Adult Literacy Research Center

Our mission is to link theory and practice through inter-disciplinary research, professional development and community partnerships to understand the challenges and opportunities for adults with low literacy skills.

ADULT LITERACY

With one in six adults reading at elementary levels, many adults have difficulty with daily tasks that involve reading, numeracy and problem solving¹.

Adult literacy difficulties are pervasive and require a multi-pronged approach to addressing low adult literacy skills in our country. Our research focus is broad and includes both programmatic interventions and more general areas of adult literacy.

Our website offers resources and information about our research in this area.

Follow the college’s Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts to see this campaign in action and be sure to like and share our posts National Health Literacy Month (October), Family Literacy Month (November) and National Human Rights Month (December).

ALRC Research Support Grants Program

In FY2019, the ALRC awarded three grants to student affiliates. Read more about their projects »

OUR PROGRAMS

Our interdisciplinary research, professional development and community partnerships all center around six areas of focus. Click on the links below to see what our faculty affiliates are working on.

Contact Us

For more information, contact Iris Feinberg, associate director, at ifeinberg2@gsu.edu

1 National Center for Education Statistics (2013). Literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments among U.S. adults: Results from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies 2012 (U.S. Department of Education, NCES 2014-008). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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