Creating a Literate Society College-Business-Community Partnerships

The principal common foe of both educators & the business community is illiteracy. This monograph helps establish the problem of illiteracy clearly & presents some remarkably successful initiatives which are committed to solving this problem. The book features literacy initiatives which have been implemented by selected community, junior, & technical colleges in cooperation with businesses & industry. The narratives from the colleges include descriptions of the purpose, unique features, funding sources, & the initiatives themselves. Programs focus on developmental reading & writing, life long literacy, work force excellence, academic assistance, & workplace literacy skill building.Zeiss, Tony is the author of 'Creating a Literate Society College-Business-Community Partnerships' with ISBN 9780871172297 and ISBN 0871172291.