Adult Learning in Focus: National and State-by-State Data
This report is designed to help states understand the data on adult learning that is available to them and use that information to pursue adult learning policy change. [for full text click here.]
Over 26 million adults in the U.S. currently have no high school diploma, more than 32 million have not attended college and are earning less than a living wage, and over 8 million have not attended college and speak little or no English. Overlaps among these populations are substantial. For example, more than three million individuals have all three of these characteristics: they do not have a high school diploma, they earn less than a living wage, and they speak little or no English.
This report was produced by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
(CAEL), with funding from Lumina Foundation for Education and in partnership with the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS).