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Download full textCoons, Daniel E. – 1976
The nationwide problem of declining communication skills is evident in the large numbers of students entering college with deficiencies in reading, writing, and speaking skills. This paper discusses the operation of a communication skills program within a college communication skills center which functions as a supportive resource service and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1976
This booklet details the findings of a survey, conducted by the Committee on Learning Skills Centers of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, concerning the utilization of learning skills centers to teach composition in institutions of higher learning. Responses from 38 public two-year colleges, 2 private two-year colleges, 18…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Individualized Programs, Learning Laboratories, Program Content
Gibbons, Michael – 1991
The Mathematics Improvement Component (MIC) was first implemented in the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools in 1987-88 to assist elementary and middle school pupils who were low achievers in mathematics. Three programs comprised the 1989-90 MIC: the Elementary Computer Assisted Instruction (Elem-CAI) Program, the Elementary Competency Based Education…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs, Educational Facilities
Gordon, Edmund W.; And Others – 1972
This project, located in a rural community in upstate New York, has, with very limited resources, set itself the task of humanizing and individualizing its total education program. The school district is well on the way toward the achievement of that goal in its elementary school where two special programs have been in operation for six years.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Langen, Herbert J.; Thomas, Violet S. – 1979
This report contains a description of the economic outlook of Arizona and the nation as a whole, information on nationwide skill centers and their efforts to meet industry's needs, and recommendations for a program that would be effective in answering future labor needs. Section 1 includes the economic outlook for Arizona and the nation; a report…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Definitions, Demonstration Programs, Economic Climate
Eppley, George, Ed. – 1979
A rationale is presented for the establishment of a comprehensive skills center designed to provide low-cost, vocational training that would enable the unskilled and unemployed population of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, to fill area manpower needs. The report first compares the present composition of the county work force with the manpower needs of…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged
