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Download full textAmerican Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. Council for Occupational Education. – 1986
A study was conducted by the National Council of Occupational Education to measure the extent to which community, junior, and technical colleges were engaged in economic development activities. A questionnaire was mailed to 1,144 colleges in March and April of 1986, requesting information on the types of economic development activities performed…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – 1987
This report describes a project which assessed the feasibility for the design and implementation of a Center for Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Transfer in the Central New York region, and to lay the groundwork for cooperative projects among Syracuse University (SU), Central New York libraries, regional businesses, and area governments…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development, Feasibility Studies
Ramirez, Kevin M. – Community College Issues, 1989
Many California community colleges are accepting the challenge of their vital role in economic development through contract education (i.e., the process of entering into partnerships with business, government, and industry at the work site to assist employer training). Employer-based education and training is generally contracted in one of six…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
Lynch, Robert; And Others – 1991
In 1989-90, a national survey was conducted to assess the scope and nature of contract training and other economic development activities at community colleges and technical institutes. The survey was sent to a random sample of 246 community colleges, requesting information on the colleges' workforce and economic development activities in 1988-89.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Contract Training, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
Baker, Harold R. – 1993
This book reports on a study of rural community development policies and practices in the United States, Europe, and Canada in relation to multicommunity collaboration as a rural restructuring strategy. The study focused on multicommunity collaboration involving two or more small rural communities working together to attain social or economic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Community Leaders, Cooperative Programs
Kydd, Loring S.; Southworth, Warren D. – 1984
A pilot project was conducted in Bangor, Maine, to develop an entrepreneurship course and test it with secondary and postsecondary students. Following development of a plan and formation of an advisory committee composed of local entrepreneurs, bankers, representatives of economic development agencies, and legislators, a director was hired to…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Community Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
