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Direct linkGlenda Droogsma Musoba; Juan Lopez – New Directions for Higher Education, 2024
Rural students graduate from high school at higher rates but go to college at lower rate than their urban and suburban peers. To take on the educational attainment challenge for rural students, we need to know more about postsecondary encouragement programs. This study examined a pilot postsecondary encouragement program in 11 rural high schools…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High Schools, School Counselors, Extension Agents
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools, New Brunswick, NJ. – 1987
The Teenage Parent Center of the Single Parent Assistance, Counseling and Education Project was developed to support, guide, and direct adolescent mothers, pregnant teenagers, and teens at risk of becoming parents through successful completion of a high school diploma or school year in a vocational setting in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Services, County Programs, Dropout Prevention
Download full textVanis, Mary I.; Mills, Karen L. – 1987
In July 1979, the countywide Adult Basic Education (ABE) Program at Rio Salado Community College (RSCC) was established to provide adult basic education services to Maricopa County (Arizona) residents. Between 1979 and 1987, enrollments rose from 729 students to more than 5,700 students. A major contributing factor to the on-going growth lies in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges, County Programs
Utah State Library Div., Salt Lake City. Dept. of Community and Economic Development. – 1994
This discussion paper raises important issues for the future of Utah's public library services, specifically, the state's bookmobile service. Federal dollars used to support daily bookmobile operations in 22 counties will come to an end with the expiration of the "Library Services and Construction Act" in 1996. Beginning in 1997, the…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Budgets, County Programs, Financial Needs
Graham, Janet Roth – 1980
The Adult Basic Education Linkage Project (originally titled Project Reach) was designed to expand and promote linkage of adult basic education (ABE), English as a second language (ESL), and general equivalency degree (GED) programs in Western Pennsylvania with community groups and businesses and to conduct an extensive, ongoing outreach campaign…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Cooperation, Community Coordination, Community Involvement
Kimmel, Harold S.; Lucas, Geoffrey S. – 1984
A project to develop grass roots alternative diploma study (Project GRADS) was undertaken for the purpose of formulating and implementing a multimodal, systems approach to preparing rural adults to pass the General Educational Development (GED) Tests. During the year-long, countywide program, GED programming was developed and delivered via the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, County Programs, Delivery Systems
Garcia-Ayvens, Francisco, Comp. – 1987
Designed to assist libraries and other agencies in their efforts to provide current referral services to local groups and agencies serving minority populations, this directory reflects the diverse nature of Orange County's population and identifies resources to help support their basic needs. Limited to the four largest minority groups (Asian…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Copeland, Harlan G.; Barber, Shirley L. – 1987
Eight focus groups were interviewed to determine the current strengths and weaknesses of the Ramsey County Extension Service as well as the directions that the service should take in the future so as to meet the county's needs for extension education in urban and suburban settings. The focus groups included extension professionals and support…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Consumer Education, County Programs, Educational Needs
Washington-Warren-Hamilton-Essex Counties Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Hudson Falls, NY. Southern Adirondack Educational Center. – 1984
This program guide consists of guidelines, forms, and curriculum materials for use in implementing the Giving Rural Adults a Study Program (GRASP). A regional program covering four rural counties in New York State, GRASP is designed to deliver packaged, individualized adult basic education (ABE) and high school equivalency (GED) programming to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs
