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Download full textEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1979
To assess the feasibility of large-scale, countercyclical public job creation, a study was initiated. Job creation program activities were examined in terms of how many activities could be undertaken; what would be their costs; and what would be their characteristics (labor-intensity, skill-mix, and political acceptability) that might contribute…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Opportunities
1978
Project MAVE (Model for Articulated Vocational Education) was initiated to provide curriculum and program sequencing and continuity to students progressing from elementary to secondary to community college levels. Information gathered from surveys, interviews, site visitations, conferences, and literature review led to the conclusion that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Career Education
McManis Associates, Inc., Washington, DC.
As part of an effort to determine the impact of Advanced Institutional Development Program (AIDP) funds on two-year and four-year colleges, questionnaires were sent to 26 two-year college presidents (100% were returned) and to 53 four-year college presidents (85% were returned). The areas of greatest impact most frequently reported by all…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges
Barnes, Stephen F.; Meek, Doris A. – 1979
The final report and recommendations of the Commission on Student Life at San Diego State University are presented. The commission undertook a comprehensive review and evaluation of campus programs and services that contribute to student life. Specific tasks were as follows: (1) to examine all dynamic aspects of student life at San Diego State…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Ancillary School Services, College Administration, College Environment
Naylor, Harriet H.; And Others – 1980
The initiation, implementation, and successes of 13 older adult volunteer programs are traced in these descriptive essays focusing on: (1) the Educational Growth Opportunities project at San Diego State University (CA); (2) the Retired Volunteer Service Corps at the University of Maryland; (3) the Displaced Homemakers Program at Valencia Community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Consultants, Consultation Programs
Berner, Andrew J. – 1979
Based on the experience of the Mid-Life Career Redirection Center at Chaffey College, this handbook was prepared for community colleges and agencies interested in providing vocational guidance services for adults, the role of community colleges in providing these services, and the types of programs which can meet the developmental and career needs…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adult Education
Whatcom Community Coll., Bellingham, WA. – 1978
This master plan for Whatcom Community College (WCC) is intended to communicate the purposes and direction of the College to its clientele and to provide WCC personnel with guidelines for developing activities which will accomplish the purposes and move the College in that direction. The first chapter traces the history of WCC, describes WCC's…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Planning, College Programs
Kirby, Emily B. – 1980
A survey of the 423 fiscal year 1978 graduates of Oakton Community College (OCC) was conducted to determine demographic characteristics, grade point average, educational objectives, graduates' evaluation of OCC's programs and services, and graduates' current educational and/or occupational status. Survey findings, based on a 67.1% response rate,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1980
This three-part report summarizes the accomplishments of Illinois' Disadvantaged Student Grant Program, through which public community colleges receive special funds for aiding educationally disadvantaged students on the basis of enrollment in remedial and developmental courses. Part I presents anecdotal accounts of exemplary student achievements…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Education, Annual Reports, Community Colleges
San Mateo County Office of Education, Redwood City, CA. Career Preparation Centers. – 1977
This fifth of fifteen sets of Adult Competency Education (ACE) Competency Based Job Descriptions in the ACE kit contains job descriptions for Household Appliance Mechanic; Lineworker; Painter Helper, Spray; Painter, Brush; and Carpenter Apprentice. Each begins with a fact sheet that includes this information: occupational title, D.O.T. code, ACE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Appliance Repair, Basic Skills
Havlicek, Larry L.; Huppee, Barbara A. – 1979
Results are reported from 12 on-site visits and from mailed questionnaire returns regarding the continuing effects of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title IV-C, Innovative Exemplary Program, on education in Kansas. At each district visited, information was obtained, and verified when possible, regarding the changes resulting from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Career Education, Computer Oriented Programs
Thomas-Gordon, Sandy L.; Spetz, Sally H. – 1980
This curriculum resource guide, one of seven developed by the State of Illinois to present information on new and emerging curricula existing in the nation, can be used as a basis for local educators to determine the resources needed to offer halfway house management curricula and to initiate curriculum development at the local level. Chapters 1…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Associate Degrees
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1977
In the spring and summer of 1977, 4,944 migrant children participated in the 17 Day Care, Head Start, and Title I projects of the Minnesota Migrant Program. Total cost of the program was $1,620,000, with day care receiving $650,000, Head Start $150,000, and Title I $820,000. More than 450 people were employed in the local school districts.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Annual Reports, Coordination
Denniston, Denie; And Others – 1980
Divided into three chapters, this resource guide provides strategies and examples to assist the vocational education teacher working with disadvantaged, handicapped, and limited-English-proficiency students in secondary or postsecondary vocational education programs. Chapter 1 defines special needs students, lists their characteristics, and…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Coordination, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged
Hayes, Cheryl D., Ed. – 1980
These proceedings contain summaries of five working group discussions and a discussion of suggestions for future research from an ad hoc meeting on Work, Family, and Community (Fedruary 21-22, 1980) in Washington, D.C. The meeting had these objectives: (1) to identify salient policy and research issues associated with changing patterns of labor…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Services, Demography, Employed Parents
