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Kincheloe, Monika; Toner, Mark; Murphy, Rachel; Glaser, Liz – America's Promise Alliance, 2021
Throughout 2020, America's Promise Alliance worked with five communities across the country that wanted to extend and deepen their efforts to support young people's social, emotional, and cognitive development. Each community planned cross-sector convenings to inspire action that would result in the approaches to learning that prioritize young…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Learning Processes, Social Development, Emotional Development
Alshammari, Wail Shafi – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the structure and functioning of the actors and collaborative networks in the SACM program in America. The study aimed to determine the nature of the collaborative networks and to ascertain how they may be better utilized, in terms of linkage, needs fulfillment, and capital exchange in order to…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Arabs, Networks
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Flynn, Marilyn; Brekke, John S.; Soydan, Haluk – Social Work Research, 2008
Research centers in schools of social work are growing in number and scope. In this article the authors argue that this increase is in line with the growing recognition that research and science are critical components of the mission of the social work profession. The authors examine the purposes and various models for establishing research…
Descriptors: Human Services, Social Work, Research and Development Centers, Professional Education
Orr-Carpenter, Deborah – 2000
This document discusses the Small Business Development Center initiative which addresses the needs of California businesses to grow through the delivery of one-on-one counseling, seminars, workshops, conferences, and other technical activities. The community colleges host 21 full centers. Some of the major objectives of the initiative are the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Design, Development, Developmental Programs
PLANT, WALTER T.; TELFORD, CHARLES W. – 1963
THIS STUDY SOUGHT TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN SELECTED PERSONALITY TRAITS, IDEOLOGIES, AND VALUES OF STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A 2-YEAR PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE. A BATTERY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS WAS ADMINISTERED TO ALL PERSONS APPLYING FOR ADMISSION AS COLLEGE FRESHMEN FOR THE FALL SEMESTER OF 1960 AT ONE OF SIX CALIFORNIA PUBLIC…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Role, Development, Personality Change
Heller, Alfred, Ed. – 1972
As a comprehensive regional analysis for future conservation and development, this plan examines in detail the alternatives faced by Californians today--and, by implication, throughout the nation and the world. It demonstrates how a broad-scale, systematic approach to solving our major environmental, social, and economic problems can be made,…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Development, Economics, Environment