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Arambula, Raul; LeBlanc, Leslie – California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2018
In this report, the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (Chancellor's Office) presents its findings, evaluations and analysis of the success and efficacy of the face-to-face community college programs that are being offered to incarcerated students inside California state prisons. The report also discusses barriers and challenges…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Visher, Mary G.; Schneider, Emily; Wathington, Heather; Collado, Herbert – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2010
Community college leaders are using many strategies to improve their students' ability to complete their studies, particularly their academically underprepared students. In recent years, these strategies have included adaptations of an approach long used in four-year colleges known as "learning communities," in which groups of students…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Integrated Curriculum, Social Support Groups, Community Colleges
Tierney, William G.; Hallett, Ronald E.; Venegas, Kristan M. – Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, University of Southern California, 2006
After-school or out-of-school programs offer additional social, academic, and extracurricular activities and experiences to supplement the regular school day. College preparation programs offer activities that are designed to enable youth to prepare for a variety of college-related tasks, with services including test preparation, academic…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, College Preparation, After School Programs, Policy Analysis
Polos, Nicholas C. – Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Flexible Scheduling, Program Evaluation
Cepeda, Rita; And Others – 1991
The California Community Colleges' (CCC) Flexible Calendar Program (FCP) allows districts to allocate up to 15 instructional days from the 175-day academic calendar to engage in staff, student, and instructional improvement activities. The CCC Board of Governors' Task Force on Flexible Calendar, drawing from three sources (i.e., program growth…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Flexible Scheduling, Improvement Programs
Lake, Sara – 1990
A middle-grade restructuring effort implemented by the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District is described in this report. A literature review and interviews with four educators experienced in restructuring explore issues in middle-school transition at the school and district levels. Topics related to the implementation process include needs…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Adult, Alternative, and Continuation Education Div. – 1993
The manual is designed to assist California educators and public in understanding the various aspects of an effective English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program for adults. It provides theory-based and practical guidelines for conceptualizing, planning, designing, managing, and evaluating such programs. Chapters address these topics: the adult ESL…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Articulation (Education), Counseling Services