Queensborough Community College (New York) initiated a program in 1973 to enable homebound high school graduates to continue their education. (Author/ER)

Describes a program for physically challenged students at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York that allows students majoring in business to be placed with selected employers and to obtain real work experience. The areas of employment were related to the skills and career objectives of the students, who remained at…

Comments on the achievements of the tele-college program in New Jersey, which connects off-campus students by telephone to regularly scheduled courses. Notes the emotional and financial benefits of the program for homebound students. Reviews program costs and funding. Points to logistical, psychological, and technical considerations. (DMM)

A transcription is presented of a conference sponsored by Rio Salado Community College (RSCC) to provide information on the use of audio teleconferencing to offer live, interactive classes for the homebound. After an introductory statement on RSCC's Homebound Project, Jan Baltzer provides an overview of the SUNDIAL network, RSCC's audio…

An evaluation was conducted of business education programs for the homebound handicapped students at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. Classrooms that career courses were scheduled to meet in were equipped with auxilliary telephone lines and conference telephone units; and specific course-related equipment was…

Relates the efforts of Seminole Community College in providing taped information on topics such as food stamps, renters' rights, and dealing with loneliness to those unable to reach an off-campus location. Describes the problems of the homebound, isolated individual, and the extent to which he/she is often victimized. (AYC)

As part of the National Eldercare Campaign, a Minnesota project replicated a paraprofessional home care worker curriculum for training American Indians to serve the frail elderly. It addressed the need to incorporate minority aging knowledge into caregiver training, provided better community-based home care, and gave employment opportunities to…

This report describes a project developed by New York City Technical College which provides continuing education to the homebound older adults through linkages with colleges and social agencies and a peer teaching approach. Section I provides background information; outlines project objectives, which include the training of professional teachers…

Outlines the procedures and results of a study conducted at Queensborough Community College (New York) to evaluate business education programs for homebound handicapped students. Analyzes the responses of and extent of agreement among the handicapped students, the faculty, and in-class student peers. Makes four recommendations for program…

Ocean County College (OCC) has had a long-standing commitment to serving all those who might benefit from higher education. One of its efforts to serve the disabled is its Telecollege Program for Confined Adults, which began in fall 1978. Through the program, homebound students select and schedule courses through a counselor, who also arranges for…

A project was conducted to deliver general educational development (GED) instruction through an audio teleconferencing system to adult students in Arizona. Using a previously existing audio teleconferencing system owned by Rio Salado Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, project staff developed a series of credit and noncredit teleconferencing…

This six-part report summarizes the 1978-1979 activities of the Division of Continuing Education and Extension Services at the New York City Community College. Part I discusses tuition courses and programs, including a program for Head Start staff and parents on the mainstreaming of handicapped children, a symposium on hearing aid technology in…