To increase the rate at which adult basic skills students advance to and succeed in college-level occupational programs, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) developed the Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training, or I-BEST. In the I-BEST model, a basic skills instructor and an occupational instructor team…

Noting that access to higher education has expanded dramatically in the past several decades, Sara Goldrick-Rab and Kia Sorensen focus on how unmarried parents fare once they enter college. Contrary to the expectation that access to college consistently promotes family stability and economic security, the authors argue that deficiencies in current…

The purpose of a research project was to find out the barriers to the use of the open entry-exit concept in cooperative vocational programs in the retail clothing area. The researchers developed individualized instructional materials and arranged for them to be accessible to students in 12 secondary and 2 adult programs in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.…

The North Carolina Allied Health Articulation Project was launched to develop procedures which would enable an individual to transfer credit from an allied health education program in one setting to some program in higher education. In 1972-73, study committees were appointed to deal with the allied health professions of physical therapy,…

The information presented in this report was drawn from a 1973-74 school year survey of school programs and administrative practices that was mailed to all 567 school systems enrolling 12,000 or more pupils and to a stratified random sample of 702 systems enrolling 300 to 11,999 pupils. After reporting that the overwhelming majority of the…

This directory lists the unit-credit titles of the technology education courses offered in Manitoba, along with their corresponding department codes and course numbers. Sections A through C list the unit-credit titles of the following vocational-industrial clusters: heavy industrial (agriculture, auto body repair, building construction, building…

Describes a program at the University of Georgia that records all advanced placements and exemptions for enrolling new students by use of computer programming. (PG)

This document identifies the information that should be included in a business plan, and in what order, to make it an effective management tool and an effective tool to communicate a proposed or existing company's strengths and potential to potential financiers. Following an introduction, the document explains the following sections of a business…

Guidelines for determining the maximum amount of cash reserves needed by agencies guaranteeing loans under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program are offered to the U.S. House of Representatives by the U.S. General Accounting Office. The effect of the guidelines if implemented in fiscal year (FY) 1986 are estimated. The analysis was based on data on…

During the past 10 years, consumers have experienced a substantial growth in credit and an unprecedented increase in the rate of inflation. As increases in credit usage continue to outpace increases in real income and as savings rates decline, consumers are increasingly likely to suffer financial problems and are increasingly in need of money…

At the request of the Multiple Curriculum Committee of the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the current status of high school graduation requirements and related curricula offerings nationwide was studied. Reviews of current educational literature and working papers of the committee and telephone interviews with State…

This report presents results of an investigation of transcripts of Gainesville Junior College students conducted to examine course-taking patterns with respect to the relationship between continuing education and regular college course work. First, data are presented on the number of students (N=8,900) who had taken Continuing Education Unit (CEU)…

Recent Australian and New Zealand studies on college student workload are reviewed. Most of the studies have viewed workload questions in the broader context of arrangements for teaching, learning, and assessment. A Monash University, Australia, study assessed the total amount of work done by students, the distribution of study time between…

Differences between Ricks College students taking a study skills course and a control group were assessed, with attention to the difficulty of students' semester load and credit load, and grades. Data on students applying for graduation in 1983 were analyzed by semester. Over four semesters, difficulty of courses was similar for both groups of…

At the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, faculty have granted degree credits for informal learning to more than 150 students. Evaluating learning acquired outside normal academic channels has been successful because the students bear the responsibility of relating their expereinces to university requirements. (Editor/PG)