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Amonette, Linda; And Others – 1984
A program was developed to provide adult basic education (ABE) to kidney patients while they are receiving dialysis treatment. The program, which relies on an individualized learning approach, involved the coordinated efforts of the following parties: West Virginia Dialysis Facilities, Inc.; the Charleston Renal Group; and the Kanawha County Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Fritsche, JoAnn M. – 1984
This handbook was designed to help educators in higher education initiate a project that will integrate women's research, values, and perspectives into the curriculum and promote equity for campus women. There are six chapters. The first chapter examines ways to develop support for a curriculum project. Separate sections discuss rationales and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1985
Educational policies and plans for Italy's entire education system are evaluated in this report. Part One contains "The Examiners' Report;" Part Two, the "Record of the Review Meeting;" and Part Three, a "Summary of the Background Report" (prepared by the Italian authorities). Some results of the evaluation include…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Compulsory Education, Curriculum Problems, Decentralization
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1984
This document outlines a comprehensive plan developed by the Minnesota State Department of Education for improving school effectiveness throughout the state. The first four sections of the paper present prefatory material, including a general introduction, current comparative statistics on Minnesota schools, need statements (state legislation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Discipline, Educational Environment
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1980
Designed to provide basic information on the linkages achieved under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), this report focuses on education/Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) linkages, the vocational education/CETA connection, and the role of postsecondary institutions (particularly minority colleges) in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Coordination, Education Work Relationship
Barton, Stephanie Lang – 1981
Experiences in developing a Career Passport project are described for three pilot communities. (A Career Passport is a listing similar to an adult resume that describes a young person's experiences, skills, abilities, knowledge, and work-related attitudes.) An introduction describes the concept and its three essential ingredients as they were…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Qualifications
Schweer, Jean E., Ed.; Puetz, Belinda E., Ed. – 1981
A project involved development of a statewide generalized curriculum framework for continuing education in nursing by using an anticipatory approach to the selection of a coordinated, schematic arrangement of sequential course offerings by university-based centers for continuing education in nursing in Indiana. Following preliminary meetings of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Coordination, Curriculum Design
Corporation for Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. – 1980
The Ventures in Community Improvement (VICI) demonstration, a national research and demonstration program, was designed to test the effectiveness of a youth employment program in various settings. Eight VICI programs, each of which enrolled up to 60 unemployed, out-of-school, economically disadvantaged youths between the ages of 16 and 19, were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Building Trades, Community Change, Community Programs
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
This document is the annual impact report of the Curriculum Coordination Centers (CCCs) for 1980. The Curriculum Coordination Centers are a group of six centers that comprise the National Network for Curriculum Coordination in Vocational and Technical Education. The CCC network has the following four broad objectives: (1) to increase the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Cooperative Planning, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum
Southeast Missouri State Univ., Cape Girardeau. – 1981
The Work Again Project entailed development and implementation of a center to place adults aged 58 and above into a variety of paid and volunteer positions, investigation of the effect of such placement on the self-image of participants, and education of the community as to the working needs of older adults. A project staff consisting of five…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Community Attitudes, Continuing Education, Educational Needs
Sherman, Deborah C. – 1980
In addition to an 11-page narrative, this final report contains materials from a model college/public service agency collaborative effort to develop an inservice, onsite, volunteer training program for Office of Environmental Affairs employees. These activities are described: task analysis to determine environmental/human service paraprofessional…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Colleges, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
Odo, Carol F.; Nakahara, Joyce Y. – 1981
Pilot projects to achieve sex equity in vocational programs at the community colleges of Hawaii have existed on an individual campus basis since 1977. The plan contained in this document continues the sex equity efforts of the community colleges and provides a new approach--based on systemwide coordination--to reducing sex bias and stereotyping in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Career Education, Community Colleges
Naylor, Harriet H.; And Others – 1980
The initiation, implementation, and successes of 13 older adult volunteer programs are traced in these descriptive essays focusing on: (1) the Educational Growth Opportunities project at San Diego State University (CA); (2) the Retired Volunteer Service Corps at the University of Maryland; (3) the Displaced Homemakers Program at Valencia Community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Consultants, Consultation Programs
Wire, Donald R. – 1979
First-year progress (1978-1979) is reported for a three-year project undertaken by Durham College (an historically black, independent, junior college) to implement Bloom's Mastery Learning Strategy in an effort to improve the self-esteem and motivation of educationally disadvantaged minority students. The report first presents a rationale for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Black Colleges, Black Students
Manning, J. Dale; And Others – 1980
This report describes a project to adapt and/or develop instruments, techniques, and procedures for establishing an individual educational planning system for adult students at Salt Lake Community High School. Chapter 1 describes procedures to identify and assess existing approaches for developing individual educational plans (IEPs). It critiques…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
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