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New Adult Learning and Literacy Research Center

OERI recently awarded a $12.5 million, 5-year grant to Harvard University to establish a National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. The mission of the center is to improve the quality of educational programs that serve adults. Toward this end, researchers will study such topics as how to sustain and enhance motivation of adult learners; how to improve classroom practice; and the impact of participation in adult learning and literacy programs on an adult's life and how this impact can be assessed effectively. The center will have an extensive dissemination system of national publications, electronic news and discussion, and a practitioner network.

The address for the new National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy is Harvard University, Nichols House, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138. For further information about the center, contact Harold Himmelfarb in OERI at 202-219-2031.

Correction

	The spring issue of the Bulletin carried a 
	listing of the new National Educational Research
	and Development Centers.  The names of two centers
	were incorrectly titled.  The National Research 
	Center on Improving Student Learning and Achievement
	in English is correctly titled National Research
	Center on Student Learning and Achievement in English
	(telephone, 518-442-5026); and the National Center
	for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language
	Learning is correctly titled the National Center for
	Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence 
	(telephone, 408-459-3500).

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