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Zeller, Frederick A., Ed.; Miller, Robert W., Ed. – 1968
Beginning with a review of the problems and general conditions of Appalachia, this book analyzes past, present, and future manpower needs at both the national and regional levels; outlines and discusses noteworthy Federal programs of manpower research and action; examines the role of formal education and training in manpower development as seen by…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Employment, Extension Education
Porter, Steven – 1976
During 1975, the Educational Satellite Communications Demonstration (ESCD) used the Applications Technology Satellite #6 (ATS-6) for three distinct demonstrations in Appalachia, Alaska, and the Rocky Mountain area. The most common use of the technology was to broadcast an uninterrupted program followed by a short interaction period. Other…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Educational Needs
Download full textDouds, M. Jay – 1982
This summary describes the development of the Appalachian Community Service Network (ACSN), an educational cable television network that was originally launched as an experimental demonstration in the use of the latest telecommunications for the delivery of educational services. In describing how the stage was set for the eventual development of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Continuing Education
Anderson, Frank; And Others – 1975
The Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD), through its unique field services network (the STD's Utilization Component), was able to develop and insure Project credibility among its many regional, state, and local participants. How the field service mechanism was used to maintain positive relationships between the STD and its many constituents…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Communications Satellites, Coordination
Smith, Gary E.; And Others – 1975
Intended as a budgetary guide for potential replicators, this document presents a detailed discussion of estimated costs involved in setting up and operating a program similar to the Mountin-Plains Career Education Model IV, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrator Guides, Budgets, Career Education
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1982
Intended to provide a comprehensive picture of the Appalachian Community Service Network (ACSN), this report documents its evolution from a federally funded regional educational experiment to a nonprofit corporation delivering educational and informational programming via commercial satellite to cable subscribers across the nation; ACSN's changing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Continuing Education
England, Robert G. – 1976
Designed to give the teacher a capsule explanation of how the system works, this guide introduces the Mountain-Plains instructor to specific curriculum materials and provides examples of the basic instruments used in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Faith, George; And Others – 1975
This supplement which accompanies chapter 6 of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), contains specific information concerning the state office and student placement office components of the field services division. Job descriptions of the field services…
Descriptors: Administrators, Admission Criteria, Agency Role, Budgets
