Within the City of Chicago, a wide variety of public and private programs are geared towards preparing adults and youth for the workforce. This report of workforce development programs provides an overview of federal, state, and city workforce development programs within the City of Chicago through a detailed inventory table of the programs…

The Educational Services Program of the Navy provides an opportunity for enlisted personnel to earn a high school diploma, for career personnel to pursue an advanced educational program, and for officers to work on baccalaureate or advanced degrees. This is a manual of information about the G.I. Bill, available counseling, tuition aid, program…

The Community Learning Center (CLC) evaluation is based on on-site visits and interviews with staff and students of widely differing ethnic backgrounds. Teaching resources are varied. The Model Cities program is the basic source for CLC funding; the Cambridge Public Library is the center's local sponsor. The external bureaucratic framework needs…

Administrators who initiate adult programs need information regarding the practices and procedures currently being followed in community colleges. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the prevailing conditions, procedures, and practices of adult education in public community colleges and to determine the conditions, procedures, and practices…

Developmental procedures, background information, alternatives, and results of four demonstration community education programs established by the Appalachian Adult Education Center are presented in the document. Community educational programs sponsored by the Appalachian Adult Education Center, its educational objectives, and a discussion of the…

According to this report on the results of a 1977 survey of 163 correctional education programs throughout the United States, the general state of education in correctional institutions has improved, but funding is a major problem that is reflected in the quality of administration, lack of resources, and inability to offer meaningful programs on a…

Guidelines are formulated for State directors of vocational-technical education and of continuing education, State and city supervisors of consumer and homemaking education, local public school superintendents, curriculum directors, college and university teacher educators, and other leaders, to help direct program planners in the expansion of…

The Farmers Training and Functional Literacy Programme, initiated by the government of India in 1968, was an effort to translate into practice the concept of linking education (not only vocational training) to development, particularly for increasing production. The project, a joint enterprise of three government ministries, provides participating…

The Washington State Council for Postsecondary Education was required to examine the educational functions and the administration of the Joint Center for Graduate Study (JCGS), Richland, and also upper-division educational services to the Tri-Cities area of Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick, Washington, by Washington State Senate Resolution 1975-130…

THIS GUIDE WAS PREPARED TO ASSIST COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS, LOCAL DIRECTORS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, LOCAL COORDINATORS, AND SUPERVISORS IN THE ORGANIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SUPERVISION OF DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS. IT WAS ESPECIALLY ORIENTED TO FLORIDA. IT DESCRIBED DISTRIBUTIVE COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE INVOLVING BOTH COUNTY SCHOOL…

An annual administrative survey was conducted to obtain a statistical and descriptive profile of Pennsylvania Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs, staff, and students for fiscal year 1981-82. Questionnaires concerning program operation and staff were sent to and returned by administrators from all 25 ABE programs in the state. Data from the…

A descriptive analysis is presented of four New York area adult programs in English as a second language or English to speakers of other languages. The following characteristics of the programs are identified: student constituencies, program goals and objectives, methods of needs assessment, program design (formats and methods), classroom dynamics…

The purpose of the study was to compare the operation of the post-Korean conflict program of educational assistance currently being carried out by the Veterans Administration with similar programs and educational assistance that the Veterans Administration made available to veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict. The highlights of the…

The document is a handbook designed to aid program administrators in planning, managing, and assessing adult educational television (ETV), to assure adult viewers the maximum instructional/learning benefit possible. The handbook includes four types of information; (1) an introduction to the Appalachian Adult Education Center (AAEC) experience, (2)…

The purpose of this report is to describe the services of Title I programs currently operating in State institutions for neglected or delinquent youth across the country. Demographic and social characteristics of Title I students and staff, program characteristics, objectives and funding status, and institutional environment are discussed. It is…