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Napier, Deedee Stocker – 1977
Ten units on practical business are presented in this instructor and student guide. Each instructional unit contains objectives, suggested activities, information sheets, assignment sheets, transparency master, a test, and test answers. Unit topics are (1) before you buy (comparative shopping and wise purchasing techniques); (2) when things go…
Descriptors: Business, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
Matley, Ben G. – 1979
A study was conducted to determine whether universities award degree credit for remedial courses, and whether certain lower division courses receive upper division credit. Courses under investigation included remedial English (Subject A at Ventura College, California), remedial math (Math X), and traditionally lower division courses in accounting,…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Grade Inflation, Postsecondary Education
Thelen, Judy – 1977
This teacher-oriented learning module for secondary level consumer education teachers, the second in a series of three, was developed to provide information on credit and ideas for conveying this content to students. The module begins with a definition and general goals of consumer education, an overview and rationale, five performance objectives…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Consumer Education, Course Content, Credit (Finance)
Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, Madison, WI. – 1977
This handbook is written to inform Wisconsin citizens of women's rights and responsibilities under Wisconsin and federal law. It is intended for use as general legal resource material. It is not intended to take the place of an attorney in the solution of individual legal problems. Each of the 12 chapters treats a particular subject or topic.…
Descriptors: Business, Credit (Finance), Criminal Law, Divorce
Losak, John – 1978
Two studies investigated the effects of earning college credits for freshman year courses--as a result of performance on the College Level Examination Program's (CLEP) General Examinations--on later academic success. These are multiple choice tests of English composition, social science, natural science, humanities, and mathematics. Both studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Community Colleges, Equivalency Tests
Download full textMatejic, Denise M. – 1979
This consumer's (or student's) guide for a home-study money management curriculum is divided into five units of study: (1) financial planning; (2) coping with credit; (3) protection through life insurance; (4) financial aspects of housing; and (5) making your money grow. Each unit contains fact sheets, charts, and quizzes. The fact sheets in unit…
Descriptors: Adults, Budgeting, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
Chase, Clinton I.; Keene, John M., Jr. – 1980
Four groups of students were compared on cumulative grade point average, total credit hours attempted, and differences between predicted and actual grade point average (GPA). The four groups of students were formed by the semester in which they declared a major: students declaring in the third semester made up one group, those declaring in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, College Students, Credits
De Weaver, Norman – 1979
"Where the money is and what you'll need to do to get it," form the central theme of this citizen's guide to rural development. Designed to assist a community leader interested in implementing a development project, the guide concentrates on the sources which most frequently fund rural community development projects, i.e., the grant and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Credit (Finance), Economic Development, Federal Aid
Szymanski, Marcella D.; Eade, Gordon – 1978
The Interaction Partner System (IPS) was designed and implemented by the Okaloosa County Teacher Corps Project and the University of West Florida. It was an answer to several dilemmas: teacher isolation, irrelevant and inflexible teacher inservice training, and theories and research developed at the graduate level which rarely found their way into…
Descriptors: College Credits, Inservice Teacher Education, Interaction, Peer Relationship
Albracht, James, Ed. – 1978
Thirty-four units of instruction are included in this core curriculum in farm management for postsecondary farm and ranch management programs. Units of instruction are divided into twelve instructional areas: (1) Introduction to Financial Management, (2) Farm Business Arrangement, (3) Credit Management, (4) Budgeting, (5) Record Keeping, (6)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Core Curriculum, Credit (Finance)
Laughlin, J. Stanley – 1979
Based on a review of the literature on faculty workloads, a ratio of student credit hours per full-time equivalent faculty member is developed at the discipline level. This approach is recommended for use as a departmental loading, not for individual faculty member loading. The procedure involves developing a low point, an average point, and a…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Faculty, Departments, Faculty Workload
Queen, John E.; Rusting, Jean – 1977
Students receiving certificates and Associate of Arts (A.A.) degrees from Cerritos College in spring 1977 (241 A.A. and 48 certificate students) were asked to take the Comparative Guidance and Placement reading test. Forty-four degree and 8 certificate students complied. The A.A. students averaged a reading grade level of 12.6, had an average age…
Descriptors: Age, Associate Degrees, College Credits, College Graduates
MULVEY, MARY C. – 1967
THIS DIRECTORY BY PROJECT ARISE (ADULT REFERRAL AND INFORMATION SERVICE IN EDUCATION) OF THE PROVIDENCE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT INDICATES ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, RECREATIONAL PURSUITS, AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT RHODE ISLAND. IT PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT DEGREE AND NON-DEGREE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Counseling Services
Elsdon, Konrad T. – 1957
In this attempt to view the approach to adult education in the United States, the dangers and benefits of mingling vocational and non-vocational, credit and noncredit, technical, commercial, and liberal adult education within one institution are presented. Examined also are the status of adult educators within the university, the love of organized…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Credit Courses, Degrees (Academic)
1966
The National University Extension Association was planning to conduct nine regional training institutes of four weeks each during August, 1966, for 1,060 teacher trainers in adult basic education programs. The institutes were to be operated under Title II B of the Economic Opportunity Act. In this first progress report, information is provided on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Budgets, College Credits, Curriculum Guides
