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Download full textIowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Community Colleges. – 1992
In commemorating the 25-year history of Iowa's community college system, this report describes the colleges' programs and services, presents a vision for the future, and provides historical and descriptive profiles of the system's 15 colleges. An introductory section reviews the missions of Iowa's community colleges, focusing on educational…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Faculty, College Graduates, College Planning
Lockhart, Derrell C. – School Shop, 1977
The welding training program at Kirkwood Community College, Iowa, combines modular instruction, video tape technology, variable entry and exit registration, competency-based evaluation, self-pacing, and student-centered learning environment. Each learning module includes behavioral objectives, tests, lessons and materials, and completion…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Individualized Programs, Learning Modules, Open Enrollment
Brown, Ivan E. – 1981
The Labor Educational Advising Project (LEAP) was inaugurated in 1979 at Des Moines Area Community College to facilitate the provision of educational advising services within organized labor in Central Iowa. LEAP worked with local unions and union members to train a network of peer volunteers to provide educational counseling to workers interested…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Counselor Training
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. – 1975
This booklet compiles information on Iowa's statewide system of postsecondary area schools. A history of the junior college movement in Iowa and the formation of the area schools is provided, including statistical data covering the 10-year period 1966-1975. There are currently 15 area schools operating in Iowa. The merged areas of the schools…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational History
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines.
This report provides an overview of Iowa's statewide system of area schools, which provide career, college parallel, and adult education programs. Introductory notes describe the history of the Iowa public junior college movement, current status, enrollment growth over the last eight years, and a guide for utilizing the information that follows. A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Ebbers, Larry H.; And Others – 1992
The Leadership Institute for a New Century (LINC) began in 1989 as a consortium formed by Iowa State University, the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees, and the Iowa Association of Community College Presidents. The mission of LINC was to increase the diversity of upper-level administrators at community colleges through developing and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Annual Reports, College Credits, College Faculty
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. Area Schools and Career Education Branch. – 1979
Statistical and descriptive information illustrate the opportunities available in Iowa's 15 area schools. They provide general information about the statewide merged area school system, its history, current status, and enrollments for the 1978-1979 school year. Specific data are also given concerning enrollments, admission policies, financial aid,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Curriculum, Community Colleges
