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Barth, Roland S. – National Elementary Principal, 1979
Describes the process one school district uses in attempting to place students with teachers whose teaching style best matches the way the student learns. (IRT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions, Student Placement
Maeroff, Gene I. – 1983
Cooperation between colleges and schools is considered in seven chapters. Attention is directed to academic standards, accelerating students, teacher preparation, experiments in transition, minorities, and special models. The analysis is intended to illustrate the great diversity of partnership activities in progress. In an introduction by Ernest…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acceleration (Education), Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement
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Stehno, Sandra M. – Children Today, 1987
Describes Kaleidoscope's Youth Development Program in Illinois, which offers a variety of services to help youths who are "aging out" of foster care programs to learn to live on their own in the community. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foster Care, Placement, Program Descriptions
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Voorhees, Anita E.; Yoseloff, Darlene S. – Community Services Catalyst, 1989
Describes Project RESOURCES (Retired Employee Skills Outreach Using Retirees in Continuing Employment Situations), Middlesex County College's (New Jersey) program to help people over 55 find employment. Notes project activities such as job fairs, discussion groups, information dissemination, workshops, recruitment, a job bank, and training…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Education, Community Services, Employment Programs
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Johnson, Nancy Wehrle – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1980
Reviews the importance of assessment in placing students in two-year college composition courses and describes the development of the objective English Qualifying Examination used at Northern Virginia Community College. Includes sample test items. (MKM)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Admissions Counseling, Objective Tests, Program Descriptions
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Asche, Marion; O'Reilly, Patrick – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1978
The article discusses the provisions and intent of Title II of the Education Amendments Act of 1976 relating to job placement and employer satisfaction. In evaluating the success of vocational education programs student and employer follow-up data will play an important part. (MF)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation
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Burne, Kevin; And Others – Change, 1989
The reading of English placement essays has become the high spots of the semester for faculty at Long Beach City College. A grant to evaluate an English placement test by the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education is discussed from the viewpoint of the dean, a faculty member, and a consultant. (MLW)
Descriptors: College English, College Faculty, Committees, Community Colleges
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Sparks, Bernard I. – Optometric Education, 1992
Guidelines of the Southern College of Optometry (Tennessee) for development and administration of student externships are outlined and discussed, including principles addressing the setting of aims, goals, and objectives; preceptor (supervisor) and site selection; preceptor training; assignment of externships; and evaluation of students,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Objectives, Field Experience Programs
Beatty-Guenter, P. – 1992
Drawing from an analysis of the literature on student attrition and retention at community colleges, this paper presents a typology of retention strategies as a structure by which further research can advance. Introductory material explains the typology, which categorizes retention strategies according to whether their purposes are to: (1) sort…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, Classification, College Environment
Nevergold, Patricia A.; And Others – 1983
This report proposes a restructuring of the statutory framework for dealing with PINS (persons in need of supervision) defined as children under 16 whom the court has determined to be incorrigible, ungovernable or habitually disobedient and beyond the lawful control of parents or other lawful authority. The proposal, as described in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Court Role
Barshis, Don – Center for the Study of Community Colleges Bulletin, 1984
This issue of the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) "Bulletin" describes various academic support services provided by community colleges to strengthen instruction and to assist staff members in their own development. Introductory comments discuss the relationship between academic support services and classroom instruction, with…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1984
Ways that colleges can supplement a liberal arts program with courses, internships, and advice to bridge the gap between education and work are addressed in an essay and descriptions of college programs. David R. Hiley discusses dilemmas faced by students and the need for faculty to consider career advising as part of their responsibility in the…
Descriptors: Alumni, Career Counseling, College Faculty, College Programs
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1983
Some of the ways in which colleges can work with high schools to enrich secondary school experiences and increase access to and success in higher education, are described, and an essay on successful cooperative activities is presented. In "Pieces and Parts," James Herbert notes efforts to improve the preparation of students for college…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, College Faculty
Nunez, Ralph da Costa – 1996
This book discusses homeless families in the United States and advocates the efforts of residential educational and employment training centers--American Family Inns--which provide comprehensive services education, job training, and parenting and life skills to address the poverty-related conditions that contribute to homelessness. Chapters of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Children
Moriarity, Joseph B. – 1981
As more legislation is passed pertaining to vocational rehabilitation (VR), the VR process becomes increasingly complex. Not only have the populations considered eligible for VR become more diversified, but so have client goals, the range of services offered, and the role of the rehabilitation counselor. This diversification has increased the need…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Role, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
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