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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Small Business. – 1984
This document is a transcript of a hearing concerning small business opportunities for Vietnam veterans in the Boston area. During the hearing, testimony was given from four panels of Vietnam-era veterans who represented a cross-section of those who served their country in that war. Some of the witnesses also represented veterans groups or worked…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Community Services, Credit (Finance)
Durham, Joseph T. – 1985
Information on off-campus credit courses and degree programs is presented in statistical tables and narrative summaries that cover: enrollments by campus and type of site, enrollments by major field of study, and types of faculty teaching off-campus courses or programs. Off-campus instruction was offered by six Maryland community colleges, seven…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Enrollment Trends
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
Hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that were held in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in 1985 are presented. The largest and most important programs contained in the Higher Education Act provide grants, loans, work opportunities, and special services to students with a demonstrated need for federal financial aid. These…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Credit (Finance), Eligibility, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
Hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that were held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1985 are presented. The largest and most important programs contained in the Higher Education Act provide grants, loans, work opportunities, and special services to students with a demonstrated need for federal financial aid. The Act also…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Credit (Finance), Eligibility, Federal Aid
Cahalan, Margaret; And Others – 1986
Findings of a national survey of remedial studies in two- and four-year colleges are presented. Data were reported for the 1983-1984 academic year. The study focused on providing estimates of the: number and type of remedial courses offered; percent of freshmen needing and taking courses; changes in enrollment; program characteristics such as type…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, College Freshmen, College Programs
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Office of Institutional Research and Analytical Studies. – 1988
Information about off-campus instructional locations of the State University of New York is presented, based on results of the Instructional Locations Away from the Main Campus Survey, Fall 1987. For each of 412 instructional locations away from the main campus, information is provided on: number of courses by level, registrations, academic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Degrees (Academic), Educational Certificates
Walker, John H.; Woodson, Marvin C., Jr. – 1983
A questionnaire survey of 982 people in 4 shopping malls in the Piedmont region of South Carolina sought to assess public attitudes about the quality of public and private schools, proposed federal tuition tax credit legislation, tax support for private schools, and outcomes should tuition tax credits be adopted. Respondents were asked to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Individual Characteristics
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. – 1988
A comprehensive, interactive conference was designed to help improve the quality of external degree programs and adult education. Sixteen papers are presented as follows: (1) "Designing Self-Instructional Print Material for the Adult Learner" (Diane J. Davis); (2) "Degrees by Alternative Delivery for U.S. Soldiers and Sailors"…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Adult Students, Armed Forces
Greer, John L. – 1987
The purpose of this master plan is to provide Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) with an updated base document to guide the future development of the new campus over the next 13 years. The report has been divided into 15 sections: (1) Introduction; (2) Background and History of SFCC; (3) Mission and Goals; (4) Service Area Profile; (5) Past…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Planning, Community Colleges, Community Services
Platt, Chet; Secord, Debra A. – 1987
Under a Title VI-B grant, California's Coastline Community College (CCC) conducted a needs assessment survey establishing a database of international training needs, developed five courses and 10 workshops in international business, and formed the World Trade Center Institute (WTCI). This report provides information on the activities and…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
Blaug, Mark; Woodhall, Maureen – 1977
Patterns of government subsidies to higher education in five European countries are considered in order to provide a comparative perspective for U.S. policy-makers. Attention is focused on patterns of subsidizing both institutions and students for the five countries: France, West Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Federal Aid
Schallenkamp, Kay; Miller, Timothy E. – 1985
The advantages of off-campus extension education courses in rural settings are numerous, and extension courses offered on a noncredit basis present minimal problems for the individuals responsible for administering them. When such courses are offered for credit, however, the problems associated with administering them increase dramatically.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Role, Adult Education, College Credits
Hackler, George, Ed.; And Others – The New Campus, 1980
This issue of "The New Campus" contains 14 articles that allude to or deal directly with the quality of continuing education programs. Articles and authors are as follows: "A Study of the Use of an SCA-FM Broadcast System for Teacher Inservice Education" (Charles Koelling and Richard Robinson); "The Changing Role of Adult Education" (Ben J.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Andragogy, Citizenship Education, College Libraries
Hecht, Miriam; Traub, Lillian – 1982
A handbook for the adult student returning to college is presented. Attention is directed to the pros and cons of reentry; how to choose a program; options for financing an education; admissions applications; maximizing preentry credits; colleges, credits, and degrees; coping with academic demands such as exam-taking; and achieving a balance…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Students, College Admission
Henard, Kay F.; Adelman, Stanley I. – 1983
The historical and descriptive data provided in this report offer an overview of enrollments and finances in the community colleges of Maryland. Section 1 reviews enrollments in postsecondary education between 1955 and 1982, percentages of residents enrolled in colleges by city or county, birth rates between 1961 and 1981, and actual and projected…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
