Education and Training (IET), which is a combination of education and job skills training that is used to transition adult learners beyond adult basic education and through a career pathway that can offer them job training and eventual gainful employment.

Policymakers
State Leaders

Credentials for the Future: Mapping the Potential for Immigrant-Origin Adults in the United States

2019

This report analyzes data on the postsecondary degree and non-degree credential attainment of first- and second-generation adults (ages 16 to 64) to explore the relationship between these credentials and adults’ economic outcomes.

Administrators and Program Managers
Policymakers
Researchers
State Leaders

From Digital Literacies to Digital Problem Solving: Expanding Technology-rich Learning Opportunities for Adults

2017

This review discusses four online articles that provide essential background and useful instructional approaches for teaching digital literacy and digital problem solving in adult basic education classrooms and beyond.

Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators