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BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN ADULT EDUCATION

Following is a list of identified barriers to adult education programs. These are not literacy specific. Please look over the list, add any others which you feel may not be on the list, but which apply to literacy practice and then priorize the barriers which you perceive to be the greatest for potential learners in your college region. (I would like the top 10, but if this is difficult, the top 5 will do.) Please feel free to elaborate or make any comments at the side or on the back of this sheet.

Item Importance
   
  1. Financial (i.e. program & learner support)
  2. Lack of coordination among agencies
  3. Lack of support systems (day-care, orientation, counselling and assessment)
  4. Lack of information (advertising/publicity)
  5. Geographic barriers
  6. Institutional practices (course offerings, entry restrictions etc.)
  7. (Learner) fatigue 8. Lack of time
  8. Attitudinal barriers
  9. Fees and other costs
  10. Scheduling
  11. Curriculum/Learning Needs (inappropriate to clientele)
  12. Employer's recruiting policies (credential requirements)
  13. Residency requirements (n/a?)
  14. Accreditation (of life experience)
   
Other Importance
  • Insensitivity of front-line college and government workers
  • Pressure to complete within limited time frame
  

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