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Richards, Kevin Andrew; Shiver, Victora N.; Kuipers, Karisa; Jacobs, Jennifer M. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2023
Partnerships between communities and institutions of higher education have become central ways in which post-secondary students and faculty members interact with teachers and students in community environments. These partnerships can be challenging to develop, however, particularly given the numerous and shifting priorities of both schools and…
Descriptors: Program Development, Community Programs, Physical Activities, Poverty
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Margaret DeZelar; Maureen T. S. Burns; Kimberly Rosania; Amy M. Bohnert – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
Collective impact (CI) initiatives provide a promising collaborative community-based approach for addressing health disparities, but they are challenging to evaluate. This paper provides a detailed strategy for addressing these challenges through a case study, with the goal of not only of evaluating the CI, but also putting organizations in a…
Descriptors: Collectivism, Community Education, School Community Relationship, Access to Health Care
Botana, Joseph – Illinois Career Education Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Community Benefits, Community Programs
Janssen, Nona – Illinois Career Education Journal, 1977
Describes the Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) concept and history briefly, and discusses EBCE in Decatur, Joliet, and Sycamore (Illinois) with comments of support from students, the community, parents, and staff. (TA)
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Involvement, Program Attitudes, Program Descriptions
Woods, Isabelle; And Others – Illinois Career Education Journal, 1975
The development of minicourses in the junior high schools at Crystal Lake in the spring of 1973 is considered. (BP)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Junior High Schools, Minicourses, Program Design
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2008
"After School: Connecting Children at Risk With Responsible Adults to Help Reduce Youth Substance Abuse and Other Health-Compromising Behaviors (After School)" helped develop intermediary organizations in Boston, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area in order to create citywide systems of after-school programs. The…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, After School Programs, Youth Programs, Health Behavior
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Crist, Donald G.; And Others – Community College Review, 1985
Describes the impact of the loss of private and public sector industry on west central Illinois. Explains cooperative efforts to establish and operate a dislocated worker program and develop a responsive delivery system. Looks at elements important to the success of the Galesburg Dislocated Worker Center, including exceptional grass roots effort…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Dislocated Workers, Economic Change
Weinberg, Mark – 1986
One viable economic development option for rural areas is the creation of business incubators--facilities that aid in the early stages of growth of an enterprise by providing rental space, services, and business assistance. Business incubators promote community development by diversifying the economic base, enhancing the community's image as a…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Benefits, Community Size, Economic Factors
Stevens, Joyce; Freeman, Patricia – 1976
Implementation and expansion of class offerings was the primary focus of the second year of a project (in Evansville, Indiana) to determine the feasibility of establishing a center for continuing education for vocational level health occupations workers within the department of vocational education of a metropolitan school corporation. (The first…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Continuing Education Centers, Course Descriptions
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Crowson, Robert L.; Morris, Van Cleve – Metropolitan Education, 1987
Examines the implementation of the comprehensive school reform package enacted by the Illinois legislature in 1985. Reform initiatives have produced little controversy in the educational community. District superintendents use the reform law to effect their own, local reform agendas. Superintendents respond to reform pressures by adopting…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Policy, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
InterAmerica Research Associates, Washington, DC. – 1978
The proceedings at fifteen career education site visits are detailed in this phase 2 final report. (Phase 1, community organization mini-conferences, is described in CE 020 110.) Notes from these visitations cover such programs as career education centers, school system-based programs, and education-work councils. Several site-visit purposes are…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Influence, Community Involvement, Community Programs
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1969
This pamphlet describes the Distinguished Achievement Awards of The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education which were conceived in 1965 as an annual event to encourage member colleges and universities to describe their successful programs and, in turn, to stimulate other institutions to greater action. Presented in the first half…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement
Joliet Township High School District 204, IL. – 1976
Planning, implementation, and demonstration/dissemination phases of the CIOEDC (Comprehensive Illinois Occupational Education Demonstration Center) project, Site A, Joliet, Illinois from February 15, 1974 to June 30, 1976, are included in this report. (The principle objectives of the project were to bridge the gap between the theoretical and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Conferences, Demonstration Centers
American Association for Agricultural Education. – 1999
The following are among the 47 papers included: "Academic Performance and Retention of College of Agriculture Students" (Garton, Dyer, King); "Perceptions of Recent Graduates and Employers about Undergraduate Programs in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University" (Heyboer, Suvedi);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Adult Education, Agricultural Education