Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleFocusing or Narrowing: Trade-Offs in the Development of Adult Basic Education, 1991-2015.AuthorsBelzer, AlisaAbstractThis chapter reviews the implications of policy as it has affected adult basic education over the last 25 years and problematizes the increasing institutionalization and stability that it has brought to the field.SubjectsUNITED States; BASIC education; ADULT education; EDUCATION policy; UNITED States education system; LITERACY funding; EDUCATIONAL financePublicationNew Directions for Adult & Continuing Education, 2017, Vol 2017, Issue 155, p11ISSN1052-2891Publication typeArticleDOI10.1002/ace.20236