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Download full textSociety for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
In recent years, two-year colleges have tried various strategies to improve student outcomes and remediate skill deficits in order to promote academic and employment success. Promising approaches include career pathways, dual-enrollment, competency-based credentialing, sectoral strategies, wrap-around services, and acceleration. Taken together,…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Acceleration (Education), Community Colleges, Educational Innovation
Lasley, Paul, Comp.; And Others – 1986
The 12 states comprising the North Central Region have been affected in similar ways by the farm crisis of the 1980s. Statewide surveys show sizeable proportions of farm operations that are experiencing moderately high levels of financial stress. The problems caused by chronic stress on family structure and functioning, the loss of mainstreet…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Action, Community Problems, Economic Status
Direct linkRothwell, William J., Ed.; Gerity, Patrick E., Ed. – Community College Press (NJ3), 2008
"Linking Workforce Development to Economic Development: A Casebook for Community Colleges" is a compilation of best practice examples, which illustrate what it takes for community colleges to achieve their goal of helping people acquire education and skills, helping employers, supporting communities, and building the nation. The book is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Economic Development, Best Practices
Green, Joslyn L., Ed. – 1987
The master's degree is discussed in seven papers written by academic officers serving state coordinating and governing boards. In "Toward a New Paradigm," Judith S. Glazer considers changes in the master's degree and suggests that the degree is changing to meet student needs, the job market, and external standards. Martine F. Hammond's…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Programs, College Role, Degree Requirements
Talley, Ronda C., Ed.; Burnette, Jane, Ed. – 1982
The handbook discusses administrative strategies found successful in fostering the integration of mildly handicapped students in five states' school systems (California, Kansas, Massachusets, Minnesota, and Texas). In "Administrative Systems for Service Delivery," T. Oliver describes approaches to streamline referral to placement…
Descriptors: Administration, Communication Skills, Community Resources, Delivery Systems
Weissert, Carol S., Ed. – 2000
This book examines welfare reform, occasioned by the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which abolished Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and replaced it with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). It is based on research in Ohio, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan that…
Descriptors: Adults, Change, Children, Compliance (Legal)
