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American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Washington, DC. Adult Competency Education Unit. – 1987
These proceedings include a brief overview of the 11th Competency-Based Adult Education (CBAE) Conference along with the texts of the following conference presentations: "National Legislative Update" (Patricia M. Keeton); "Adult School/High-Risk Youth Connection--Is There One?" (Joellen Bruce); "Overview of Adult ESL Programs: A National…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Corporate Education
Download full textDuBois, Glenn, Comp. – 1997
This proceedings contains reports from nine states on welfare reform efforts and their effects on community colleges. Reports are presented from the following states: (1) South Carolina, reviewing the state's efforts to create an alliance with local businesses to train a self-sufficient work force; (2) Wyoming, revealing that a skills training…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Change Strategies, College Role, Community Colleges
National Evaluation Systems, Inc., Amherst, MA. – 1991
Five papers presented at a symposium during the 1991 annual conference of the National Council on Measurement in Education explore the design, development, and implementation of the Texas Master Teacher Examination (TMTE) Program. Educational policymakers have begun to maintain that the professionalization of teaching can be substantially…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Alamprese, Judy; Koloski, Judy – 1992
This report summarizes the findings of a workshop convened to examine the implications of the "direct and equitable access" provision of the National Literacy Act (1991). For its successful implementation, this provision requires a willingness by state adult education offices, national and state literacy organizations, and other…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1992
This report presents outcomes of deliberations at the Tech Prep Leadership Summit on a "national vision" for tech prep. Following an introduction, Section 2 represents the consensus reached at the summit. Discussion of the purpose of tech prep focuses on the mission statement and goals of the Tech Prep Act. The discussion of program…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Corporate Support, Educational Change
PDF pending restorationArkansas Univ., Fayetteville. Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center. – 1983
This manual is intended to serve as a resource document as well as a training guide for rehabilitation personnel to use in developing and implementing Projects with Industry (PWI) programs. Covered in a historical profile of PWI are the changing work environment, the evolution and definition of PWI, the impact of PWI on rehabilitation, and various…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business Responsibility, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
App, Anne H. – 1991
This publication summarizes presentations and discussions from a conference that addressed specific issues in the National Assessment of Vocational Education and in the 1990 Perkins Act that mandated the assessment. Introductory materials include a summary of consensus issues from the conference (David Boesel), welcoming remarks (Bruno Manno), and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Accountability, Correctional Education
App, Anne H., Comp. – 1991
This collection of 22 papers is organized by the five conference topics. "Part 1: Effects of the Perkins Act on Policy and Practice" contains five papers: "Federal Legislation as Rorschach Test: Methodological Issues in Assessing the Effects of the 1990 Perkins Act on States and Localities" (Grubb); "Effects of the 1990…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Accountability, Correctional Education
