Closing the Literacy Gap in American Business: A Guide for Trainers and Human Resource Specialists »

EDWARD E. GORDON is President of Imperial Corporate Training and Development and has taught at De Paul and Roosevelt Universities.

JUDITH A. PONTICELL is Director of the Chicago Area School Effectiveness Council, a school improvement consortium supported by the University of Illinois at Chicago.

RONALD R. MORGAN is an Associate Professor and Director of the School Psychology Program, Loyola University of Chicago.

"A well-researched book [that] . . . offers tested strategies and programs to improve worker skills in an increasingly complex labor market. Of compelling general interest is the authors' documentation of the current workforce literacy and skills crises." Chicago Tribune

Preface

The Broken Cog in the American Economic Machine

Adult Literacy: Past-Present-Future

A Variety of Answers

Adults Learning In a Work Force Education Environment

Individualized Instructional Programs (IIP) For Work Force Education

Case Studies I: Hourly Workers

Case Studies II: Management Employees

Establishing A Corporate Work Force Education Policy

International Focus On Work Force Education

Work Force Education In The Twenty-First Century

A Game Plan For Work Force Education

Appendix 1: Guidelines For Education Software Selection

Appendix 2: Adult Software Publishers/Distributors

Appendix 3: The IIP Literacy Training Program Results of Formative Evaluation Research

Appendix 4: Reading-Grade Equivalent Basic Skills

Selected Bibliography

Index