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Yang, Po; Lin, Xiao Ying – Chinese Education & Society, 2014
The purpose of this study is to analyze the recent development of Chinese vocational colleges from two perspectives: the adoption of employability as a new institutional mission and organizational changes in six areas. The analysis is based on a multiple-case study. The analytical frameworks are developed from sociological theory and…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Institutional Mission, Vocational Education, Vocational Schools
Stanistreet, Paul – Adults Learning, 2011
In the second article in a series marking 90 years of NIACE support for adult learning, the author charts the changing shape of adult education in the decades following the Second World War, and the Institute's emergence as a "major non-governmental force" in the development of adult education. In 1983 the NIAE changed its name to the…
Descriptors: Community Education, Continuing Education, Adult Learning, Vocational Education
Schoelkopf, James – Online Submission, 2010
Portland Community College has a firmly rooted career and technical education (CTE) partnership with its service area high schools. However, the partnership was continuing to operate as it had for many years. Given the rapid pace of change in the region's workforce, Oregon's secondary and postsecondary educational initiatives, and a shared…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Partnerships in Education, High Schools
Kantner, Earl F. – Agr Educ Mag, 1969
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Attitude Change, Educational Needs, Educational Trends
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Moore, Douglas R. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1986
The University of Redlands responded successfully to financial and administrative crisis by tapping institutional and community pride in the institution's stature, affirming a dual commitment to liberal education and career training, developing a new governance system, and reorganizing financial and program priorities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Role
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Berte, Neal R.; Shackleford, Karla – New Directions for Higher Education, 1986
Birmingham-Southern College has surmounted major problems of enrollment, finances, and mission by adding and expanding career-related curricula and selected adult and post-baccalaureate offerings, reaffirming and finding new applications for its original liberal arts mission. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
HALBOWER, CHARLES C.; AND OTHERS – 1967
DERIVED FROM AN ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITIES, A NEW ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM RELYING UPON MANAGERIAL CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITY FOR CHANGE IS PROPOSED BY A TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS TO COPE SUCCESSFULLY WITH PROBLEMS AND STRESSES CONFRONTING THE CALIFORNIA STATE SYSTEM OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION. SEVEN…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Funnell, Peter; Muller, Dave – 1991
This book examines the impact of the single European market (SEM) on vocational education in the United Kingdom. Part 1 consists of two chapters: "The Single European Market--Its Rationale and Consequences" (Peter Luff) and "The Single European Market--Uncertain Implications and the Vocational Educational Challenge" (Colin…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, College Programs, Coordination
Barratt-Pugh, Llandis; Soutar, Geoffrey N. – 2002
The Frontline Management Initiative (FMI) provides a framework for competency-based development of frontline managers in Australian enterprises. The FMI's impact on businesses was examined in a national study that included the following activities: focus groups; a national survey of management development and targeted national survey of FMI users;…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adoption (Ideas), Case Studies, Competence