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Torrance, E. Paul; Goff, Kathy; Satterfield, Neil B. – 1998
This guide offers guidance for mentoring programs and relationships serving gifted and/or talented students from multicultural and/or disadvantaged environments. After an introductory chapter which defines the mentor concept, Chapter 2 considers the mentoring relationship, racial/cultural differences, characteristics of economically disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Creativity, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth
Rainone, John J. – 1997
Maine's York County Technical College (YCTC) developed a College Success Management course to help students learn and adopt strategies that promote their college success. In designing the course, a review of related literature was completed to determine the background and purposes of student success courses, data on student attrition, expected…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Curriculum, College Freshmen, Committees
National Inst. for Literacy, Washington, DC. – 1993
This booklet presents summaries of the 35 projects funded by the National Institute for Literacy in 1992. Each summary provides the project's purpose, findings, products, and contact person with address and telephone number. These projects are included: Adult Literacy in the United States; Cognitive Skills-Based Instruction and Assessment; Hmong…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs, English (Second Language)
Zapf, M. K.; Bastien, B.; Bodor, R.; Carriere, J.; Pelech, W. – 2000
In 1998, a consortium including the University of Calgary (Alberta) and representatives from social service agencies and Native organizations developed a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) model for delivery in rural, remote, and Aboriginal communities. The model called for innovative course content that was culturally and geographically relevant to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, Canada Natives, College Programs
Parke, Mary; Tracy-Mumford, Fran – 2000
A recent survey of state directors of adult education reveals that 31 states include distance learning as either a current initiative, or in a future plan, to provide education delivery to adult learners. Distance learning modes employ technology in four categories: computer, video, audiographic, and telephone. Distance learning for adult learners…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Payne, John – 2000
This guide to rural learning is intended to help those developing learning opportunities in the United Kingdom countryside--teachers, program organizers, project and development workers, and health and housing workers. Section 1 supplies up-to-date facts and figures and useful information about living in the rural context. It highlights issues…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Context Effect, Delivery Systems
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1998
This guide provides information about the services available to schools through the High Schools That Work (HSTW) and the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and how to build a strong support network for teachers and schools. The following topics are covered: (1) the benefits of networking; (2) the link between networking and HSTW services;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Educational Resources
Kato, Linda Y.; Riccio, James A. – 2001
The effectiveness of the Jobs Plus Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families, which seeks to increase employment among people living in public housing, was examined through an in-depth study of the experiences of the interagency and resident Jobs Plus partnerships that were formed in seven cities across the United States in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 2000
This publication presents the work program for 2001 for the European Center for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) set in the framework of four operational guidelines (OGs). The section on each OG contains an introduction including CEDEFOP's aims, followed by descriptions of research projects relevant to the OG. Each of the 11…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Developed Nations, Educational Administration
O'Sullivan, Kate, Ed. – 2000
Designed for youth programs, funders, policymakers, and researchers, this workbook is a tool and a resource on effective practices for youth employment and development. It is a product of the Promising and Effective Practices Network (PEPNet), which offers a knowledge base of effective strategies and approaches, opportunities for professional…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Resources, Evaluation Criteria, Partnerships in Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1996
The Texas Education Code requires the Commissioner of Education to develop and propose alternative methods of assessment for students who have not passed the exit level test. The goal of this requirement is an alternative mechanism by which a student can demonstrate the knowledge and skills measured by the exit level test and thus earn a high…
Descriptors: Accountability, Associate Degrees, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment
Martin, James E.; Kohler, Paula D. – 1999
This document presents all necessary materials for a complete course at the university level on the transition of students with disabilities from school to adult life. It includes an instructor's guide, a class syllabus, and 16 class lessons. The course is based on the "Taxonomy for Transition Programming," a model of effective transition…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Inst. on Community Integration. – 2003
This training manual presents "Connecting to Success" (CTS), a program designed to expand through technology the mentoring, career development, and improved academic achievement opportunities for youth with disabilities. The manual begins by defining electronic mentoring as a way to connect adult employees with students through the Internet. It…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Silva, Elena; Zimmerman, Kristen; Erbstein, Nancy – 2002
This document presents step-by-step guidelines to help communities and organizations implement youth-led research, evaluation, and planning (Youth REP) as a way of empowering youth to participate in community development and social transformation. The guide offers an overview of youth-led research and evaluation project stages and critical…
Descriptors: Action Research, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development
Davis, Gary A.; Rimm, Sylvia B. – 2004
The new edition of this text provides updated views, events, and research findings, including a study of extraordinarily successful career women, more attention to gifted education in rural areas, counseling of gay students, and suicide prevention. Chapters have the following titles: (1) "Gifted Education: Matching Instruction with Needs"; (2)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Careers
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