TALKS & ESSAYS

Atwell Address, American Council on Education — by Gail Mellow, CAAL Board Member and President of LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York (second community college president in ACE history to give this keynote lecture, February 10, 2008)

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Speech — David Perdue, former Chairman and CEO of Dollar General Corporation and Chairman of the National Commission on Adult Literacy (on receiving the Chamber's education leadership award, September 25, 2007.) Click here for U.S. Chamber citation.

Reflections on the Fortieth Birthday of the Adult Education Act of 1966 December 22, 2006 (Samuel Halperin)

Introducing the ALA: Recipient National Leadership Award National Coalition for Literacy September 6, 2006 (Gail Spangenberg)

NAAL and the Public Libraries ALA Annual Conference June 25, 2006 (Gail Spangenberg)

Literacy and a Prepared Workforce CAAL Remarks at Verizon Summit November 14, 2005 (Gail Spangenberg)

Transitioning From Adult Education Programs: A Call to Arms — Point of View, August 29, 2005 issue of Community College Week (Forrest P. Chisman and Gail Spangenberg)

Looking Back, Looking Forward — Point of View, October 27, 2003 issue of Community College Week. (Byron McClenney) Made available here with permission from CCW.

Better Links Between Community Colleges & Adult Education Programs Needed — October 14, 2003 issue of Community College Times. (Byron McClenney) Made available here with permission from CCT.

MAKING THE CASE — Adult Education & Literacy: Key To America's Future -- 34 pp. -- A Collection of Essays by Elsa Auerbach, Robert Bickerton, Forrest Chisman, Sherrie Claiborne & Gail Lawson, George Demetrion, Alice Johnson, Paul Jurmo, Catherine B. King, Garrett Murphy, David Rosen, Mary Dunn Siedow, Robbin Sorensen, and Archie Willard -- with an introduction by Gail Spangenberg. Published by CAAL April 30, 2002.

Adult Literacy & The American Dream — a 13-page essay by Forrest P. Chisman, past president of the Southport Institute for Policy Analysis and author of Jump Start (the blueprint for the National Literacy Act of 1991). Published by CAAL February 20, 2002.