Suggests the development of relationships with business/industry as an area for fruitful community college expansion. Identifies trends related to education, women's employment, the "ME" generation, immigration, technology, motivation, and work life quality that will affect adult education planning. Offers recommendations and cites exemplary…

This paper reports on the implementation of College Now!, a dual credit program offered through the City University of New York (CUNY) in a number of high schools across Queens. The goal of College Now! is to provide access to college-level liberal arts course materials within the high school setting, meeting college requirements and giving…

This document presents proceedings from the International Academy for Information Management (IAIM) annual conference, held December 6-10, 2000 in Brisbane, Australia. Papers include: "Metacognitive Miscalibration and Underachievement in a Computer Literacy Course: Some Preliminary Observations" (Deborah K. Smith, William Wittman, C. Bryan…

To assess the current connections between the Unemployment Insurance (UI) and One-Stop (OS) systems, case studies were conducted of eight states and eight local areas. Findings indicated the major factor that influenced UI's role in the OS design was whether the state took initial claims by telephone or in-person; UI played differing roles in…

The Wyoming Postsecondary Education Options Program (WPEOP) outlines conditions under which Wyoming high school students can take college-level courses and earn concurrent high school academic credit. Implemented in 1995, the program provides an opportunity for high school students to earn college credit while still in high school. All seven local…

In this paper, the Vice President for Instruction at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in North Carolina, and the president of Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) in Utah discuss the dual-enrollment programs at their institutions. Central Piedmont's 15-year-old concurrent enrollment (CE) system encompasses two programs: Concurrent…

"Research Highlights" is an annual publication documenting developments in the Australian Council for Educational Research's (ACER's) research programs for the previous year. The 2003 edition highlights research on the following themes: (1) Australian students excel in international study; (2) Assessing the moral and ethical outcomes of…

Funding for youth employment and training has been scaled back during the past few decades. In addition, funding for workforce development services is spread among multiple programs and agencies, resulting in a fragmented funding environment. To address this issue, the youth provisions of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) aimed to move this…

Addressing educational accountability concerns requires a new level of collaborative activity among state government, universities, local school districts, education service centers, professional associations, and the business community. Collaborative efforts can obtain greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness by using stakeholders' strengths to…

This document reports the oral and written testimony submitted at a Congressional hearing on how job training works--how effective employment training programs succeed and how that success is measured. The hearing was based on a General Accounting Office study that found four hallmarks of effective job training: individual commitment, removal of…

This bulletin is intended to help British further education colleges clarify their rationale for entering into collaborative programs, assess prospective partners, define and implement good practice at all stages of provision, and establish rigorous quality assurance procedures. Following an introduction, Further Education Funding Council…

This final report describes activities and accomplishments of the Regional Consulting Center for Early Adolescents with Attention Deficit Disorders, a personnel training project for teachers and related services personnel working with students with attention deficit disorders (ADD) in the 5th through 9th grades. The program emphasized…

The use of MOOs, multi-user simulated environments in education examined in three papers include: "MOOving around the Net: The Educational Potential of MOOs: A Point of View" (Daniel Ingvarson); "MOOing in a Foreign Language: How, Why and Who?" (Lonnie Turbee) and "MOOving around the Net: Real to Virtual and Back…

In the past decade, the nature of fathers' involvement with their children and families has become an important topic, with government agencies and nonprofit groups developing programs to help men manage the challenges of fatherhood. This report presents the first set of findings from the Bay Area Fathering Indicators Data System (BAyFIDS)…

This monograph discusses the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program, a new vision of doctoral education that seeks to broaden the traditional preparation of students who become faculty members. Chapter 1 reviews the four phases of the program, beginning with phase 1 (1993-96) to phase 4 (1999-2002). The program involves a group of cooperating…