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Download full textUS Department of Education, 2007
A college education is becoming more and more of a necessity in today's competitive economy: ninety percent of the fastest-growing jobs require postsecondary education or training. U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has called on states, institutions and the federal government to work together to carry out the recommendations of "A…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Adult Basic Education, Transitional Programs, Community Colleges
Minckley, Barbara B., Ed.; Walters, Mary Dale, Ed. – 1983
Focusing on "Associate Degree Nursing--Facilitating Competency Development," a 3-year project sponsored by the Midwest Alliance in Nursing (MAIN) to explore and recommend ways of strengthening Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) education and service, these proceedings contain papers by individuals involved with the development of the project and those…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship
1984
The influence of entrepreneurship training and education on economic development is considered in four seminar papers. In "Profile of Hawaii's Economic Development Environment," Andrew J. Gerakas claims that there is no real thrust for growth in Hawaii. He mentions the importance of small business, venture capital and liberalized loan…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Entrepreneurship
Texas Univ., Austin. National Inst. for Staff and Organizational Development. – 1983
Texts of keynote addresses and abstracts of the presentations at the 1983 National Conference on Teaching Excellence are provided in this proceedings. Introductory material, by Suanne Roueche, indicates that the main purpose of the conference was to showcase master teachers and their teaching innovations and details conference activities. Next, H.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Eadie, Douglas C., Ed. – 1985
This proceedings contains the papers presented at the 1985 "Striking New Bargains" conference, which brought 200 representatives of business, labor, government, and education together for a dialogue on strengthening state and local economic and human resources development efforts in Ohio. The proceedings contains: (1) "The Federal…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development
Falcone, Lisa, Ed.; Mundhenk, Robert, Ed. – 1994
In fall 1993, a roundtable was held with leading Tech Prep practitioners to discuss the direction Tech Prep has taken since 1990 and emerging issues related to the implementation of Tech Prep Associate Degree (TPAD) programs. Stemming from the roundtable, this monograph describes Tech Prep, provides recommendations for implementation, and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Cotton, Kathleen, Ed. – 1988
These proceedings provide a summary of a conference for business and industry representatives, educators, and others concerned with the changing world of work. They present an overview of the over 100 speeches, panel discussions, film and video presentations, displays, participant sharing sessions, and hands-on demonstrations. These presentations…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Change, Community Colleges
Kuttler, Carl M., Jr.; And Others – 1990
In October 1989, St. Petersburg Junior College and the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges sponsored a seminar on strategies that community and junior colleges can use in working with business and industry to meet America's future work force needs. The proceedings of the seminar contains the text of presentations by nine…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Colleges
Yarrington, Roger, Ed. – 1980
Four background papers prepared for an assembly on industry/education cooperation and a summary of discussions and recommendations which came out of the assembly are contained in this report. After Henry Halsted's introduction to the report and to the theme of the relationship of industry and education, Herbert E. Striner's paper, "The Joint…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries
Teahen, Roberta C. – 1996
Presenting summarized transcripts of sessions at the Michigan Department of Education's second Curriculum Integration Workshop held in Traverse City, Michigan from July 15-18, 1996, this proceedings describes the state's project to integrate academic curricula into vocational programs at the community college level. Following an overview of the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
DuBois, Glenn, Comp. – 1997
This proceedings contains reports from nine states on welfare reform efforts and their effects on community colleges. Reports are presented from the following states: (1) South Carolina, reviewing the state's efforts to create an alliance with local businesses to train a self-sufficient work force; (2) Wyoming, revealing that a skills training…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Change Strategies, College Role, Community Colleges
Association of Canadian Community Colleges. – 1992
The papers presented at this meeting of the annual conference of the Quebec Association of Collegiate Pedagogy and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges covered the following topics: (1) Students and Teachers, including papers focusing on faculty and student characteristics and concerns; (2) Development of Human Resources, including…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, College Planning, College Role
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1997
This document provides the proceedings a Postsecondary Symposium on School-to-Work. Participants were asked to identify and examine issues and offer policy recommendations relative to higher education and School-to-Work (STW), a growing national workforce development reform. The program included keynote presentations from leaders in the STW…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), College Governing Councils, Community Colleges
Malone, Joan L. – 1998
This document contains presentations and other materials from a 1997 symposium of practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and funders that was convened to discuss education of direct care workers in the field of health care. The document begins with an executive summary and the keynote address "Why Workplace Literacy?" (Larry Mikulecky).…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Conferences
Managing Diversity: A Key to Building a Quality Work Force. Research and Development Series No. 271.
Maxson, Judith; Hair, Billy – 1990
Economic changes create stress as U.S. businesses progress toward building a high quality work force for the year 2000. Skills such as critical literacy, communication, writing, math, and interpersonal competence are desired. Critical literacy involves the higher order thinking skills: the ability to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize. In addition,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Community Colleges
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