Adult literacy crisis attracts efforts of WSU adult education

From: Michigan Chronicle | Date: October 20, 1998 | Copyright information

Michigan Chronicle
10-20-1998
Adult literacy crisis attracts efforts of WSU adult education

By Dr. Daphne Ntiri

Illiteracy has crept into the American culture like a thief in the night. It steals a person's selfesteem, deprives them from earning an income, and keeps them on the welfare rolls.

In Michigan, approximately 500,000 people (6-8 percent adults) age 18 or older have less than a ninth grade education and 23.2 percent of Michigan adults age 25 and over, have not graduated from high school (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990). Of those 25 years or older with a high school diploma or GED, ...

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