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Ferreri, Bernard M. – Journal of Career Development, 1986
Discusses various elements of the City Colleges of Chicago: programs and services, structure, programs for business and industry, programs for technical and high-tech industries, current challenges and responses, and future tasks of City Colleges of Chicago and other community colleges. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Community Colleges, Job Training
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Downing, David M.; And Others – Journal of Correctional Education, 1987
Suggests the possible components of a model comprehensive vocational and career readiness program for correctional institutions. The components address areas related to (1) social skills, (2) job acquisition skills, (3) work performance skills, and (4) basic day-to-day "survival" skills. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation
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Urevbu, Andrew O. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1985
Examines Nigeria's National Policy on Education guidelines, specifically focusing on science and technological education. Discusses the development of vocational and technical schools, transfer of technology, and the role of research institutes. Recommendations are made concerning academic survival skills, respect for manual skills, improved…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries
Morehouse, Judith A. – 1989
Survey and interview responses from a nonrandom sample of 116 paraprofessionals and 68 administrators described the need for and the content of a proposed undergraduate program in transitional services at California State University Long Beach (CSULB). All participants were employed to help handicapped youths and adults move from education to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, College Programs, Disabilities
Liming, Roxi A.; Warmbrod, Catharine A. – 1987
This guide is intended to acquaint postsecondary-level administrators, instructors, and counselors with the background, philosophy, components, structure, and use of the OPTIONS program. The first section discusses recent and likely demographic changes that will affect postsecondary education and the work force. It explains the role of the OPTIONS…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Change, Career Guidance
Curry, Thomas F., Jr.; And Others – 1978
This report addresses the selection, training, and utilization of Navy Recruit Company Commanders (Recruit Training Instructors). It represents one in a series of reports concerning the optimization of Navy Recruit Training to meet the needs of the post-1980 period. The report provides a comprehensive review of the Navy's Recruit Company Commander…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Armed Forces, Comparative Analysis
Hammett, Theodore M. – 1989
This bulletin summarizes key elements of an effective AIDS training and education program for law enforcement and corrections personnel. First, these key elements of training and education for criminal justice personnel are discussed: staff participation in materials development; timely and frequent training; mandatory training; live training by…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Institute of Lifetime Learning, Washington, DC. – 1983
This booklet is designed to help organizations and individuals who are developing new training programs to become familiar with the provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) that apply to persons over the age of 55. In addition, the characteristics, abilities, and special training and employment needs of older adults are outlined. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation, Educational Legislation
Samuelson, Judith A.; And Others – 1987
This guide is intended to assist adult educators in designing and adapting curricula to conform to technological changes in the workplace and to meet the learning needs of adults. The first part deals with the changing workplace and its effect on postsecondary education and with developing programs that respond to change (responses to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Change, Curriculum Development
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Career Education. – 1990
This operational policies manual is for adult programs developed by the Home Economics Education Service, Division of Vocational and Career Education, Ohio Department of Education, and is designed for administrators, teachers, and others responsible for adult vocational home economics programs. The first part of the guide consists of a historical…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Daily Living Skills, Displaced Homemakers
Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Office of International Training. – 1970
The report describes the program of training for foreign students conducted by the Office of International Training of the Agency for International Development (AID). The report's first chapter describes the history, nature, and importance of participant training and diagrams the administrative structure of the program. Chapter 2 describes the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Development, Curriculum
Andrew, Dean C. – 1978
The overall purpose of this project was to expand the vocational education curriculum to provide adults with entrepreneurial competencies which will facilitate self-employment. More specifically, the project goals were to (1) develop and implement modules of instruction in entrepreneurship for adults in self-employment and potential entrepreneurs;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Business Administration, Business Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
This document, which is in the form of a multiple-page table, provides the following information about each of the 163 currently existing federal employment training programs: (1) fiscal year 1995 appropriation; (2) summary of the program's purpose as it related to employment training activities; (3) authorizing legislation and U.S. Code citation;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs
Johnson, Hugh – 1982
A vocational education administrator from the United Kingdom (UK) traveled to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to observe the education and training of young handicapped adults at 14 sites throughout the country. The focus of his investigation was on vocational counseling and vocational education and training for handicapped and disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Course Content
Currie, Sheila; Foley, Kelly; Schwartz, Saul; Taylor-Lewis, Musu – 2001
In 1998, Canada's Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) conducted case studies of two work-based training and skill development programs for street youth in Vancouver, British Columbia. The BladeRunners program places youth on construction sites while encouraging them to work toward an apprenticeship in the building trades. The…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Building Trades
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