Policy issues that drive the transformation of adult literacy / Elizabeth Hayes -- Critical issues and dilemmas for adult literacy programs under welfare reform / Barbara Sparks -- Research on adult literacy education in the welfare-to-work transition / James C. Fisher -- Continuum of literacy program models: alternative approaches for low literate welfare recipients / Larry G. Martin -- The brave new world of workforce education / Eunice N. Askov, Edward E. Gordon -- The new role of community-based agencies / Daniel V. Folkman, Kalyani Rai --New skills for literacy educators / John M. Dukes -- Epilogue / Larry G. Martin, James C. Fisher