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Sheats, Paul H. – 1965
This speech, given in 1965, addresses the concern about low participation in continuing education. It proposes allowing adults one workday per week for voluntary participation in continuing education, either job related or liberal arts oriented. This proposal is based on the belief that the nation's progress depends on a national program of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Needs, Liberal Arts
Download full textFleming, Thomas – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1980
Educational developments since 1945 are described, particularly those influencing the present climate of adversity, and ways these historical forces have altered the complexion of university governance are explored. Six policies are offered for promoting institutional renewal in Canada through the regeneration of the teaching/research force.…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Change, Educational History
Peer reviewedPlatt, Naomi – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1978
Reviews history and growth of ORT (Organization of Rehabilitation through Training). ORT, which began in 1880 to assist in economic rehabilitation of Russian Jewry, is now a world organization. It conducts activities such as the creation of technical schools and support of Jewish refugee students. Discusses ORT activities in Arab countries, the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Moore, Richard W.; Blake, Daniel R.; Phillips, G. Michael; McConaughy, Daniel – 2003
California's Employment Training Panel Program (ETP), the largest state-funded customized training program for incumbent workers in the nation, has had a positive impact on the economy of California, and its success has policy implications for other state programs. The impact of ETP on trainees includes the following: they are more attached to the…
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Employees, Employment Programs, Improvement Programs
Istance, David, Ed.; Schuetze, Hans G., Ed.; Schuller, Tom, Ed. – 2002
This book, consisting of 17 chapters written by different authors, traces the progress that has been made in developing lifelong learning policies over the past 30 years and examines current challenges to lifelong learning policymakers. Focusing on a global agenda, the book is organized in six parts with thematic chapters following an introductory…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Communication (Thought Transfer)
