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State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1997
The purpose of the Postsecondary Vocational and Applied Technology Education (VATEA) Grants Officers' conference was to have officers share with each other the best practices of the VATEA programs. The report of the conference includes a presentation on workforce preparation by the Acting Deputy Commissioner, a keynote address from the Regent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Job Training
Download full textHord, Shirley M. Ed.; And Others – 1985
Participants in the "Beyond the Looking Glass" Conference established a set of objectives for each of the three teacher education constituencies: practice, policy, and research. The teacher education continuum of preservice, induction, and inservice served as one dimension of a framework for structuring dialogue, discussion, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Inservice Teacher Education, Policy Formation, Preservice Teacher Education
Ecosometrics, Inc., Bethesda, MD. – 1985
This report reviews key issues and problems addressed at a national conference on transportation for the elderly and handicapped. The first section presents an executive summary, which details the following major problems (identified in the seven general sessions and four workshops): the need for more coordination of funding sources; better…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Disabilities, Federal Government
World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession, Morges (Switzerland). – 1985
This document reports the proceedings of a conference in Southern Africa that addressed two themes: (1) priorities and strategies for the reform of vocational education; and (2) the functions of teacher organizations. The following presentations are included: "Opening Address" (Frank A. P. Mkomawanthu); "Keynote Address: Priorities…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries
Jucovy, Linda – 1987
This report begins with a general description and highlights of the proceedings of the Youth Corps Exchange Project workshop which dealt with problems of recruitment to the corps and which was the first of six related workshops held during the 1986-87 period. Discussed in the report's second section are the following issues related to corpsmember…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Conservation Education, Postsecondary Education, Program Improvement
Hall, Gene E. – 1986
A synthesis is presented of the outcomes of the "Beyond the Looking Glass" Conference which brought together educational practitioners, policy makers, and researchers to make concrete suggestions for what should be done to improve the conditions, processes, and effects of teacher education. Three major points of agreement formed the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Change, Inservice Teacher Education, Policy Formation
Patton, Ruth Volz, Ed.; Lawrence, Marianne, Ed. – 1985
These 10 papers focus on the key to excellence in vocational education in light of teacher assessment and effective assessment systems, challenges to testing students and teachers and the legal implications, basic and employability skills, and the need for vocational teacher technological update strategies. "Introduction and Colloquium…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Employment Potential, Faculty Development
Gross, Beatrice; Gross, Ronald – 1981
This report synthesizes the information presented at three conferences designed to develop guidelines for future funding for Follow Through programs. These conferences were part of a series of activities undertaken by the National Institute of Education (NIE) in 1981 to plan for a new set of Follow Through research and pilot project activities.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Education, Program Attitudes
Morse, Susan – 1989
This document reports on the Migrant Education Secondary Assistance Project's third and final outreach meeting, conducted in conjunction with the National Migrant Education Conference attended by migrant educators from across the nation. These educators have identified effective preventative strategies such as the elimination of grade retention,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Dropout Prevention, Educational Innovation, High Risk Students
Morse, Susan – 1989
This document describes the Migrant Education Secondary Assistance Project's second outreach meeting, which was held in conjunction with an interstate counselors' workshop. The meeting, one of a three-part series, addressed student mobility, the most perplexing problem of migrant youth. Mobility is the major characteristic that makes migrant…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, High Risk Students, Interstate Programs, Migrant Education
Kowle, Carol P., Ed. – 1981
These proceedings contain reports and outlines of presentations given at a national conference that focused on organizing for dissemination collaboration in the field of vocational education. The text of a report on organizing for dissemination collaboration and the presentation outline of an address on collaboration for program improvement in the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Cooperation, Educational Planning, Information Dissemination
Op't Holt, Tim, Ed. – 1989
These workshop proceedings include a discussion of nine questions regarding essentials and guidelines of an accredited respiratory care essentials educational program: (1) How does the program assess the appropriateness of facilities? (2) How can the success of the clinical components be determined? (3) How can the validity and reliability of the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Huttemann, Lutz, Ed. – 1986
Seven papers from the Mbabane workshop are presented in the first part of this report: (1) "An Overview of the Supply of Information in Swaziland" (E. Wamala); (2) "The Place of a Documentation Centre in the Supply of Information in Swaziland: Problems and Prospects" (M. M. Nhlapo); (3) "The Concept of Cooperation in…
Descriptors: Coordination, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Corwin, Luene; And Others – 1986
This report reviews the program evaluation approaches used at three member colleges of the National Postsecondary Alliance (NPA), a consortium of postsecondary schools intent on achieving excellence in occupational education. The first paper, "Introduction" by Luene Corwin, discusses the goals and major activities of the NPA. The second…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1984
Four major topics are addressed in these papers presented at the Hispanic Roundtable meeting: current staffing patterns at community colleges, transferability trends among Hispanic students, employment barriers, and legislative issues. Introductory comments by Maria Barrera are followed by Mary Jane Garza's paper, "Current Staffing…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Transfer Students
