Energy education has proliferated at two-year colleges in recent years. Most of the initial barriers to program development, including a shortage of expert advisors and instructors, a scarcity of established curricula and instructional resources, the delay between program conception and implementation, and difficulties in obtaining reliable…

Seven rural community colleges were selected to demonstrate the effectiveness of the community college in serving as a catalyst and facilitator for community education-work councils. The councils were intended to establish mechanisms for easing the transition from schooling to work. Initiated in 1977 through subcontract with the American…

Internal and external evaluation reports of community education-work councils established by Asnuntuck Community College (Connecticut), Bayamon Regional College (Puerto Rico), and De Kalb Community College (Georgia) are included in this document. Under sponsorship of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges and the Department of…

Internal and external evaluation reports of community education-work councils established at Southeast Community College (Nebraska), Motlow State Community College (Tennessee), Tanana Valley Community College (Alaska), and the Community College of Vermont are included in this document. Under sponsorship of the American Association of Community and…

This booklet provides information on cooperative agreements between college and industry, focusing special attention on such agreements in energy-related fields. After highlighting the major elements of cooperative agreements and their benefits and potential problems, the report examines the economic context in which joint activity between…