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Regional Technology Strategies, Inc., Carrboro, NC. – 2001
This document describes the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) at Hagerstown Community College (HCC) (Maryland), created in 1990 as a response to the region's economic decline. The ATC is a partnership between the College, industry, and government to help promote industrial modernization and regional competitiveness through training, demonstration,…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Educational Innovation
Bauldry, Shawn; Hartmann, Tracey A. – Public/Private Ventures, 2004
This report, the third derived from research out of the National Faith-Based Initiative (NFBI), examines how faith-based organizations designed and implemented mentoring programs for high-risk youth. Focusing on four NFBI sites (in the Bronx and Brooklyn, NY; Baton Rouge, LA; and Philadelphia, PA), the report takes up three key questions: How were…
Descriptors: Mentors, Volunteers, Youth Opportunities, Youth Problems
Fitzpatrick, Lynne; Roberts, Anita – 1997
This document, intended to assist Australia's national industry training advisory bodies, is a practical guide to developing English language, literacy, and numeracy inclusive national training packages. The guide is divided into three sections devoted to the following topics: (1) context (literacy in the workplace, literacy in training, literacy…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Advisory Committees
Raber, Suzanne; Roach, Virginia – 1997
This paper provides cross-site policy analysis of themes related to state education reform and the impact of state educational reforms on students with disabilities and special education programs. It analyzes state-level reforms in the general education policy areas of curriculum, assessment, accountability, teacher development, and governance and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Curriculum, Disabilities
California State Legislature, Sacramento. Senate Office of Research. – 1997
This document explains the objectives and components of California Work Opportunities and Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs), which is a seven-step program designed to move welfare parents into the workplace. Presented first are a list of the 14 principles behind CalWORKs and a flowchart illustrating the program's operation. After a discussion of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Day Care, Federal Legislation, Job Development
Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA. Women's Educational Equity Act Dissemination Center. – 1997
This starter kit is a resource for state and local school-to-work (STW) directors, educators, parents, students, business and community, and economic development organizations serving all students through STW. The kit begins with four articles: "STW and Gender Equity: Opportunity for or Barrier to Economic Parity?" (Katherine Hanson, Joyce…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Check Lists, Cross Cultural Training, Disabilities
Vandegrift, Judith A.; Wright, Joel – 1997
A baseline study of Arizona public school counselors ascertained the amount of time they spent individually with students and the nature of the counseling provided; it also measured their opinions and attitudes toward school-to-work (STW). Surveys were mailed to every Arizona high school and junior high/middle school, a random sample of elementary…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role, Education Work Relationship
Foundation for Excellent Schools, Middlebury, VT. – 1997
The Foundation for Excellent Schools (FES) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of American public education through programs designed to increase opportunities and improve the academic performance of all students by bringing together educators, students, parents, and the local business community. Since 1987, the FES and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Community Development, Cooperation
Saint Louis Univ., MO. – 1996
In September 1996 academic and community members met for a 3-day conference entitled "Neighbor-to-Neighbor: Reflecting on Action." More than 20 community, school, or government based organizations presented papers in collaboration with an interdisciplinary group of Saint Louis University faculty to reflect on collaborative community programs. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College School Cooperation, Community Involvement, Cooperation
Goodman, Jane; Schultz, Kim; Wruck, Helen – 1997
In 1996-97, the Adult Career Counseling Center (ACCC) at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, enhanced its operation by doing the following: implementing a new computer system to network various software packages; creating and implementing a computerized system to maintain ACCC client records and usage statistics; developing an ACCC policy…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Programs, Career Counseling, Case Studies
Gupton, Nancy; Edling, Walter H. – 1997
This handbook provides a framework that can be applied by other sites that are interested in starting projects similar to the Automotive Technology Education Careers (ATEC) project in which business and education work together as partners. It is designed to guide the reader in planning an automotive technician program, but the steps it outlines…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Auto Mechanics, Career Education, Counseling
Grant, Carl A.; Tate, William F. – 1995
Insights into multicultural education practices are provided through the lens of the research literature. Two research ideologies are identified: research on multicultural education--the employment of the concepts and procedures of logical positivism to study the implementation of multicultural education, and multicultural education research--the…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Research
Hargroder, Margaret – 1992
The Louisiana Program Plan for the Administration of Vocational Education calls for assessing the state's progress in meeting the sex equity purposes of the Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act and evaluating the effectiveness of programs and activities supported by the need for sex equity. Criteria for selecting sex equity…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Gadsden, Vivian L.; Rethemeyer, R. Karl – 2001
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)…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System, Chapel Hill, NC. – 1998
This document consists of a compilation of information on various aspects of the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1997 (IDEA). It collects a variety of resources that meet the information needs of state and jurisdictional Part C program staff, the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordinators, Disabilities, Early Intervention
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