Lengthy school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic were challenging across the country. In cities like Detroit, where many students already were struggling, the difficulties for students and families were compounded. Bernita Bradley, a social entrepreneur and education-reform advocate, launched Engaged Detroit to help Black families interested…

Within a learning family, every member is a lifelong learner. A family literacy and learning approach is more likely to break the intergenerational cycle of low education and inadequate literacy skills, particularly among disadvantaged families and communities. The selection of case studies presented in this compilation show that for an…

This article presents a new model of education that works with employers to help their employees gain the skills and credentials needed for promotions and career mobility. Southern New Hampshire University's College for America, a competency-based education model for working adults, increases their access to, and the convenience of higher…

The Syracuse University English Language Institute (ELI), housed within University College, has been offering noncredit executive English courses on a contract basis for the past 12 years. Despite its small size and limited resources, the ELI, whose main mission is to prepare international students for academic study, also manages a successful…

Higher education programs need to prepare their graduates for the practical challenges they can expect to face upon entering the workforce. Students can be better prepared if their academic learning is reinforced through authentic workplace experience, where the link between theory and professional practice can be realized. Increasingly, such…

Careers Program-Outreach is a project funded by the Vocational Education Act whose purpose is to expand career options for students, particularly the disadvantaged, and to serve as an incentive to school staffs to innovate and implement career development programs. The major emphases of this program are: (1) to assist counselors to develop…

Describes how cooperative education was introduced and developed at a Texas university in an effort to bring the worlds of work and education closer together. (FL)

Suggests that placement, like cooperative education, can function better in academic affairs rather than student affairs. Describes the combination of the two departments at the University of South Florida and discusses advantages and disadvantages of a combined program. (JAC)

One of the most pressing challenges in public education today is the recruitment and retention of high quality teachers for America's schools. Research shows teacher shortages exist nationwide but vary by geographic area, content area, demographics, and individual schools. In a recent study of the Future Educators Association[R] (FEA) initiative…

The cooperative education programs provided by the three community colleges which comprise the San Mateo Community College District (California) offer three alternative plans: (1) Alternate Semester--two students hold one full-time job during the year, each spending one semester on campus and one off campus; (2) Parallel--concurrent part-time work…

Reports on the experiences of Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne in providing developmental education for auto workers, both new and relocated, for a new assembly plant. Considers problems with staffing, company interactions, institutional interactions, and simple delivery logistics and the ways they were solved. Highlights program…

Describes a program at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis with two distinctive features: a parallel work-study format and integration of a conventional Master of Science academic component of coursework and research with work experience. Discusses student characteristics, placement, and response to the program. (CW)

As part of a project to improve and expand the training opportunities available in vocational education programs through cooperative education, a series of media programs was developed. These programs were designed to aid coordinators in making suitable placement and improving the job orientation and training of student learners and to influence…

The 1980s can be a great decade for the fine arts in higher education if students and administrators are offered a well-designed combination of interdisciplinary study and employment opportunities. A statement of goals for the arts should give high priority to maintaining quality, encouraging innovation and flexibility, and using resources…

This article focuses on the role of the technical school within the overall framework of Basque cooperatives. The school organization, curriculum, and its integration with the co-op's productive activites are described. (AM)