After pointing up the need for communication and cooperation between extension operations conducting professional continuing education and the professional associations of the publics they serve, the author suggests an interdisciplinary brokerage role for the National University Extension Association (NUEA). (JT)

The Venice-Lincoln Technical Center, Venice, Illinois, is housed in former public school facilities and offers a variety of adult education and job training classes. State agencies' involvement and enabling legislation concerned with program implementation, development, and funding are discussed. (LH)

Communities Have Options in Control of Education (CHOICE) has been developed as a plan of action and a means for American Indian communities to exercise their responsibilities in providing a quality education as defined locally by responsible Indian groups. CHOICE aims to provide for a legitimate Indian voice in all education programs operated by…

State educational departments can take the initiative in assisting local resources to undertake the task of exploring alternative perspectives on lifelong learning. To provide leadership for those who plan, develop, and coordinate state programs or establish research priorities, state agencies need to re-examine their role in developing strategies…

A plan is described for a project to establish an adult education coordinating and change agency in the New Haven, Connecticut area to coordinate activities of existing organizations; provide a research staff to establish a computerized data base; disseminate information and provide technological services to local agencies; set up a communications…

Reporting the development of multi-session inservice meetings directed at program modification and prescriptive teaching of handicapped students enrolled in vocational, technical, or adult education (VTAE) programs, this document is divided into three major sections. The first section contains a summary of the project activities. Included is…

A resource guide to assist inservice personnel to establish vocational education programs for severely handicapped individuals is presented. Section 1 summarizes issues in vocational services and training for severely handicapped persons. Section 2 contains brief descriptions of national agencies and organizations that relate in some way to the…

A study analyzed the operations of state education agencies (SEAs) as they promote and develop the concept of community education (CE) in their respective states and assessed the impact of federal support on the capabilities of SEAs to develop their capacities in the community education area. Data were collected from 1001 respondents from the…

A study analyzed the operation of state education agencies (SEAs) as they promote and develop the concept of community education (CE) in their respective states and assessed the impact of federal support on the capabilities of SEAs to develop their capacities in the community education area. Data were collected from 1001 respondents from the fifty…

A study examined state-level collaborative planning strategies that have been developed in Wisconsin to coordinate the efforts of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and the state's higher educational institutions with respect to the development of community education in the state. During the study the following areas were explored: the…

This book contains the following papers about development/delivery of adult education through the efforts of multinational and bilateral government donors and the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE): "Preface" (Beverly Benner Cassara); "Introduction: Adult Education and Democracy" (Francisco Vio Grossi);…

This document reports on five research and development projects that were funded in 1996-1997 by the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) to promote innovation in workers' education in Britain. The five projects and their major activities and/or outcomes were as follows: (1) The Learning Outcomes Strategy Project (monitored and refined a common…

This document proposes an Area Vocational-Technical Institute (AVTI) based model for service delivery to dislocated workers in Minnesota. The need for such a model arises from the consistent duplication of problem-solving measures and service delivery statewide in attempting to solve the problems of various groups of dislocated workers. The model…

The Workforce Investment Act represents a total customer-driven overhaul of the U.S. job training system that will help employers obtain needed workers and empower job seekers to obtain the training needed for the jobs they want. The Department of Labor will implement the Workforce Investment Act in cooperation with the Department of Education.…