Supply and demand for adult literacy instruction in the United States

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 197-208

  Venezky, Richard L ^a,b   Wagner, Daniel A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b National Center on Adult Literacy

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0039731254     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074171369604600402     Document Type: Article

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