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Download full textOregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1980
This booklet contains descriptions of 34 sex equity projects in Oregon. Project descriptions contain such information as a contact person and the project's audience, procedures, outcomes, and funding sources. The projects are organized under three headings--displaced homemaker projects, support services/special needs projects, and women in…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Females, Individual Development
New Jersey Equity Research Bulletin, 1996
During 1996, a total of 806 New Jersey single parents and displaced homemakers participated in 21 programs that were funded with Perkins Act set-aside funds and designed to provide participants with the educational services and occupational training needed to obtain high-wage, high-skill and nontraditional occupational education training. The…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Educational Opportunities, Followup Studies
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. North Campus. – 1987
A single parent and homemaker project was established at Miami-Dade Community College (North Campus) to promote nontraditional vocational education. The primary thrust of the project was directed toward those who required economic self-sufficiency with a minimum amount of time spent in college training programs. Generally, the goals of the project…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Education, Career Guidance
New Jersey Research Bulletin, 1996
In 1996, the effectiveness of New Jersey's Perkins Act-funded single parent/displaced homemaker and gender equity programs in increasing clients' knowledge of nontraditional careers was evaluated through a 60-question survey that was administered to all clients before each program began and 6 weeks after completion of those portions of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Analysis, Displaced Homemakers
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1987
A project was undertaken by the Two-Year College Development Center to identify programmatic efforts in New York State two-year colleges that were effectively serving special needs populations and were due, in some measure, to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. The project involved a survey of the chief academic officers at 62 State…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges, Disabilities
Associated Educational Consultants, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1980
This document provides descriptions of 32 model adult vocational education programs to assist Connecticut vocational education administrators in planning programs to strengthen the basic skills aspect of employment training for adults. The model programs represent the result of a search of the Educational Resources Information Center indexing…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education, Day Care
