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Fisher, Donald W.; Crain, Mary Jane – 1979
A project was conducted to suggest modifications to the American Academy of Physician Assistants' accreditation system for group-oriented continuing medical education (CME) programs. Other objectives were to maintain a roster of such CME programs and search for alternative means for physician assistants (PAs) to maintain and update their skills…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Allied Health Occupations Education, Continuing Education
Health & Education Communication Consultants, Redwood City, CA. – 1992
California's 107 community colleges offer more than 300 different career and vocational education programs and enroll approximately 1.5 million students annually. Each college employs experienced career counselors and maintains an extensive battery of career assessment tools and materials. Developed to assist California employers in meeting their…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Colleges
Petrovich, Janice; Hexter, Holly – 1986
The background, content, and funding of faculty retraining activities at 17 colleges and universities are discussed. An overview covers characteristics of retraining programs and whether they are successful. For the 17 college/university programs, information is provided on: title, background, purpose, elements, funding, outcomes, and contact…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Contracts, Faculty Development
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Development Center. – 1987
A project was undertaken by the Two-Year College Development Center to identify programmatic efforts in New York State two-year colleges that were effectively serving special needs populations and were due, in some measure, to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. The project involved a survey of the chief academic officers at 62 State…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges, Disabilities
United Steelworkers of America (AFL-CIO), Pittsburgh, PA. – 1986
This report describes job training and placement programs offered by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) for members dislocated by plant closings and job reductions. The first part of the booklet provides general information about the Steelworkers' worker assistance programs, including program summary, program principles, the comprehensive…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
Reilly, Kevin P., Ed.; Murdick, Sheila A., Ed. – 1984
Six university-based nonacademic programs to help academic Ph.D.s. make career changes are described. Included are comments of 15 Ph.D.s who prepared for college teaching careers but pursued other professions, as well as comments from mentors who assisted humanities/social science Ph.D.s to make career transitions. Nonacademic career efforts at 24…
Descriptors: Alumni, Business, Career Change, College Faculty
Download full textHall, William C., Ed. – 1987
This digest summarizes the contents of the more than 50 separate items that were published by the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) National Centre for Research and Development in 1986-87. These items include major research reports, video programs, newsletters, clearinghouse reports and textbooks. The first section provides an overview of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Clearinghouses
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
This document, which is in the form of a multiple-page table, provides the following information about each of the 163 currently existing federal employment training programs: (1) fiscal year 1995 appropriation; (2) summary of the program's purpose as it related to employment training activities; (3) authorizing legislation and U.S. Code citation;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs
