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Stine, Jennifer – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2008
Educators, career counseling offices and alumni associations know well the stories of mid-career challenges. Courted by companies at graduation and quickly promoted in early years, well-educated professionals may assume that success will always be theirs for the asking, even if they take time off. It can be equally easy for universities to assume…
Descriptors: Reentry Workers, Professional Personnel, Professional Continuing Education, Career Development
Kahn, Sharon E. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1983
Describes the Women's Employment Counseling Unit in Vancouver, British Columbia, the first of several Canadian counseling centers designed to meet the needs of women. Describes the organization of the center and the counseling services provided, and discusses characteristics of reentry workers. (JAC)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Services, Employment Services, Females
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. Div. of Adult Vocational and Technical Education. – 1979
The 1979 Displaced Homemakers Conference focused on developing awareness of services available from various Illinois agencies to displaced homemakers, generating the spirit and means for cooperative relationships among agencies serving them, and offering prototypes of how women's centers are attempting to coordinate the various services of state…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Displaced Homemakers
Skelding, C. H.; And Others – 1989
A number of ideological, economic and demographic changes are necessitating radical and substantial changes in the education system in England and Wales. Foreseeing a teacher shortage throughout primary education well into the 1990s, alternative forms of entry to the profession have been explored. However, the largest potential source for…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
Widmar, Gary E.; Mischon, Ray – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1997
Project Refocus, the University of Missouri Kansas City's long-term, cross-sector collaborative project brings together business, labor, government, and higher education to address changing employment needs and retraining of laid-off workers. The program's 15-year evolution, activities, achievements, and lessons learned are described. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation, Labor Force Development
Alexandra, Pamela – 1976
The Women's Re-Entry to Education Program (WREP) at San Jose City College, which offers a supportive program in teaching skills needed for meaningful careers is described in this report. Funded in July 1973, WREP is designed for women who suddenly find themselves confronted with unexpected needs and roles, making it necessary for them to change…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Career Change, Educationally Disadvantaged
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1980
Highlights are presented of a national conference conducted to share specific models for community college programs for older adults and to devise financial and political strategies to ensure the continuation of these programs. After discussing the conference design, the report presents a summary of Bentley Lipscomb's keynote address on the…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Demography
Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, Inc., IN. – 1981
Career Doors was a developmental project designed to develop motivational instructional materials that introduce and reinforce the connection between educational and employment decisions made by undereducated adults and to produce a variety of audio visual materials for use in existing Indiana adult education programs. Since the project was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Career Education, Demonstration Programs
Prichard, Dana – 1982
The College of Marin Women's Program implemented a project to provide comprehensive support, instructional, and advocacy services to disadvantaged women seeking information and/or future employment in nontraditional career fields. Areas of emphasis were the apprenticeable trades and other blue-collar work. The goal of the project was to assist 50…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Blue Collar Occupations, Career Education
Adair, Susan; And Others – 1982
This manual provides information, guidelines, and workshop materials for organizations interested in developing job assistance programs for battered women. First, introductory material discusses the economic situation of battered women and their special needs for support, skills development, job referrals, and training. Next, guidelines for…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Counseling Services
Macisaac, Doug; Brookhart, Linda – 1994
The Teacher Induction Partnerships program was developed by the University of Northern Colorado and several Colorado school districts. The program represents an approach to teacher induction which serves to support beginning and reentry teachers, foster collaborative relationships between the university and school districts, and increase new…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Elementary School Teachers
Bellevue Community Coll., WA. – 1979
This teaching manual for a nine-week vocational orientation course for displaced homemakers covers emotional support, self-confidence building, and short- and long-term career and life planning. Designed to be used with a group of fifteen or less in an informal environment, the program manual is divided into two types of lessons: emotional support…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
Illinois State Council on Vocational Education, Springfield. – 1991
This 3-year follow-up report describes actions taken by the Illinois Council on Vocational Education (ICoVE) during 1989, 1990, and 1991. It addresses the 31 suggestions and 23 recommendations of 5 technical reports (spanning 1987 and 1988) related to coordination. Recommendations from 1987-88 and follow-up actions are reported on the following…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
NAB Clearinghouse Quarterly, 1984
This document is the first issue of a National Alliance of Business publication designed to present proven solutions, cutting-edge strategies, and comprehensive reference materials and to examine in depth in each issue a critical issue related to public/private employment and training partnerships. This first issue addresses one of the most…
Descriptors: Adults, Citations (References), Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
Ekstrom, Ruth B. – 1981
A project was designed to develop a process by which the life experiences of women could be assessed for entry into employment and for entry into or advanced placement in vocational education programs. Following a review of literature and interviews to determine the approaches currently used to accredit women's life experience learning,…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Credentials, Employment Qualifications
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