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Peterson, Rosie – 1984
This annual report presents eight recommendations of the Alaska State Advisory Council on Vocational and Career Education, along with comments received at public hearings on the recommendation, a summary of what action has been taken to date, and finally, comments from the State Advisory Council. The eight recommendations are the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Cooperative Planning, Economic Development
Niehoff, Richard O., Ed. – 1977
Focusing on the theme of nonformal education as a method of involving rural people in developmental processes designated to help improve social and economic well-being, this report on the second international conference/workshop on nonformal education presents major concepts and methods involved in development work with the rural poor via case…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Case Studies, Concept Formation, Conference Reports
Download full textSchumacher, Ilsa; And Others – 1980
While there is significant variation in women's economic participation rates across cultures and situations in Third World countries, the common features in work patterns of poor women are striking. Segmented labor markets predominate throughout the developing world and restrict the demand for female labor to subsistence activities or to jobs in…
Descriptors: Adults, Change Strategies, Credit (Finance), Cross Cultural Studies
Wilson, JoAnn – 1981
The organizational and working relationships between postsecondary education and economic development in selected states were investigated, with emphasis on identifying state-level coordinated programs in 12 geographically diverse states known to be active in linking education to economic development (Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana,…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Campbell, Clifton P. – 1981
A serious constraint to the development of a modern and diversified industrial base in Saudi Arabia is the critical shortage of skilled manpower. To remedy this deficit, vocational and technical education programs in the country are being revised and expanded. Five secondary-level Vocational Industrial Schools have been established by the Ministry…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO. – 1980
Proceedings of a 1980 conference on economic development in the West and the contribution of higher education in dealing with economic development issues are presented. The West as a region is considered in relation to land and population, urban growth, energy impact, and the states' role. Higher education can help in the areas of manpower,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College Role, Economic Development, Energy
Lecht, Leonard A. – 1981
In the coming decade, three major developments will become important factors for change in vocational education. These are changes in the demographic profile and retirement practices, regional shifts in economic activity and in employment, and renewal of the industrial sector as a key ingredient in economic growth. Because of inflation, greater…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demography, Economic Change, Economic Development
Meijer, Henk, Comp. – 1980
This document focuses on the history and organization of physical planning in the Netherlands. It is part of a series of bulletins on the human and physical geography of the Netherlands. Information, presented in expository, tabular, photographic, and cartographic form, is arranged in four major sections. Section I, which contains the bulk of the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Economic Development, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries
Beaulieu, Lionel J.; Anderson, Deborah S. – 1979
In 1977 leaders of Hardee County, Florida, listed relationships and attitudes of residents, rural atmosphere, environmental conditions, and economic potential among the county's strong points, and public service and facility improvements, developing economic potential, recreational and entertainment development, and planning and zoning as its most…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Area Studies, Attitudes, Community Development
Nash, Roderick – 1978
This report reviews the problems of protecting nature in a heavily industrialized democracy such as the United States. Factors contributing to the establishment of protected areas in the United States are traced from the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 to the present. Arguments in defense of wilderness areas consider nature as: (1) a…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Conservation (Environment), Ecology
Grossman, David L. – 1979
Changes in the Chinese educational system since the cultural revolution of the 1960s must be analyzed in terms of the contradictory ideals of economic growth and class equality. These two socialist goals are contradictory because to obtain high economic production and growth, certain members of society must be selected and trained for leadership.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Preston, Richard, Ed. – 1975
Because cultural, historical, political and economic factors combine to form an economic development environment unique to tribal lands, industrial development on Indian reservations must be done by Indians. This manual, written by and for Indians, can be used for implementation of reservation industrial development. After a review of the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Armstrong, Anne Kathleen – 1977
The work of the adult educators, Moses Coady in Novia Scotia (1920s and 1930s) and Paulo Freire in Brazil (1950s and 1960s) can be examined comparatively. Both men viewed adult education as a tool for social change. Both responded to endemic poverty, dysfunctional outside control, and lack of cooperative initiative from within. They would agree…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Change Agents, Citizen Participation
Pales, David J. R.; And Others – 1979
The report is a summary of the responses of 8 federal agencies and departments (the Small Business Administration; the Environmental Protection Agency; and the Departments of Labor; Justice; Housing and Urban Development; Health, Education, and Welfare; Commerce; and Energy) to the inquiries made by President Jimmy Carter regarding issues,…
Descriptors: Administration, Agency Role, Community Attitudes, Data Collection
ADAMS, DON – 1964
SIX ARTICLES CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE PROCESS OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING FROM THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS TO THE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION. ANDERSON AND BOWMAN IN "THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL PLANNING" DISCUSS SUCH TOPICS AS THE DEFINITION OF PLANNING, EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND SOCIAL DEMOCRATIZATION, PLANNING FOR…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Change
