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Levitan, Sar A., Ed.; Mangum, Garth L., Ed. – 1981
A summary of an in-depth study of the training component of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), this volume consists of a series of findings and recommendations emerging from a national survey of 476 CETA prime sponsors. It provides a comprehensive review of CETA training based on the analysis of longitudinal data on the quality,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Decentralization
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Instructional Support Services. – 1978
Following an introduction and a definition of career education, Pennsylvania's state plan for career education is presented in six chapters. Pennsylvania's need for career education is presented in chapter I, which also includes a career education status survey and a summary of needs. Chapter II lists the state's career education accomplishments…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
New Educational Directions, Crawfordsville, IN. – 1977
A project involved the compilation of recommendations appearing in the final performance and evaluation reports of eighty-one career education programs funded by the U.S. Office of Education (USOE) during 1976. After undergoing four reviews, 475 recommendations which were project specific were eliminated and the remaining 230 recommendations were…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Career Education, Consultants
Van Raalte, Robert C.; And Others – 1978
The annual report presents activities for the 1976-77 school year, the thirtieth year that the Johnson O'Malley Act (JOM) has provided impetus for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) as a subcontractor to provide supplementary services necessary to carry out educational programs afforded Indian children in public schools. Part I…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Cultural Enrichment
Shore, Jane – 1979
This report describes and analyzes the programs of the Education Fund of District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in New York City. The Education Fund is a program carried out by the union to provide a wide variety of educational curricula, many on its premises, for the union's thousands of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Case Studies
Spann, Jerry – 1977
To address the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) client's need for career development experience and skills, the Affirmative Action Office of Dane County (Wisconsin) and the Adult Work Experience Program (AWEP) staff plan to implement a year-long training program aimed at job exploration, internship, and personalized decision…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Education, Career Exploration, County Programs
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Black Students, Career Education, Career Exploration
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Gregoire, Kathryn A.; Redmond, Minor W., Jr. – College and University, 1997
Describes the objectives, design, and implementation of the Lancaster Partnership Program, involving the Lancaster City School District (Pennsylvania), Millersville University, and three local corporations in efforts to increase the participation rate in higher education of Latino and African American high school students. Efforts focused on…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Organization, Black Students, College Admission
Jones, Douglas; And Others – 1995
The materials, visuals to accompany a presentation on development of workplace literacy programs, include: a definition of workplace literacy; flow chart for basic skills program development; definition of workplace education needs assessment; list of topics for interviewing trainers, supervisors, management personnel/HR, safety, union/labor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Course Content
Chaney, Bradford; And Others – 1995
This survey gathered information on programs at institutions of higher education that are designed to increase the access of educationally or economically disadvantaged elementary and secondary students to higher education. In addition the study aimed to compare Upward Bound, one prominent federally funded program, with others around the nation.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Attendance, College Preparation, College Programs
McAllister, Ian – 1996
Asking the question, "What might a good university international development project look like?" this book examines a number of university international development projects, encompassing foreign student intakes, student exchange programs, faculty research and teaching, extension education, and business and public service advisory…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Extension Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1992
Intended for people interested in developing a skill clinic, this document contains examples of community and workplace approaches to skill clinics. It describes skill clinics that make it easier for adults to pursue further education and training by offering one-stop service, coordination, assessment, referral, and career counseling. Nine…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling
Taylor, Maurice C., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book is a practitioner's guide to developing literacy training programs for workers. Titles of the 28 chapters and epilogue are as follows: "Understanding the History and Definitions of Workplace Literacy" (Askov, Aderman); "Understanding Literacy in the Canadian Business Context: Conference Board of Canada Study" (Hart);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development
Cothran, Bettina F. – 1987
Georgia State University has developed undergraduate applied language programs in commercial French, German, and Spanish combining practical with theoretical studies. The curricula stress the communicative aspect of language, and are based on the content of certification examinations given in France, Germany, and Spain. Two upper-level courses in…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Myer, Donna Foster – 1983
A project was undertaken at Baptist College in Charleston, South Carolina to develop a two-year associate degree program to train paraprofessional home health personnel to promote family health in rural areas. After receiving the contract, the college recruited a project director to serve in its Natural Sciences Division. The project director…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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