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Download full textUK Department for Education, 2021
In 2017, the government launched Career Learning Pilots in order to test the design and provision of various training approaches for working adults with low to intermediate skills. As part of this initiative, the Department for Education provided approximately £11.3 million in funding to pilot projects that offered flexible and accessible ways of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Adult Students, Student Participation
Taylor, J. L.; Harmon, T. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2010
This report provides a summary of major results of the Illinois Bridge Status Survey, administered online between April and June 2010. The purpose of the survey was to understand the extent to which bridge programs are being implemented in Illinois, as well as to build an online directory of bridge programs. Bridge programs are an emerging…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Phipps, Ron; Clinedinst, Melissa; Merisotis, Jamie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2004
The New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) requested that the Institute for Higher Education Policy evaluate the outcomes of the state's Outstanding Scholar Recruitment Program (OSRP). In particular, HESAA asked that the Institute determine the program's effectiveness in increasing the enrollment and retention of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Holding Power, High School Graduates, Higher Education
Carney, Jennifer; Chawla, Deepika; Wiley, Autumn; Young, Denise – Abt Associates, 2006
This report summarizes findings from an evaluation of the impacts of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeships (IGERT) program. Through support of interdisciplinary graduate education programs in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, the IGERT program aims to educate U.S.…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Evaluation
Cassells, Judith M.; And Others – 1988
The RN Data Project is an extension of Phase I of the Baccalaureate Nursing Data Project of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Constituting Phase II of the project, it is designed to offer national data about RN (registered nurse) baccalaureate nursing education with the hope that such information will be of value and interest for…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Admission, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
Jefferson County Board of Education, Louisville, KY. – 1979
Through the Jefferson County Adult Reading Project, 293 students functioning at a 3.9 reading level and below attended reading classes. Test results demonstrated the growth in educational advancement while retention rates and growing enrollment showed other measures of success in the project components. The Word Identification, Word Attack, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Enrollment
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. – 1988
Utah's migrant education program provided educational services to 1,027 K-12 students in programs at 10 sites during the summer of 1988. Nine of the programs were conducted in the summer only and one was conducted year round. Programs ranged in duration from 28 to 50 days. Students were provided with academic basics as well as cultural,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Migrant Children
Chapel, Edward V. – 1992
The College Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) at Queensborough Community College (QCC) in Bayside, New York, is designed to recruit and assist minority and disadvantaged students and to encourage their enrollment in science, technology, and allied health programs. The program offers academic support services and career information to…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Counseling, College Science, Community Colleges
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1989
In 1989, the Florida State Board of Community Colleges (SBCC), in conjunction with the Division of Vocational, Adult and Community Education (DVACE) of the State Board Department of Education, conducted a review of the state's dental assisting and dental hygiene programs. The two major sources of information for the review were public hearings and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Admission, Community Colleges
New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque. – 1978
Information on ethnic minorities and women at the University of New Mexico is presented. Specialized programs that emphasize recruitment and retention of minority and women students and the amount of money associated with each program are listed. A breakdown by race, nationality, and sex of the 1977 entering freshman class is presented, and a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Rate
James, Betty N. – 1993
This paper presents information on trends in racial diversity at Texas institutions of higher education and reports on progress of a 5-year plan to increase minority involvement through 14 tables and associated explanatory narrative. The Texas Plan targets goals of percentage representation of Blacks, and Hispanic throughout public higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Asian Americans, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Sherron, Ronald H. – 1986
A longitudinal study examined adult basic education (ABE) in Virginia between 1970 and 1985. (The first study was conducted in 1970, the second in 1978, and the third in 1985.) Data for the 1985 study were collected from survey instruments mailed to all state department ABE personnel, local ABE supervisors, learning center coordinators, and ABE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Counselor Characteristics, Curriculum Development, Demography
