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Fulmer, Hal W. – 1993
The pregraduation internship is a vital link between public relations classes and the public relations professions. Practitioners consistently regard the internship as the most crucial aspect of a public relations degree program. Interns should be of junior or senior standing, have completed some, if not most, of their public relations course…
Descriptors: Career Education, Higher Education, Internship Programs, On the Job Training
Renz, Frank; Styer, Michael – 1986
In 1984, a partnership was developed between San Juan College (SJC) and the Public Service Company of New Mexico's (PNM) San Juan Generating Plant. An agreement was reached to promote training through a planned educational experience in which SJC awarded credit for courses taught by PNM training personnel. The program began in response to the need…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, On the Job Training
Kaye, Thomas – 1985
The career field experience program at a midwestern high school places broadcasting students on location for observation of the profession and optional job training or work. In addition to radio and television stations, field locations include advertising agencies with production studios, corporate production facilities, recording studios, cable…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Education Work Relationship, Field Experience Programs, High Schools
Woog, Pierre; Goldman, Elaine – 1974
A project implemented by a school of nursing and social work at one university and evaluated by a school of education at another is described. The project, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, trained 128 personnel from 32 nursing homes in strategies to raise the mental status of residents. Evaluation results indicated a desired…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
Fredericks, H. D. Bud; And Others – 1985
A high school program to prepare severely handicapped students for supported community work changed its original purpose, to develop jobs that would provide full time support work in the community after graduation, to include part-time possibilities. Advantages of incorporating part-time work include eliminating boredom and providing greater…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Job Skills, On the Job Training
Bean, Robert – 1992
The evolution of the Workplace Education Service that operates in South Australia is chronicled. Begun as a single program designed to integrate workplace literacy, English as a Second Language, and literacy education for both native and non-native English-speakers in an automobile plant, the project grew into a network of programs and services in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Inplant Programs, Literacy Education
Southard, Sherry G. – 1983
The internship program in technical communications at Oklahoma State University is a 3-credit-hour course that offers students an opportunity to apply the principles of technical communication learned in the classroom to an on-the-job situation. The prerequisites for the course are 9 hours of English and a course on intermediate…
Descriptors: Editing, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education, Internship Programs
Meerbaum, Monica Leonie – 1978
This paper presents the background and development of the Crisis Intervention Simulation Survey, (CISS), a written simulation instrument designed to assess police officers' knowledge of effective crisis intervention skills and the awareness of their emotional responses to selected crisis intervention situations. It summarizes the recent history of…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Intervention, Knowledge Level, On the Job Training
Fraser, Robert T.; And Others – 1978
A specialized vocational program served 108 epileptic individuals who participated in the program during the first 18 months of its operation. The following are some of the aspects of the program: utilization of the neuropsychological data in rehabilitation planning, brief work adjustment, a job station program, training in job seeking skills,…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Interpersonal Competence, Job Skills, Neurological Impairments
Kotula, John R.; Decker, Henry J. – 1989
Drawing from experiences at Delaware Technical and Community College (DTCC), these papers discuss the institution's entrepreneurial approach to two aspects of college administration: developing relationships with business and industry, and management planning. Entrepreneurship is defined as the ability to find and evaluate opportunities, locate…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Income
Carrier, Judy – North Carolina Journal of Outdoor Education, 1979
Describing the North Carolina Botanical Garden's horticultural therapy program, which provides activity therapy for the mental and physical well-being of people of all ages, this article details an educational training program. Journal availabillity: see RC 503 504. (SB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Horticulture
Long, Patrick T.; Kraus, Barbara E. – 1985
To meet the growing demand for recreation services in rural communities, the Colorado Rural Recreation Director's Project (CRRDP) works as a partnership between the University of Colorado in Boulder and rural Colorado communities. During the summer months, each participating community (52 since the project's beginning in 1981) receives the…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Field Experience Programs
MacKenzie, John; Beaupre, Doreen – 1986
This paper describes a competency-based program to train local adults as school counselors in the remote areas of Manitoba (Canada). In 1983, the program selected 6 men and 12 women from 15 communities for training; candidates were 23 to 48 years old, with educations ranging from grade 5 to first year university, were well respected in their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Andragogy, Canada Natives
Sredl, Henry J. – 1981
Field research was conducted to identify and examine the most recent trends in vocational and technical education during the Chinese Post-Cultural Revolution years of 1976-1981. Prior to the Revolution more than half of the middle school students participated in skill training before graduation. All such programs were abolished during the…
Descriptors: Demography, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy