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Peer reviewedLemke, Gary Kai; Wismer, Jack N. – Community Services Catalyst, 1989
Identifies socioeconomic trends affecting education and training, arguing that community colleges should be more involved in developing human resources. Discusses five phases in establishing customized training programs for industry: needs assessment, coalition building, model building/development, implementation, and evaluation. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Job Training, Labor Education
Weisberg, Phyllis G. – 1988
A number of major social and demographic trends are having a profound effect on American families with young children. Among these are changes in the characteristics of poverty in families with preschool-age children, curtailment of formerly available financial support or changes in the means of obtaining such support, and the increasing cost of…
Descriptors: Demography, Family (Sociological Unit), Individual Development, Intervention
Hill, Kenneth G. – 1988
Information presented in this paper was used as a rationale for implementing a developmentally appropriate primary education program in the Redwood City School District, Redwood City, California. The purpose of the paper was to emphasize the need for intensifying the entry level program for students in order to insure a successful school…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students, Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedGaetz, Stephen – Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, 1992
A weakness in the approach to community-based youth services in Cork (Ireland) involves viewing the terms "youth" and "community" as though they represented homogeneous categories. Ethnographic data highlight the difficulties of monolithic classification by describing the experiences of three distinct categories of young…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Ethnic Groups, Ethnography
Charters, Alexander N., Comp. – 1980
This is the third of eight volumes consisting of series of publications of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), such as Notes and Essays, Research Reports, Occasional Papers, and Conference Reports. These materials provide both theory and practice in the area of non-credit adult liberal education offered by colleges…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Cognitive Processes
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1980
Designed for use as a reference and resource in program development by home economics extension staff, this report identifies national trends and educational needs of families in relation to extension programs for families. Changing population patterns, economic indicators, social structures, and health problems are discussed in terms of their…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Demography, Economic Change, Economic Factors
