This article offers a critical examination of one regional institution's endeavor to imagine, develop, and implement a sustainable campus-wide writing-intensive program. Grounded in local and institutional contexts, our narrative elucidates how WPAs at rural and regional institutions can reconcile the processes of negotiation and concession to…

In central Texas and regions across the country, community leaders are calling for university-community engagement, including development of structures for community-based research and service learning. Including the community in decision making regarding continuing professional education serves as a link between universities such as Texas A&M…

This article describes how Wayne State University's TechTown is helping revive Detroit's hard-hit economy. TechTown got its start when then-Wayne State President Irvin Reid and a small group of business leaders in the city and state officials decided Detroit needed to embrace the business incubator idea that had been so successful in other regions…

In recent years the perceived value and interest in participating in study abroad programs among college students has been increasing. Faculty who endeavor to develop study abroad programs face many challenges, particularly at smaller universities where resources may be very limited. This article offers recommendations to help faculty of regional…

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT AREA VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS--WHAT THEY ARE, WHAT THEY CAN DO, AND HOW THEY ARE ORGANIZED, ADMINISTERED, AND STAFFED--ARE REEXAMINED TO SHOW HOW EVEN THE SMALLEST COMMUNITIES, THROUGH COOPERATIVE EFFORT AND LARGER ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS, CAN AFFORD THE DIVERSIFIED SERVICES THAT PROVIDE SUPERIOR EDUCATION. FOUR TYPES OF…

Thetime was ripe and the people were ready for the solution of this social and economic ill which appeared to be deeply rooted in the lack of an adequate vocational facility. (Author)

Genesis Alternative School is a regional, public alternative school setting for middle and high school students from four participating school divisions. It serves 1 rural county school division and 3 small city school divisions. Students are placed at Genesis for disciplinary reasons. Genesis is unique among alternative schools in Virginia…

THESE MATERIALS TYPED ON A "KINDERGARTEN" TYPEWRITER WERE PREPARED FOR STATE VOCATIONAL LEADERS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND COORDINATORS TO USE IN PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR OFF-FARM AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS. THE LARGE TYPE STYLE AND FORMAT ALLOWS THE USER TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS BY USING AN OPAQUE PROJECTOR, OVERHEAD PROJECTOR,…

THE PRIME OBJECTIVE OF AREA VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IS TO PROVIDE ADULT MEN AND WOMEN WITH MARKETABLE SKILLS. TRAINING MUST INCLUDE THE REQUIRED MANUAL SKILLS, THE NECESSARY RELATED TRAINING, AND APPLIED GENERAL EDUCATION. AGE, EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND, MATURITY, POTENTIAL SKILLS, AND AVAILABILITY OF THE STUDENTS' TIME INFLUENCE THESE…

Correcting air pollution at its source is the intent of this program developed by the New Jersey State Department of Education. (GB)

Describes how an area vocational center planned and implemented a self-paced, word-processing operations program within the existing business education program. (LRA)

The authors offer suggestions for planning vocational programs in area vocational schools that allow for individual student needs, time constraints of the school day/school year, priority of study units, and the arrangement of units into effective learning sequences. (EA)