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Download full textRitsos, Pantelis B.; Miller, Larry E. – 1985
A study was conducted to determine what competencies Extension employees working in urban areas of Ohio perceived as most necessary. Information on the demographic characteristics of urban Extension employees in the state was also gathered. Data were obtained via a two-part questionnaire mailed to the 46 Extension employees working in the urban…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, College Programs, Competence, Employee Attitudes
Simms, Brian E.; And Others – 1987
This handbook is intended to assist correctional educators in improving postsecondary vocational programs for incarcerated persons. The guide is based on a study of exemplary characteristics and practices of postsecondary vocational programs in minimum-, medium-, and maximum-security correctional institutions. The introductory section includes…
Descriptors: College Programs, Correctional Education, Postsecondary Education, Program Development
Skindle, John D., Ed.; Greenwood, Katy L., Ed. – 1977
Focusing on the improvement of graduate programs in vocational education, this monograph is organized into two sections. Section 1 reports the results of a survey initiated by the National Resource Panel of graduate programs in vocational education in the United States. Section 2 contains working papers used in a workshop which addressed the…
Descriptors: College Programs, Conference Reports, Educational Quality, Graduate Study
Maryland State Board for Community Colleges, Annapolis. – 1979
Guidelines are presented for consideration in the development, review, submission, and approval of all new instructional programs in the Maryland Community Colleges (MCC). The first section of the manual explains: (1) operational definitions for transfer and occupational programs; (2) the five-year state plan listing; (3) letters of intent and…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, Guidelines, Program Evaluation
Speaking Freely, 1983
This report contains a condensation and highlights of public hearings held by the Illinois State Advisory Council on Adult, Vocational and Technical Education (SACVE) and the Illinois Employment and Training Council (IETC) on the subject of community colleges in the state. During the hearings on this topic, 100 witnesses testified. The report is…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Programs, Community Colleges, Demand Occupations
Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb. – 1991
A project was conducted to improve the vocational teacher education program at Northern Illinois University (NIU). Project activities were based on five objectives. To meet the first objective of revitalizing recruitment strategies for the program, three brochures and a recruiting poster were developed. The materials were to be sent to all high…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1994
In 1983, the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) established a systemwide program review process calling for the evaluation of instructional programs and student and academic support services on a 5-year cycle. This report describes the 1993 program review process and its results, and provides examples of how specific colleges use the review…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, College Programs
Martinez, Paul – FEDA Matters, 1996
This report contains four case studies from further education colleges in England that have been addressing student retention and dropout issues during the last several years. The case studies demonstrate successful student retention strategies in diverse college contexts with different student populations. They cover the following colleges:…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, College Programs
Sam Houston State Univ., Huntsville, TX. Criminal Justice Center. – 1994
More than 60 studies on prison education were reviewed to determine the following: relationship between prison education and offender behavior; effects of prison population control strategies on prison education programs; and effects of academic and vocational program participation on inmate misconduct and reincarceration. Among the main findings…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Education, College Programs, Comparative Analysis
Salmony, Lawrence D. – 1974
In attempting to address the problems that are embraced by the term "corrections education," the study identifies three areas of inquiry: client education, staff education, and community education. Focusing on State funded corrections education programs in Oregon, data for the study were collected in 1973. Existing programs are reviewed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, College Instruction, College Programs, Community Education
Mannebach, Alfred J., Comp.; Bowen, Blannie E., Comp. – 1989
This document contains 10 papers selected for presentation at a research conference on agricultural education. The titles are as follows: "Agriculture Students and Their Problem Solving Skills" (Rollins); "Agriculture Students' Preferred Styles of Learning" (Rollins); "Identification of Curricular Strategies for Enhancing…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Cognitive Style
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1986
To fulfill the sex equity mandate begun in the 1976 Vocational Education Amendments and continued in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984, and to assess the degree of change in vocational sex equity in Virginia over the last several years, this status report covering a five-year period (1980-1984) was developed. The opening…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attitude Change, College Programs, College Students
