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Cook, Charles C.; Shumer, Robert – 1998
The information contained in this publication, a brief introduction to literacy, is designed to help potential literacy workers gain a basic understanding of literacy issues. The publication notes that current literacy efforts in the United States, especially the new America Reads initiative, are focused on helping young children up to the third…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literacy
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1994
This funding guide is designed to help schools, education agencies, institutions of higher education, and others develop service-learning initiatives to improve K-12 education. It includes descriptions of 130 funding programs in 15 federal agencies, which generally provide two categories of financial assistance--formula grants, and competitive or…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Kendall, Jane C., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This publication is the second of three volumes of a resource book intended for anyone who wants to start, strengthen, or support a program or course that combines community or public service with learning. This volume, which is organized in four parts, provides a variety of practical issues and ideas for programs and courses that combine service…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Programs, Community Services, Course Descriptions
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. Office of University Partnerships. – 1995
This publication highlights the work of institutions of higher education and their surrounding communities throughout the United States which, are responding to the responsibilities and possibilities of their educational and social missions by mobilizing their resources in ways that benefit their surrounding communities as well as themselves,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Services, Educational Research, Higher Education
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. Office of University Partnerships. – 1999
This publication highlights the work of institutions of higher education and their surrounding communities throughout the United States which are responding to the responsibilities and possibilities of their educational and social missions by mobilizing their collective resources in ways that benefit both the institutions and the communities. In…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Services, Educational Research, Higher Education
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. Office of University Partnerships. – 1996
This publication highlights the work of institutions of higher education and their surrounding communities throughout the United States. These institutions are responding to the responsibilities and possibilities of their educational and social missions by mobilizing their resources in ways that benefit the institutions and the communities,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Services, Educational Research, Higher Education
Goldstone, Jennifer, Ed.; Gibbs, Darlene, Ed. – 1995
This directory describes international cooperation programs at 66 Canadian colleges and universities. Listed alphabetically, each institution briefly summarizes its international initiatives, provides information on the history and administrative structure of the international activities, includes a list of programs, and provides contact…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation