Closing the Literacy Gap in American Business

EDWARD E. GORDON is President of Imperial Corporate Training and Development and has taught at De Paul and Roosevelt Universities. He has written articles in Training and Development Journal and Training Today, and is the author of several books dealing with educational history, school reform and contemporary training and development issues.JUDITH A. PONTICELL is Director of the Chicago Area School Effectiveness Council, a school improvement consortium supported by the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Ponticell's research focuses on adult cognition and educational partnerships.RONALD R. MORGAN is an Associate Professor and Director of the School Psychology Program, Loyola University of Chicago. Dr. Morgan is an expert in the psychology of learning and instruction. He is the author of twenty journal articles and the co-author of two textbooks on cognition and learning.

• 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