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Download full textGulf Coast Community Coll., Panama City, FL. – 1987
The Single Parent/Displaced Homemaker Program at Gulf Coast Community College (Panama City, Florida) targeted a population of women who generally had a high school diploma and needed moral support, direction, and financial assistance in returning to college to pursue higher-level vocational programs. (Because citizens in the rural panhandle area…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Career Choice, College Programs, Displaced Homemakers
Banning, Bernadine – 1987
A guide for student teachers planning to travel or work in Latin America contains general information about living in Latin America and profiles of Mexico and the Dominican Republic. The general information addresses these issues: travel, what to take along, culture shock, greetings, generalizations about Hispanic culture, values, given names and…
Descriptors: Climate, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict
Kra, Eleanor, Ed. – 1986
The following papers are included: "Opening Remarks" (McTernan); "Conference Goals and Plans" (Douglas); "Challenge to Leadership" (Pearson); "Implications of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for the Practice of Respiratory Care" (Axton); "Health Promotion Strategies in Dietetic Practice"…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Cross Cultural Training, Disease Control
Cambron-McCabe, Nelda H. – 1987
This chapter reviews legislation and court litigation during 1986 that addressed the rights of handicapped students and employees. The most far-reaching legal activity occurred in the legislative arena, with the passage in 1986 of the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) mandating that services must be available for handicapped children between…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1985
A followup to a 1980 General Accounting Office (GAO) report was undertaken to evaluate public and private activities that addressed problems created by U.S. citizens studying medicine abroad and returning to the United States to practice medicine. The 1980 report made suggestions to ensure that U.S. foreign medical graduates received education and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Agency Cooperation, Certification
Carver, L. Sue – 1986
This handbook was written to help teachers of adult basic education (ABE) adapt their teaching methods for hearing impaired persons. Written in a narrative format, the guide covers the following topics: ABE for the hearing impaired, hints for working with the hearing impaired without an interpreter, peer pairing, interpreters in the classroom…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Deaf Interpreting, Educational Resources
Canter, Gary – 1986
The circumstances preceding and following the 1984 merger of two small school districts in North Central New York State contained cooperation, controversy, and disharmony. The school districts had enough similarities--in their rural, agricultural base, in the pride and loyalty with which many residents viewed their schools, in the central role…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Kaplan, Christine E. – 1984
This part of a 2-part working paper identifies and describes major occupational groups that are characteristic of high technology manufacturing and service industries as well as employment sectors that use high technology products in their provision of goods and services. The paper is based on a review of a wide range of employment projections…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Bowes, S. Gregory, Ed. – 1985
This compendium contains lectures on programs, administration, and services and on teaching and learning in adult and community education. The following lectures are included: "Working Effectively with Adults: What Research and Practice Tell Us," by Mark Rossman; "Learning How to Learn," by Robert Smith; "Assessing Teaching Style in Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Education
Loeher, Larry, Ed; And Others – The TA at UCLA Newsletter, 1981
Six issues of a University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) newsletter by and for teaching assistants (TAs) are presented. Each newsletter is a theme issue, covering writing, anxiety, motivation, TA role, and TA training. Topics include: student problems and psychological and counseling services, philosophies about writing, approaches to making…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Communication Apprehension, Counseling Services
Campbell, Robert E.; And Others – 1981
This report presents findings of a study that sought to identify the degree to which employment and training programs, especially Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs, provide follow-through services to disadvantaged and nontraditional graduates and the current barriers and facilitators to their delivery. It first describes…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Disadvantaged
Schenet, Margot A. – 1982
State education agency (SEA) activities to coordinate programs for children and youth were the focus of this report. The incentives and disincentives to coordination and interagency cooperation at the state level were investigated by case studies in Pennsylvania, Colorado, California, and Washington. In particular, the study examined how federal…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Case Studies, Coordination
Schenet, Margot A. – 1982
A study of state education agency (SEA) activities investigated the incentives and disincentives to coordination and interagency cooperation at the state level as well as the effects of federal initiatives and recent fiscal strains on these activities. Research focused on how much coordination currently exists nationwide; case studies of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Case Studies, Coordination
McDiarmid, G. Williamson – 1982
The Chevak Village Youth Association (CVYA) was developed in a rural Eskimo village (population 520) both to educate youth and to integrate them into functional roles in the community. CVYA is an entirely indigenous youth organization, created and managed by the youth and young adults of the village. It has evolved, in part, as a response to the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Behavior Development
Harris, Kenneth A.; And Others – 1982
Summary profiles of Detroit, Michigan, public high schools for the period 1975-1981 are presented in this report which is based on the results of a criteria-based monitoring project to determine the success of court-ordered school desegregation programs in Detroit. Included in the report are: (1) a description of project organization, project…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Codes of Ethics, Community Involvement
