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Employers, Low-Income Young Adults, and Postsecondary Credentials: A Practical Typology for Business, Education, and Community Leaders
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Bozell, Maureen R.; Goldberg, Melissa – Workforce Strategy Center, 2009
This report investigates a number of education and training programs involving employers in efforts to help disadvantaged young adults attain post-secondary credentials leading to career track employment. For the purposes of this report, the authors define credentials to mean credit and non-credit industry-recognized certifications, associate…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Institutes (Training Programs), Educational Attainment
The Handbook of Leadership Development Evaluation
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Hannum, Kelly M., Ed.; Martineau, Jennifer W., Ed.; Reinelt, Claire, Ed. – Center for Creative Leadership (NJ3), 2007
With the increase in the number of organizational leadership development programs, there is a pressing need for evaluation to answer important questions, improve practice, and inform decisions. The Handbook is a comprehensive resource filled with examples, tools, and the most innovative models and approaches designed to evaluate leadership…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Systems Approach, Social Change, Youth Leaders
Developing Community Leaders: An Impact Assessment of Ohio's Community Leadership Programs. Ohio State University Extension 1993-1995.
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Earnest, Garee W.; And Others – 1995
A descriptive exploratory study examined what impact community leadership development programs in Ohio had on leadership program participants' leadership skills. Data were gathered using multiple methods: face-to-face interviews, focus group interviews, and pre- and postassessments of leadership practices. The self-report questionnaire used was…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Leaders, Educational Benefits, Extension Education
Assessing Leadership and Problem-Solving Skills and Their Impacts in the Community.
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Rohs, F. Richard; Langone, Christine A. – Evaluation Review, 1993
A pretest-posttest control group design was used to assess the leadership and problem-solving skills of 281 participants and 110 controls in a statewide community leadership development program. Quantitative and qualitative data demonstrate that the program has been a catalyst to influence leadership and problem-solving skills for community…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Leaders, Community Programs, Control Groups
A Consideration of the Impacts of Two Intensive Rural Leadership Development Programs on Male and Female Participants.
Howell, Robert E.; Cook, Annabel Kirschner – 1978
The comparative impact of 2 intensive rural leadership development programs on male and female participants in Montana and Pennsylvania was examined. One goal of the one to three year programs (to increase the participants' involvement in public affairs organization) was tested by analysis of pre- and posttest data regarding participants…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Community Services
An Assessment of Changes in Affiliations in Public Affairs Organizations Among Graduates of Four Intensive Leadership Development Programs.
Howell, Robert E.; Weir, Ivan L. – 1978
Intensive leadership development programs in Pennsylvania, Michigan California, and Montana positively affected the participation of program graduates in public affairs organizations. The programs, begun in 1965, and designed to prepare young men and women from rural areas for more effective leadership in agricultural and public affairs, consisted…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Community Services