The main mission of the technical colleges is to help people find the skills they need to find the career that best suits them. Often times that can mean helping people learn to speak English or learn reading and writing. Adult high school, adult education and English as a second language courses are provided at Wisconsin's technical colleges for no cost to the learners.
The Wisconsin Adult Education program helps students:
- Strengthen reading, writing, speaking and numeracy skills for success in college and employment
- Earn a high school degree
- Earn college credits and credentials
- Acquire English language learning competence
- Build United States citizenship skills such as the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and civic participation
- Build skills to better use technology
- Enter a career pathway to obtain employment
- Build connections between community-based organizations, employers and education partners
- Create relationships with prisons and jails to enable re-entry pathways and reduce recidivism
44%
reduction in recidivism within three years among justice-involved populations who participated in Adult Education programs
339000
Wisconsin adults are without a high school degree
$56000
median salary within six months of graduation