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Download full textAcademic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2019
This paper provides information about noncredit instruction in the California Community Colleges and updates the 2009 paper "Noncredit Instruction: Opportunity and Challenge" to incorporate subsequent changes from the last decade. Since the passage of SB 361 (Scott, 2006), noncredit instruction has seen significant changes, including the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Noncredit Courses, Educational Finance, Misconceptions
Rankin, K. Duane – Thresholds in Secondary Education, 1976
The Venice-Lincoln Technical Center, Venice, Illinois, is housed in former public school facilities and offers a variety of adult education and job training classes. State agencies' involvement and enabling legislation concerned with program implementation, development, and funding are discussed. (LH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Role, Financial Support
Peer reviewedBrown, Jan M.; Bradshaw, Eileen – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 1990
Describes the implementation of a 1989 law that mandated acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) education for Washington State health care workers. Makes recommendations for other states considering legislation and for educators and professionals involved in implementation of similar legislation. (JOW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Health Personnel, Mandatory Continuing Education
Rathbun, Donald L. – 1973
This study was conducted to determine the feasibility of investigating State legislation pertaining to vocational, technical, adult, manpower, and career education and its impact on curriculums and programs. Computer search methodology was utilized to identify relevant laws in five states: Maryland, Ohio, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs
DEGABRIELE, EUGENE; AND OTHERS – 1966
PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA HAS DEVELOPED FROM A REMEDIAL AND ELEMENTARY PROGRAM TO ONE MEETING THE CONTINUING EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ADULTS. TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND TO HELP SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SEEKING EXCELLENCE IN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS, THE HANDBOOK HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE CHAPTERS ON FEDERAL AID, STANDARDS FOR PROGRAM…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Opportunities
Zusman, Ami; Weiner, Stephen – 1977
The level of competition between secondary adult education and community college programs, and the effects of duplication of services upon finances was the focus of this California study. Three geographic areas were selected to represent high inter-institutional cooperation, moderate competition, and intense competition. Key administrative…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Students
Holzkamper, Charlot – 1982
Designed for use in high school and adult education programs, this manual was developed to help marketing and distributive education teachers to develop or upgrade community/work-based programs; and to assist teachers who operate these programs to use legal operational practices and to meet the occupational needs of their students and communities.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Community Involvement, Community Programs
PDF pending restorationWest, Linda L. – 1995
This document traces the history of adult education (AE) in California from the 1850s through the present. Chapter 1 traces AE in California from the 1850s through the 1940s, and chapter 2 summarizes AE governance, finance, and programming in the 1950s. Chapter 3 focuses on the new federal role in AE and AE program growth in the 1960s, with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
A 1956 Office of Education study showed that 26 million rural residents were without any public library service and that more than 300 rural counties had no public library within their borders. An additional 50 million rural residents had only inadequate service. Congress passed the Library Services Act in 1956 to stimulate the further development…
Descriptors: Educational History, Operating Expenses, Statistical Data, Counties
