This publication describes the major components of the Directorate of Community Education (PENMAS) Nonformal Education Project in Indonesia. Chapters 1-3 give an overview of PENMAS, including its history and development, and of the scope and goals of the project. Chapters 4-6 describe various types and levels of staff training conducted under the…

A project was undertaken to develop a framework for identifying essential elements in various experiential education programs. Chosen as subjects for the investigation were the following three programs: Experience Based Career Education (a high school level program providing fully accredited community-based instruction in basic and life skills as…

A project was conducted to identify and evaluate available microcomputer software for use in helping limited English-proficient (LEP) and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) vocational students to develop career awareness and basic and employability skills. During the project, a literature review was completed in order to identify the special needs…

Despite the recent emphasis on teaching the basic skills at the high school level, educators must not forget that vocational education, and apprenticeship training in particular, remains as important as ever to the economic development of the Nation. To meet the mandate for linkages and collaboration that appears in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational…

This guide contains materials for use in replicating a model day-long program designed to foster communication among local-level economic development groups, education, business and industry, and political systems. The model was implemented in 1983 in two regions of Indiana under the name Dialog Day. The first section of the manual describes the…

A recent study concluded that the requirements for the completion of apprenticeship training programs should be based on competence rather than the period of participation in the programs. If providers of apprenticeship training programs are to be able to follow this recommendation and to effect other changes in the structure of apprenticeship…

This paper reports on a study of the evaluative perceptions of people who had worked with Teacher Corps in 12 regional networks. Respondents to the study questionnaire included 155 project directors, 11 executive secretaries, 120 deans of colleges of education, three national program officers, and 38 individuals who had been involved with Teacher…

This study was designed to determine the feasibility of utilizing North Carolina's community and technical colleges as a statewide system for providing inservice day care training. Seven aspects of training were addressed: (1) programs and resources whereby institutions could provide training; (2) institutional experience in providing inservice…

Experience has shown that it is possible for vocational educators and industry representatives to work together to meet the education development needs of employees in new and expanding industries. In order to remain a factor in economic/industrial development, adult vocational education must assist industry in identifying their training needs,…

The emphasis of a formative evaluation research study was on identifying exemplary linkage arrangements between the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and education service providers in Virginia. The study had two primary phases: the case study phase (an exploratory and issue-generating process) and the judicial evaluation model--JEM…

Since 1978, several federal and state initiatives have been implemented to strengthen the development of state-level interagency collaboration among vocational education, special education, and vocational rehabilitation. A survey of state directors of vocational education, special education, and vocational rehabilitation was conducted to ascertain…

This is the first of three reports geared to educator training and which encompass alternative approaches to collaboration and expert input, as well as a range of diverse topics related to adult learning. This particular document is a colleciton of papers presenting alternative models for collaboration that relate to various aspects of adult…

This monograph treats collaboration between the university and the professions, both conceived as organizations that interact to achieve specified goals. It is part of the Continuing Professional Education Development Project, a five-year research effort to develop practice-oriented continuing professional education programs through collaboration…

This 1978 update supplements the "Master Plan for Postsecondary Education in Hawaii" by presenting information on the following types of institutions that offer instruction in Hawaii: out-of-state degree-granting institutions; trade, technical, and vocational schools; and correspondence schools with agents licensed by the state. There is…

Part of a series of studies on higher education in different countries, this essay examines relations between universities and governments from a comparative perspective. Two major themes that appear in the literature are the determinants of increased government control and the extent of that power; six recent books that address these themes are…