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Download full textCooper, Richard – 1994
A project was conducted to provide staff development workshops about adults with learning problems to agencies throughout Pennsylvania. Workshops and accompanying guides on nine topics ranging from understanding learning differences, problems, and disabilities to alternative instructional techniques were developed. Workshops were conducted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques, Inservice Teacher Education
Vandegrift, Judith A.; And Others – 1994
The United States Congress has recently enacted federal education legislation such as Goals 2000 that promotes unprecedented levels of comprehensive planning and service integration of state and local levels. In preparation for such federal initiatives, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) contracted with the Morrison Institute for Public…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Public Policy Resources Lab. – 1991
A project developed an inventory of postsecondary vocational training programs for inmates and ex-offenders in Texas and conducted an assessment of the available programs. Constructing the inventory involved obtaining information on all educational offerings in correctional facilities from the Educational Program Clearinghouse's incarcerated…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Colleges, Correctional Education, Directories
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1994
This document contains information about the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's six initiatives and comments from participants at the annual Policy Seminar, sponsored jointly by the department and the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), July 11-13, 1994. The document contains the participants' comments regarding the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Early Intervention, Education Work Relationship, Educational Equity (Finance)
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
This document is comprised of two separate publications, a report concerning the current AFDC program and related testimony. The report discusses a study that assessed the progress the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program had made in serving an increasingly larger portion of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) caseload,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1992
An overview is provided of the fiscal development of the Illinois public community college system. Introductory sections consider the history and administrative structure of the system, and explain special funding provisions of the Public Junior College Act of 1965. The next section provides a profile of past state appropriations, focusing on…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational History
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Board of Governors. – 1993
In its major policy document, "Basic Agenda: Policy Directions and Priorities for the Nineties," the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (CCC) specifies goals and objectives necessary for the system's 107 community colleges. Following the format of the Basic Agenda, this 1992-93 status report provides an update on the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Planning, Community Colleges
Tate, Ormond – 1993
The New Zealand Correspondence School has taught nearly 750,000 students since it was established in 1922. Indicators of success are student achievement, parental satisfaction, and cost per student. Possible models for basic distance education are as follows: (1) isolated students learning independently; (2) a partial intermediary who provides…
Descriptors: Community Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Correspondence Study
Hackett, Bessie, Comp. – 1992
This report provides a look at correctional education in Illinois, with special emphasis on vocational offerings and their potential to affect the reduction of crime and recidivism. The 8 commendations and 15 recommendations are directed to state staff who make decisions about vocational programming. Recommendations include the following: follow…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Planning, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1992
This competency analysis profile contains a list of 70 communications skills that have been identified as core competencies for inclusion in programs in 49 occupational areas. The core competencies, which have been identified by employers and verified by English-certified instructors, have been organized into units devoted to reading, writing,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Competency Based Education, Correlation, Language Arts
Amsler, Mary; And Others – 1989
Designed to keep educational practitioners informed of current trends and practices, this policy brief explores the changing identity of the nation's community colleges and presents four special inserts describing specific trends for the community college systems of California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada, respectively. The brief reviews the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Change
Baldus, Lorayne; Nelson, Orville – 1992
The Center for Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) Staff Development Workshops and Services project was designed to provide technical support and training to selected VTAE personnel in techniques for implementing equity programs, establish a statewide advisory committee to develop a long-range plan for infusing sex equity concepts…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Change Strategies, Cultural Differences
Florida State Council on Vocational Education, Tallahassee. – 1993
Evaluation of the coordination of vocational education and programs provided under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) included a survey of Florida's 24 service delivery areas (SDAs). The assessment was designed to provide a "snapshot" of the services provided to JTPA clients through educational institutions and on-the-job training…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Cooperation
Friedlander, Daniel; And Others – 1993
An evaluation was conducted of the effectiveness of California's Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) Program, a statewide initiative aimed at increasing the employment and self-sufficiency of recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Based on 2 years of follow-up data for 33,000 people who entered GAIN between early 1988 and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Followup Studies, Job Placement
Serban, Andreea M.; Burke, Joseph C. – 1998
This study examined the impact of state budget cuts on public colleges and universities in six states, focusing on the effects of such cuts on institutional priorities and plans, tuition and fees, and educational quality. Five state higher education finance officers, 12 state college or university system finance officers, and 98 college or…
Descriptors: Administrators, Budgeting, Educational Attitudes, Educational Finance
