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Alternative Co-op Education in Canada's North.
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Hall, Barbara – Guidance & Counselling, 1986
Characterizes 90 percent of the native students in Canada's Northwest Territory as dropouts. Offers the Community Occupational Program as an alternative to secondary school graduation. Describes program goals and benefits. (ABB)
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Community Support, Cooperative Education, Dropouts
Work Exchange Programs: Achieving More for Less.
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Hershberg, David; van Fleet, James A. – Modern Language Journal, 1987
Describes goals, participants, legal considerations, costs, community support, and results of the work exchange program between the University of Louisville (Kentucky) and Montpellier, France, designed to promote maximum language skill development and cultural understanding at the least possible cost to participants. (CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Community Support, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
The Store Front School.
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Forrest, Barbara – Guidance & Counselling, 1986
Describes the Store Front School project, a program of cooperative education aimed at rekindling students' interest in school and helping them earn their diplomas. The school conducts classes in an office in a shopping mall where the students work. (ABB)
Descriptors: Community Support, Cooperative Education, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
The Blackfoot Story--How Cooperative Education Meets the Needs of Agricultural Industry.
Mortensen, Jay C.; Foster, Richard M. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1980
Focusing on a high school agricultural cooperative education program, the author presents guidelines for supervisory visits and for the selection of good training stations. The benefits of cooperative programs to the student, community, school, and employer are listed. (LRA)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Community Support, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
The Work Experience Program--A Collaborative Effort between Financial Aids and the Career Planning and Placement Center.
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Bazin, John R.; Brooks, George – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1981
Legislation which encourages financial aid offices to develop financial aid support from the local community by facilitating the employment process between students and local employers is discussed. The Work Experience Program of the University of Missouri is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Career Planning, Community Support, Higher Education, Job Placement
Experience-Based Career Education. High School Level Demonstration Project. Final Report (October 1, 1976 to July 30, 1979).
Greenville County School District, Greenville, SC. – 1979
An Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) exemplary project was conducted for three years in four high schools in Greenville County, South Carolina, and then evaluated for this final program report. Guidance and community components made up the program's major strengths. A third component (academic) proved nonessential. The guidance component…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
A Third Party Evaluation of the Appalachian Maryland Experience-Based Career Education Project: 1977-78. Executive Summary.
Stead, Floyd L.; Hartnett, Richard A. – 1978
To determine the effectiveness of the Appalachian Maryland Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) Project in meeting its aims and objectives, a third-party evaluation was conducted for 1977-78. Forty students in grade 12 participated in the project, spending four days a week at selected career sites and a day at the EBCE Learning Center…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Planning, Community Support
Improving Student Performance in California. A Catalog of Business and Community Programs in Support of Local Education.
California Roundtable, San Francisco. – 1984
This catalog contains more than 600 abstracts of model programs in California designed to help business, education, and community groups establish or expand partnerships in support of local education. An executive summary precedes the abstracts. The program abstracts are divided into 21 sections corresponding to specific forms of involvement.…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Basic Skills, Business, Business Education