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Schwartz, Robert B., Ed.; Lipson, Rachel, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2023
In "America's Hidden Economic Engines," editors Robert B. Schwartz and Rachel Lipson spotlight community and technical colleges as institutions uniquely equipped to foster more equitable economic growth across America's regions. As Schwartz and Lipson show, these colleges are the best-placed institutions to reverse the decades-long rise…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Educational Innovation
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2019
This report provides an annual update on metrics related to the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) Governing Board Outcomes for University and Transfer Education, Workforce and Economic Development, Developmental Education, and Community Development and Global and Civic Engagement. While this report necessarily looks back in time…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, College Transfer Students, Labor Force Development
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2018
This Governing Board Monitoring Report utilizes the Board outcome metrics to gauge institutional effectiveness in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD). Outcomes for University Transfer Education and General Education, Workforce and Economic Development, Developmental Education, and Community Development and Global and Civic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, College Transfer Students, Labor Force Development
Maricopa Community Colleges, 2017
This Governing Board Monitoring Report utilizes the Board outcome metrics to gauge institutional effectiveness in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD). It examines outcomes in the areas of university and transfer education, workforce and economic development, developmental education, community development, and civic and global…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, College Transfer Students, Labor Force Development
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Khan, Ruhi; Grijalva, Rebecca; Enriquez-Gates, Alejandra – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2019
Professional development is essential in supporting teachers as change agents to foster international educational reform. Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College acknowledged its role in supporting visiting teachers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in utilizing action research as an opportunity for professional development.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Role, Change Agents, Educational Change
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Kerna, Ashley; Frisvold, George; Jacobs, Laurel; Farrell, Vanessa A.; Houtkooper, Linda; Misner, Scottie – Journal of Extension, 2015
Many Extension programs are turning to the input-output software IMPLAN to demonstrate economic impacts. IMPLAN is a powerful tool that can be used to estimate the total economic activity associated with an industry, event, or policy. One possible application, therefore, is to use program spending data to estimate the economic effects of…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Input Output Analysis, Economic Impact, Economic Development
WestEd, 2014
One-in-five of Arizona's youth did not complete high school and a similarly large proportion of the state's youth is disconnected from either work or education. These youth face higher risks of unemployment and economic insecurity and are more reliant on government supports. This situation, which fails to ensure that the state's youth are…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Economic Impact
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Ronan, Bernie; Kur, Sally – Community College Journal, 2001
Asserts that community colleges have recreated themselves over the last 100 years in response to the changing American economy. Explains that the new need for community colleges to fulfill the local communities' economic needs calls for renewed civic participation in the colleges. Describes Maricopa Community College District's Civic Participation…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Colleges, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement
Arizona State Ecomonic Opportunity Office, Phoenix. – 1971
Presented is the 5th annual report of the Arizona State Economic Opportunity Office (SEOO). The purpose of the report is to provide interested agencies, public officials, and the general public an overview of SEOO programs operating in Arizona. The report gives descriptions and purposes of these various programs and discusses grants received by…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annual Reports, Community Action, Community Centers
Arizona State Ecomonic Opportunity Office, Phoenix. – 1970
Presented is the 4th annual report of the Arizona State Economic Opportunity Office. The purpose of the report is to provide interested agencies, public officials, and the general public an overview of Office of Economic Opportunity programs operating in the State of Arizona. The report gives brief descriptions and purposes of the various…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alcoholism, American Indians, Annual Reports
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Boyd-Beauman, Fran; Piland, William E. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1983
Discusses results of a study of economic development programs within community colleges in Illinois and Arizona. Finds agreement that colleges' responsibilities include initial contact with business and industry, developing training programs specifically for companies, and marketing programs and services to business. Briefly describes cooperative…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, School Business Relationship
Barry, Tom – Equal Opportunity Forum, 1981
The Solar Demonstration Project provides Native American communities with both energy and jobs. Available from: P.O. Box 41048, Los Angeles, CA 90041. (CM)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Community Development, Economic Development
Phillips, William A. – 1991
This paper describes a Small Business Development Center (SBDC) located at the Central Arizona College. Schools are responsible for assisting economic development in the small business and business community since industry spends $22 billion per year in retraining high school graduates and dropouts in basic education. In Pinal County, Arizona,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consultation Programs, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Yin, Robert K.; And Others – 1989
A study examined six cases where job training and economic development had been successfully linked through an interorganizational arrangement. Cases were nominated by U.S. Employment and Training Administration officials, job training and economic development experts, and published reports. The six organizations of primary focus were Pima County…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Community Programs
Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs, Phoenix. – 1975
The Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs 1974-75 Annual Report is issued to inform the Governor, State Legislature, and tribal governments of the proceedings, transactions, findings, and recommendations made by the commission. Included are: (1) a list of commission members, (2) a map showing the Indian reservations in Arizona, (3) a table listing…
Descriptors: Accountability, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Annual Reports
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