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Direct linkFarmer, Edgar I.; Key, Cassy B. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Discusses the background and purpose of 1994's School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA). Focuses on the implementation of STWOA's three components (i.e., school-based learning, work-based learning, and connecting activities), highlighting the role of tech prep in joining school- and work-based instruction. Argues that community colleges are…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Labor Force Development
Download full textFarmer, Edgar I., Ed.; Key, Cassy B., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Focusing on the role of community colleges in implementing the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994, the 12 essays in this volume describe strategies and practices developed by colleges to address the provisions of the Act and help develop a global workforce. The following articles are provided: "Assessing the Community College Role in…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Curriculum, College Role, Community Colleges
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1996
The School-to-Work Opportunities Act broadens the meaning of curriculum by calling for integrated learning organized into coherent sequences around broadly conceived career majors. Work experience, as well as academic and occupational study, is an assumed element of the integrated school-to-work curriculum. A variety of strategies for curriculum…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices
Reisner, Elizabeth R.; And Others – 1995
A study obtained early information on the effects of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 on states' efforts to develop and implement effective systems of school-to-work transition. Systems in eight states were studied: California, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. State leaders understood the need…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Development, Federal Aid
