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Download full textLOEWENBERG, BERT J. – 1966
GRANTS FROM THE CARNEGIE CORPORATION HAVE ENABLED SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY STUDIES TO ESTABLISH A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM FOR WOMEN WHO WISH TO STUDY PART TIME TOWARD UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREES AFTER BEING OUT OF SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL YEARS. PARTICIPANTS ARE CHOSEN BY INTERVIEW AFTER COMPLETING AN…
Descriptors: Community Study, Degrees (Academic), Dropouts, Enrollment
ABELL, HELEN C. – 1965
IN 1964-65 THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA, IN COOPERATION WITH UNESCO AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, CARRIED ON THE FARM RADIO FORUM PILOT PROJECT IN 80 VILLAGES IN GHANA TO TRANSMIT INFORMATION AND STIMULATE RURAL SELF-HELP ACTIVITIES. IN 20 VILLAGES ONE FORUM LISTENING GROUP WAS ORGANIZED, 20 VILLAGES HAD TWO LISTENING GROUPS, 20 CONTROL VILLAGES WERE…
Descriptors: Attendance, Attitude Change, Communication Skills, Educational Radio
National Association for Public School Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1968
THE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS A JOINT PUBLICATION OF THE ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON ADULT EDUCATION AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AND THE ADULT EDUCATION CLEARINGHOUSE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION. DOCUMENTS CONCERNED WITH TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF ADULTS AND OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH IN THE AREA OF ADULT BASIC AND SECONDARY…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
HOOS, IDA R. – 1967
THE ROLE OF PUBLICLY FINANCED TRAINING IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IS DISCUSSED IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRESENT STATUS OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE AND TRAINING. ACCOUNTS OF AN ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY CLASS FOR DISPLACED EMPLOYEES OF SMITH-CORONA, A PUBLIC SCHOOL SPONSORED WELDING COURSE FOR MEN AND YOUTH WITH AT LEAST A TENTH-GRADE EDUCATION OR ITS…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Educational Needs, Electronics
HOOS, IDA R. – 1967
TO COUNTERACT BUREAUCRATIC STAGNATION, ENCOURAGE SELF-DEVELOPMENT, AND USE WORKERS EFFECTIVELY, SINCE 1957 THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION HAS EMPHASIZED CONTINUING EDUCATION. CASE STUDIES OF THE INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM AT ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STATION AND MCCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE AND THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Automation, Aviation Mechanics, Data Processing
HOOS, IDA R. – 1967
SEVERAL SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA COMPANIES WERE EXAMINED FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS FOR DISPLACED EMPLOYEES. ARMOUR AND COMPANY SOUGHT TO GUIDE DISPLACED EMPLOYEES TO CLASSES OR COURSES OF ACTION OUTSIDE ITS OWN SPHERE OF OPERATION. LOCKHEED HAS PROVIDED UNUSUALLY WELL FOR UPGRADING AND RETRAINING, MAINLY BECAUSE OF INDUSTRY FLUCTUATIONS AND RAPID…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Aviation Mechanics, Community Colleges, Educational Policy
ANDREWS, KENNETH R.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE REACTIONS OF 6,000 BUSINESS EXECUTIVES TO FORMAL UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WERE GATHERED BY QUESTIONNAIRE AND A FEW INTERVIEWS. OF THE TOTAL POPULATION, 80 PERCENT REACTED SO FAVORABLY THAT DIFFERENCES IN LENGTH, COSTS, AND QUALITY WERE ALMOST OBSCURED. OF SEVEN ACTIVITIES, THEY RANKED CLASS SESSIONS FIRST, THEN STUDY GROUPS…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitude Change, Costs, Educational Methods
STERN, GEORGE G.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PEACE CORPS TRAINING UNITS AND TRAINEES WAS MADE TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR RATING PROGRAM QUALITY, ESTABLISHING UNIFORM TRAINING OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURES, ENABLING TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TO IDENTIFY AND IMPROVE AREAS OF WEAKNESS, AND SELECTING TRAINEES. AN ANALYSIS OF 63 PEACE CORPS…
Descriptors: Achievement, Affiliation Need, Cross Cultural Training, Educational Environment
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Policy, Evaluation and Research. – 1979
An overview of the National Program for Selected Population Segments (NPSPS), a group of eighty-two projects funded during fiscal year 1977 by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, Title III, is presented in this report. Chapter I provides an introduction to NPSPS. Chapter II reviews the administrative models used by the eighty-two…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Criminals, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Halasz-Salster, Ida; And Others – 1979
A statewide study was conducted to assess the extent of services offered by Education Information Centers (EICs) in Ohio. The following four objectives guided the project activities: (1) to catalog, describe and analyze current statewide resources and services for providing educational information, guidance, counseling, and referral services to…
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling Services, Federal Legislation, Guidance Centers
Young, James D. – 1978
The 1977-78 Adult Continuing Education Survey provided demographic and educational data on three populations served by Vocational, Technical and Adult Education (VTAE) District One: users (1,658), non-users (880), and past users (480). Study participants responded to group specific questionnaires designed to elicit information on sex, age,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Age, Community Attitudes
Franklin, William S. – 1975
The report describes a study of industry-sponsored upgrading programs for journeymen in construction unions. Interviews with union and training officials, as well as 405 journeymen and 99 contractors, revealed that upgrading activities were concentrated in electrical work, carpentry, and the pipe trades, and that both the number of programs and…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Carpentry, Construction Industry, Electricians
Kaufman, Jacob J.; Sumansky, John M. – 1974
The report examines the multiplicity of factors which influence the labor market activity of the population and explores the implications of changes in those influential factors with regard to manpower and educational planning policy. The first section contains the introduction to the problem, summary of factors affecting labor force…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Educational Planning, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Policy Studies in Education, New York, NY. – 1975
The report presents the fourth evaluation of the Ohio Career Development Program for Grades K-10. Although career education programs appeared to be successful on observation, the administration of curriculum-based tests in 1973 showed no major difference between results of the program and nonprogram students. Policy studies in education developed…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Career Development, Career Education, Cognitive Tests
Knopf, Lucille – 1972
This government publication provides the first comprehensive report of a longitudinal study initiated in 1962 by the National League for Nursing for the purpose of obtaining specific information about the biographical characteristics of nursing students, their occupational goals, and their reasons for choosing nursing as a career. Intended to…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Choice, Career Development
