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Implementation of Accelerating Opportunity: Lessons for the Field. Research Report
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Anderson, Theresa; Eyster, Lauren; Lerman, Robert I.; Conway, Maureen; Jain, Ranita; Montes, Marcela – Urban Institute, 2016
Accelerating Opportunity (AO) combined integrated career pathways at two-year colleges with team teaching, acceleration strategies, supportive services, and policy changes. It aimed to help low-skilled adults earn occupational credentials, obtain well-paying jobs, and sustain rewarding careers. This final implementation report documents activities…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Career Pathways, Basic Skills, Credentials
Staff Development Handbook.
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Jarrett, Carole, Ed.; Sumner, Jo, Ed. – 1996
Prepared as a reference for staff development coordinators in California's community colleges, this five-part handbook presents information on program planning and implementation, state requirements, and available resources. The first section provides background information on the state's staff development programs, highlighting their role,…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, College Planning, Community Colleges
Faculty and Staff Development: A Report on AB 1725 Activities with Recommended Guidelines and Directives. A Report to the Board of Governors.
Walters, Judy; Howard, Darlinetta – 1990
In 1989, a study was conducted to evaluate the effect which Assembly Bill (AB) 1725 funds had on faculty and staff development activities in the California community colleges. All 107 community colleges were surveyed to identify the four "most useful activities funded under AB 1725" and the "single greatest problem a college has…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Blurring the Lines: Integrating Academic and Occupational Instruction at the Community College. A White Paper by the Illinois Task Force on Academic/Occupational Integration.
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Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1997
This report concerns integrating academic and occupational instruction at the community college level. Such integration would be conducive to preparing a competitive workforce, providing a broader educational foundation, shifting from teaching to learning, and building bridges between disciplines in the community college. There are several…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
A State of Learning: California Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century. Blueprint for Implementing the Report of the California Citizens Commission on Higher Education. [Two Volumes:] The Report [and] the Blueprint.
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California Citizens Commission on Higher Education, Los Angeles. – 1998
This two-part document, published in 1998, contains a report and blueprint that discuss the crisis facing California's system of higher education due to an influx of new students that the state cannot accommodate. The blueprint describes implementation of the report's recommendations for action include: (1) adopting strategies that smooth out the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Diversity (Institutional), Educational Change
A Comparative Study of the Costs of Federally Mandated Social Regulations as Related to the Characteristics of Institutions of Higher Education in Texas.
Thornton, Nelson L., Jr. – 1981
The total cost to Texas institutions of higher education of implementing and administering federally mandated social regulations are compared to the basic operating and financial characteristics of these institutions. A database of the basic characteristics of Texas, which includes student and faculty data as well as operating and financial data,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Legal), Expenditure per Student, Expenditures