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California State Univ., Chico. – 1989
The Freshman General Studies Thematic Program (GST) at California State University, Chico was established in 1973 to create a general education program for freshmen and to give faculty the opportunity to explore innovative teaching methods. What resulted was a 33-unit, year-long interdisciplinary course for 36 well-motivated, well-prepared…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Freshmen, Curriculum Design, Educational Environment
Carey, Diane; And Others – 1986
Using an example of the model partnership program between the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) and Sacramento City College (SCC), this report offers guidance for community colleges interested in developing or expanding articulation programs with local high schools. Part 1 provides an overview of the policy issues involved in…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Community Colleges
Dyste, Ron; Miner, Judy – 1987
Background information and a status report are provided on the second-year activities of the Transfer Center Pilot Program (TCPP). The TCPP was initiated in 1985 to further intersegmental efforts to stimulate the number and percent of community college students who transfer to four-year institutions. The TCCP operates through highly visible…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Connotillo, Barbara Cahn, Ed.; Chasan, Gail A., Ed. – 1983
Information is provided on U.S. summer learning offerings, such as courses, institutes, and workshops, that are open to foreign nationals but about which information is hard to find. While many of the courses and programs are strictly academic, others provide a cultural orientation to the United States, and some mix academic or vocational training…
Descriptors: Courses, Eligibility, Foreign Nationals, Foreign Students
Donovan, Dorothy J. – 1975
The pamphlet describes program development and replication costs of the Institute for Political and Legal Education (IPLE), a high school social studies program which provides students with practical experiences in politics, government, and law. Developed in New Jersey, the year-long program bridges the gap between schools and communities by…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Government (Administrative Body), High School Students, Instructional Materials
PIVNICK, ISADORE – 1967
THIS OUTLINE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZES THE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT DURING 1966-67 AND PRESENTS THE PROPOSED PROJECTS AND COMPONENTS FOR 1967-68. THERE ARE PROPOSALS FOR PREKINDERGARTEN CENTERS, A PROJECT TO LOWER PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO AND CLASS SIZE IN PRIMARY GRADES, INSERVICE…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Class Size, Compensatory Education, Elementary Schools
Clements, Hubert M.; And Others – 1967
A 3-year demonstration project focused on the vocational rehabilitation rehabilitation of selective service rejectees in a five-county area in Central South Carolina. In 1962, over 50 percent of South Carolina's young men who were examined for military service were rejected for failure to meet physical and/or mental requirements. Of 1,450…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Testing, Employment Services, Experimental Programs
Kooi, Beverly Y.; And Others – 1972
This paper, one of a series of four initial reports, discusses the rationale for each proposed National Institute of Education (NIE) program. It considers the educational goals to be achieved, variables that can be manipulated to reach the goals, the current practice and status of R&D on the variables, new R&D programs that might lead to…
Descriptors: Agencies, Archives, Career Education, Community Education
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1969
The third annual statistical report on programs funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, summarizes in facts and figures activities during fiscal year 1968. This statistical report, based on accounts by State school superintendents across the nation, describes the ethnic and racial characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgeting, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Stanley, Pat; Prentiss, John – 1992
In 1988, the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges (CCC) established an Economic Development Program (EDP) to support community colleges' efforts to provide education, training, and technical services to business and industry. The EDP's mission was to establish model programs, demonstration projects, and college/business…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Economic Development, Financial Support
Muller, William D. – 1989
The college internship program at the State University of New York, Fredonia, has evolved since 1975 and provides liberal arts students an opportunity to gain professional experience related to their field of study. Initial federal support permitted development of a centralized, all-campus support and administrative structure while leaving intern…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration)
Howard, Edrice, Ed. – 1986
Information is provided on nearly 500 short-term professional development programs offered in the United States that are open to or intended for non-U.S. students. The programs, which range from 2 weeks to 1 year in length, require at least an associate's degree or a corresponding level of academic or nonacademic study for admission. The programs…
Descriptors: Courses, Eligibility, Foreign Countries, Foreign Nationals
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC. Statistical Policy Div. – 1986
This report on the statistical programs and activities of the Federal Government covers some 70 Federal agencies or separate departmental units budgeting at least $500,000 in any of fiscal years 1985-87. The budgets of agencies whose sole mission is statistical represent less than half the $1.6 billion that the Federal Government will spend on…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Cost Estimates, Data Collection, Federal Government
Russell, Jack, Ed.; And Others – 1987
The Appalachian Regional Commission used its $120 million appropriation for fiscal year 1986 to create and retain jobs under the jobs and private investment program, provide basic public facilities to the worst-off Appalachian counties under the distressed counties program, and to work toward closing the gaps in the Appalachian Development Highway…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Development, Dropout Prevention, Economic Development
Holohan, Ronald J. – 1988
These reports describe and evaluate Illinois Central College's Quality Undergraduate Education for Student Transfers (QUEST) program. The core of the program is to develop in students 15 competencies identified as essential to an educated person: communication skills, mathematics skills, appreciation of physical well-being, understanding of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
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