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Download full textKnights, Ronald M.; Monroe, Ben; Faurer, Judson; Williams, Linda J. – 1996
The unique approach of the African American Leadership Institute (AALI) to increasing the well-being of the African American community is described. The AALI was founded in 1990 by Metropolitan State College of Denver (Colorado) and the Urban League of Denver in the belief that all members of society should have an equal opportunity to pursue…
Descriptors: Black Leadership, Blacks, Community Development, Community Leaders
Champaign County Board of Education, Urbana, OH. – 1995
The Champaign County (Ohio) Board of Education asked four companies to participate in a workplace literacy project: Hall Company, Grimes Aerospace, LewiSystems, and Comdyne. Companies supplied training facilities and paid release time for employee participants. Seventeen classes were completed; 13 were attended by recruited participants, 4 by…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Corporate Support, Job Skills
Tomezsko, Edward S. J. – 1988
A composite materials education program was established to train Boeing Helicopter Company employees in the special processing of new filament-reinforced polymer composite materials. During the personnel development phase of the joint Boeing-Penn State University project, an engineering instructor from Penn State completed a 5-month, full-time…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Air Transportation, Aviation Education, Aviation Technology
Farrar, Eleanor – 1988
The Boston Compact, signed in September 1982, is a formal agreement between the Boston School Department and members of the business community to collaborate in making new educational and employment opportunities available to the city's high school students. Co-signers agreed to the following: (1) assist in developing private sector initiatives in…
Descriptors: Business, Business Responsibility, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
PDF pending restorationFORCE Technical Assistance Office, Brussels (Belgium). – 1990
The aim of the FORCE program is to promote the continuing vocational training of workers in Member States of the European Community (EC). FORCE offers assistance at national and EC levels in implementing measures to enhance both the development and quality of continuing training. Measures at the national level comprise the preparation of regular…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Coordination, Corporate Support, Employer Employee Relationship
National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1992
This report presents outcomes of deliberations at the Tech Prep Leadership Summit on a "national vision" for tech prep. Following an introduction, Section 2 represents the consensus reached at the summit. Discussion of the purpose of tech prep focuses on the mission statement and goals of the Tech Prep Act. The discussion of program…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Corporate Support, Educational Change
Quad-City/Tri-County Vocational Regions, East Moline, IL. – 1991
The focus of tech prep at Quad-City/Tri-County Vocational Regions/Black Hawk College was on providing all students with skills for higher education as well as job opportunities. To accomplish this, a comprehensive model applicable to all program areas was implemented to provide sequenced, vocationally and academically integrated, and complementary…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Competence, Cooperative Programs
Gau, Rebecca – 2000
This brief provides information about the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, how it will be implemented in the greater Phoenix, Arizona, area, and the program's relevance to business. The brief also discusses the current work force development system, including information on these five areas of interest: (1) what the literature says about…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Centers, Career Information Systems, Corporate Support
Alfano, Kathleen – 1990
A model program was developed to increase the number of noncollege-bound students who were capable of succeeding in electronics and laser/electro-optics technology (LET) vocational training. The target population was noncollege-bound disadvantaged students, at least 60 percent minorities and women who were historically underrepresented in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
