This report summarizes the 1980-81 activities of the California Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS) Project, which involved the San Diego Community College District and other California districts in a consortial effort to devise competency-based assessment materials to: (1) place adults in appropriate levels of Adult Basic Education (ABE),…

Nearly 1,300 students at Miami-Dade Community College's south campus were placed in the categories of academic warning, probation, or suspension when standards of academic progress were implemented in fall 1978. Counseling programs designed to accompany these standards included one-credit student development workshops on time and energy…

This report presents a comparative analysis of the educational attainments of black, white and Hispanic American children, aged six through seventeen. Information on the role of language characteristics and social class origins as reported in the 1976 Survey of Income and Education is included. The report examines the effects of census region of…

This report is based on the responses of 61 urban school districts surveyed in 1979. Statistical tables cover the following areas: student enrollment, staffing, finances, selection and organization of school boards, school board-community relations, collective bargaining, alternative instructional programs, and profiles of school board members and…

Based on a study by the Institute of Study for Older Adults of the language needs, program models, and learning dynamics of older adults lacking English skills, this manual provides guidelines for establishing language courses for older adults. After definitions of common terms and concepts are provided, Section I describes the literacy needs,…

Statistics and studies are reviewed to provide an overview of adult basic education (ABE) programs in community colleges. The review begins by presenting statistics on the magnitude of the adult literacy problem in the United States, citing information such as: over 57 million adults in America not enrolled in high school have less than a high…

A literature search in the area of vocational education for special needs persons indicated a lack of a needs assessment survey that would help identify the problems of the urban handicapped population in terms of the influence of the total environment on this population. Therefore, a research effort was made with the following objectives: (1) the…

Designed to provide a model curriculum and guidelines, this manual presents tasks that were identified by employers, employees, and teachers as important in a postsecondary auto body repair curriculum. The tasks are divided into ten major component areas of instruction: metalworking and fiberglass, painting, frame and suspension, glass and trim,…

Intended to help the correctional administrator make informed choices in planning, implementing, and improving community correctional centers, this program model on community correctional centers contains descriptions of three major program model options and information on how the correctional center should be operated. Components of the Des…

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 four-part report presents a graphic and textual summary of the operating budget requested by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) for fiscal year (FY) 1982. Part I details: (1) allocations to the individual colleges, the State Community College of East St. Louis (SCCESL), the ICCB Office, the State University Retirement System, and the…

This five-part report describes and evaluates an in-service instructional development course, which was conducted between December 1978 and February 1979 in a series of five modules for faculty at Florida Keys Community College (FKCC). Chapter I presents introductory material discussing the need for such a course, identifying the criteria upon…

The objective of the University of British Columbia's Native Indian Teacher Education Program (NITEP) is to increase the number of native Indian certified teachers by developing an alternative program of teacher education more appropriate to Indians' cultural heritage and educational background. Open only to students of Indian ancestry, NITEP…

A variety of educational issues and techniques are discussed in 12 essays by faculty and students at the Connecticut community colleges. Phillip Wheaton recalls the austere beginnings of Middlesex Community College (MCC). Mary-Jo Hewitt describes her adjustment to a four-year college after transferring from MCC. Following a poem by James Childs,…

School site budgeting may be said to exist when the school board and central office administration provide principals, in consultation with staff and sometimes community representatives, with an opportunity to prepare a budget for the allocation of resources at the school level. The objectives of school based budgeting include achieving more…