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Download full textAdams, Kay A.; And Others – 1977
A national study of the vocational education programs in 164 large cities was conducted to explore perceived needs; determine the priority of these needs; and compare the priorities in terms of city size, geographic location, and minority concentration. Data was collected through interviews, a mail survey, and a literature review. After the needs…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Demography, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs
Florida Memorial Coll., Miami. – 1995
This project, referred to as the Aviation Careers Accessibility Program (ACAP) established a model program for inner-city minority high school students that would allow them information and accessibility to careers and opportunities in the aviation industry. The project featured two program components: an academic year component during and a 5- or…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Aviation Education, Career Awareness, Career Counseling
WGBH-TV, Boston, MA. – 1972
An evaluation of the demonstration Urban Conservation Project (UCP) produced by WGBH, Boston's public television station, is presented. The project, released under the title "If You Live in a City, Where Do You Live?", seeks to link the value systems represented by the predominantly rural American conservation ethic with the plight and…
Descriptors: Books, Citizen Participation, Conservation Education, Curriculum Development
Commission on the Year 2000, New York, NY. – 1988
The Commission on the Year 2000 found many areas of improvement since issuing its initial report, "New York Ascendant," in 1987, outlining an agenda and goals for systematically dealing with the most significant problems facing New York, New York. The Commission reviewed reports from city agencies explaining what each agency would do to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, City Government, Crime Prevention, Economic Development
McCannon, Roger S. – 1977
A study was conducted to examine the characteristics of adult education in rural areas, to determine the differences between adult education in rural and urban settings, and to explore possible barriers which prevent rural residents from seeking further education. The investigator analyzed existing literature on participation rates, needs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Attendance Patterns, Comparative Analysis
National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1993
This document outlines the purposes and main activities of a 2-week national institute held in July 1993 in Berkeley, California. Ten teams of vocational and academic educators (125 high school and community college teachers, counselors, and administrators) from 10 major metropolitan areas were selected through a competitive application process to…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Hall, Elizabeth; And Others – 1978
The Dallas K-12 Urban Career Education Project was conducted in two phases. Phase I focused on the following objectives: (1) perform an assessment of career education needs; (2) identify and train a cadre of staff members from the fourteen schools participating in the project; (3) identify and/or develop infused career education curriculum for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Career Awareness, Career Education
Brown, Amy, Comp.; Joplin, Alan, Comp. – 1980
Sixty-one reports, books, papers, journal articles, bibliographies, and handbooks are cited in this bibliography. Each reference deals with urban education on the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, or adult continuing education level. Among the topics addressed are urban problems, urban areas, curriculum, research/evaluation tools, teacher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, Community Involvement
James, Simon, Ed. – FEDA Report, 1998
This book presents national and international perspectives on the role of further education (FE) in economic development in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Throughout the papers, special attention is paid to the need to reassess FE and its role as service provider, stakeholder, and strategic partner in view of the following social and economic…
Descriptors: Community Development, Competency Based Education, Economic Development, Economic Impact
PDF pending restorationBreglio, Vincent J.; And Others – 1976
This is the second of a three-volume final report of a study to assess the effectiveness of secondary and postsecondary cooperative education programs in the nation's hundred largest cities and to analyze the postprogram experiences of participants and nonparticipants. This volume presents the findings of the 24-month followup study of students…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Case Studies, Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention
Basic Skills Agency, London (England). – 2000
This document presents advice from the United Kingdom's Basic Skills Agency regarding developing local action plans. The first 20% of the document defines basic skills and discusses the following action plan components: (1) an estimate of the area's need for basic skills training; (2) a target to reduce the area's estimated scale of need; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Reno, Hilde, Comp.; Witte, Maria, Comp. – 1996
The following are among the 56 papers included in this proceedings: "Contextual Factors Associated with Evaluation Practices of Selected Adult and Continuing Education Providers in Malaysia" (S. Ahmad); "The Professional Ethic and the Spirit of Post-Modernism" (P. Armstrong); "Transforming the Teacher-Student…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
