“…Such high unemployment numbers affected adult education programs because, as previous studies indicate, adult education enrollment tends to increase with unemployment rates (McKinney, 2017; Sandberg et al, 2016). In Texas, over 2 million people became unemployed between March 15 and May 16, 2020 (Novak & Ferman, 2020). COVID–19 also affected career opportunities (Hite & McDonald, 2020) and labor market needs (Green, 2020).…”