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Los Angeles Community Coll. District, CA. Div. of Educational Planning and Development. – 1973
The outreach development process described in this document is designed to provide a model for planning and implementing a program to extend access to educational opportunity for members of the community served by the Los Angeles Community College District. There are four steps required to initiate such a program: (1) Identification--each college…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Course Evaluation, Delivery Systems, Educational Needs
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Demko, David – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1979
Describes a program at Delta College (Michigan) which attempts to remove financial, geographical, psychological, and social barriers to existing services to integrate older adults into the service population, and which offers specialized services focusing on gerontological service, training, and development to meet the individual and group needs…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Education
Sasser, James H. – Community College Frontiers, 1978
Considers the satellite learning centers for instruction established at Central Piedmont Community College to diversify instruction and learning environments. The satellite campus, while seeking to achieve the classical goals of education, also adds meaning and intensity by emphasizing direct participation by students in planning topics of study.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Educational Needs, Facility Expansion
Seeley, David S. – 1993
A preliminary study reports on the possibilities for increasing the employment of people from New York City's poor neighborhoods to help children succeed in school through such nonclassroom activities as home visitation, parent education, facilitation, and coordination of parent-involvement activities, and assistance in the provision of health,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities
Aggor, R. A.; And Others – 1992
Interviews conducted with 65 government officials, nongovernmental officials, education, administrators, politicians, students, teachers, heads of institutions, and others in Ghana during a 6-month period led to recommendations for improving the adult and higher education system in that country. The survey found that demand for higher education in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Huntting, Ann – Illinois Libraries, 1999
Describes the "Jump Start" program, developed with Library Services and Technology Act funds and designed to provide more pre-school services to children in a poor community in Chicago. Discusses the project plan; workshops for area child care providers and future workers in the field; collection development; outreach to educational institutions;…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Grants, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Library Collection Development
Northrup, Pamela Taylor – 1997
The purpose of this study was to establish guidelines for the instructional technology elements of preservice and inservice teacher preparation programs as well as standard technological competencies for their K-12 students. To establish benchmarks reflecting preservice and inservice training needs, four analysis approaches were conducted, and…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Computer Literacy, Educational Development, Educational Equipment
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Curry, S. A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1993
This paper describes the philosophy and program model of the Assessment Program of the California School for the Blind. The week-long assessment identifies the educational needs of students with visual impairments. Assessment reports are submitted to the local education agency so children can be placed in appropriate educational settings.…
Descriptors: Blindness, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Local Government Research Corp., State College, PA. – 1979
Eight feasibility studies, conducted since 1973, investigated the need for non-traditional approaches to two-year postsecondary education programs in areas of Pennsylvania not served by locally sponsored community colleges. The proposed institutions were modeled on a concept of "colleges without walls." This concept involves (1) using…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Costs
Stephens, Peggy; Rous, Beth – 1992
This package was developed through the outreach activities of Project STEPS (Sequenced Transition to Education in the Public Schools), which developed an early childhood transition model to facilitate the development of state and community-wide systems for transition. The package covers four major component areas of transition: interagency…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
LaVigne, Velma Hebbard – 1978
Using the Delphi forecasting technique, a model program was designed to provide educational services to elderly members of the community served by the College of DuPage. A questionnaire was developed and administered to three groups: full-time faculty at DuPage (N=15), local officials and authorities on aging (N=13), and senior citizens of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges
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
Frederick, Catherine; Huss-Lederman, Susan; Johnson, Jewelie – 1998
The Southeastern Wisconsin Workplace Communication Project is a workplace English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) resource and outreach program involving a partnership of businesses and adult educators in a rural area that has experienced an increase in new speakers of English in the manufacturing workforce. The guide provides workplace educators and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
Schlough, Charles; Streeter, Deborah H. – 1999
In 1997-1999, the Department of Agriculture, Resource, and Managerial Economics of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences conducted an entrepreneurship education and outreach program that was based on the Premier FastTrac Curriculum, which is a model delivery tool for entrepreneurship education. In 1997-1998, the program was…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Business Education, College Programs, Delivery Systems
Bloom, Barbara A. – 1977
The Regional Continuing Education for Women Program (RCEWP), involving Temple University and four community colleges in the Philadelphia area, resulted in the establishment of programs and services at the community colleges to assist adults, particularly women, who are returning to college. It also meant the establishment of a model…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Students, Assertiveness
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