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Download full textAcademic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2019
Work-based learning provides students an opportunity as aspiring employees to explore careers and to turn theory and simulation into practice by gaining on-the-job experience. The hands-on experience gained from work-based learning opportunities, especially when considered in combination with the attainment and application of employment soft…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, On the Job Training, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Ramsay, William R. – Education with Production, 1988
Describes the work-study program at Berea College in Kentucky and its benefits. (JOW)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Educational Benefits, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
Education with Production, 1988
Highlights main points from the Berea College (Kentucky) Handbook on the Student Labor Program 1987/88. (JOW)
Descriptors: Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education, Work Study Programs
Lieman, Meyer, Ed. – Forum, 1980
Thirteen brief articles look at high school programs for students with special needs with emphasis on programs offered in New York State. Articles have the following titles and authors: "Vocational Education for Handicapped Students in New York City High Schools" (F. Yauch); "Development of a Comprehensive Program for High School…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Articulation (Education), Clerical Occupations, Curriculum
Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee. – 1996
This report presents the results of a review of all state student financial aid programs in Florida and presents recommendations concerning program consolidation. The review was designed to address a variety of aid-related issues, including unexpended financial aid resources, program consolidation, budget request and aid distribution procedures,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Eligibility, Higher Education
Dyste, Ron; Wilson, Al – 1988
Several problems have been identified in the administration of student financial aid programs in California, including high default rates in the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) Program, a significant decrease in the number of eligible students receiving financial aid, workload increases in program administration, and unmet needs for financial aid…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Colleges, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
Ulan, S. J. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1981
Voices concerns about the way the cooperative education program is being handled in Canada. Outlines the history of the program and discusses methods for implementation. (JOW)
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, School Business Relationship, Secondary Education, Work Experience Programs
Parsons, Cynthia – 1988
Every high school student should not only be provided with appropriate academic instruction but with supervised work experience as well. For the past 70 years, the number of students in cooperative education programs has grown steadily. Despite these steady gains, the best estimates place no more than 10 percent of all vocational education…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Fuller, William S. – AGB Reports, 1984
An alternative system is proposed for college students: provide grants in the freshman year, reduce grants and small loans in the second, introduce work-study in the third along with reduced grants and loans, and further increase loan and reduce the grant with work-study in the fourth year. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Higher Education, Loan Repayment, Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid)
Thielman, Jeff – Momentum, 2002
Describes an educational foundation that offers financial support to those wishing to institute a San Miguel/Nativity or Cristo Rey model school. Reports that these schools must strive to reduce dropout rates, increase number of students prepared for college, and increase number of students receiving Catholic education. (NB)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Demonstration Programs
McPherson, Michael S. – 1988
This discussion of how the effectiveness of federal student aid can be evaluated is framed in terms of three questions: (1) Has federal student aid expanded educational opportunity; that is, has it encouraged the enrollment and broadened the educational choices of disadvantaged students? (2) Has federal student aid made the distribution of higher…
Descriptors: College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy
Sexton, Robert F. – 1980
This monograph describes and analyzes major federal and state student financial assistance programs. Chief among those reviewed are the Basic and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, National Direct Student Loans, State Student Incentive Grants, the Guaranteed Student Loans, College Work Study, and the G.I. Bill. The paper explains how…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adults, Educational Opportunities
Bell, T. H. – American Education, 1984
Discusses the breadth of the problem of adult functional illiteracy and the components of the National Adult Literacy Project, a National Institute of Education program to identify model programs, develop literacy materials, and involve college work-study students in tutoring illiterate adults. (SK)
Descriptors: Adults, Federal Programs, Functional Literacy, Higher Education
Douma, Wallace H. – 1985
Ways to improve college student loans, work-study, and grants programs are suggested, based on the experience of the financial aid director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is recommended that emphasis be shifted from the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) Program to the National Direct Student Loan (NDSL) Program, which is more…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedEtzioni, Amitai – Change, 1983
Overeducation is being recognized as college graduates find that a college degree is not a secure ticket to a job. A year spent serving the country is recommended with options including the armed forces, Peace Corps, VISTA, and Conservation Corps. The program could serve as a "sociological mixer." (MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education, National Programs
