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Beane, Rachel J.; Altermatt, Ellen R.; Iverson, Ellen R.; Macdonald, R. Heather – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2020
The National Association of Geoscience Teachers' "Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing One's Career" has been offered annually since 1999. The five-day workshop with accompanying web resources employs a "whole faculty" approach to support geoscience faculty members during their…
Descriptors: Workshops, Program Design, Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Murray, Saundra R.; And Others – 1980
This report, the second in a series of six, describes the PUSH for Excellence (PUSH-EXCEL) Project--its origins, goals, approach, and extent of implementation. Each of the six reports tracks PUSH-EXCEL's progress in six sites: Chattanooga, Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, and Memphis. Chapter 1 discusses the social movement that became…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, National Programs, Objectives, Parent Participation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1986
This report concentrates on problems of displaced blue-collar and nonprofessional white-collar workers. Chapter 1 is a summary. Chapter 2 discusses policy issues and options focused on helping people prepare for worklife changes and helping workers to cope if displacement occurs. A definition and description of worker displacement are offered in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Competition, Dislocated Workers
Pyecha, John N.; Berls, Robert – 1976
The purpose of this paper is to provide the background and objectives of an evaluation study of Upward Bound (UB), a nationwide program to help selected low income high school students prepare for and enter post secondary education. The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the accomplishment of two of the program's major objectives, to increase…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Preparation, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
Kelly, Rita Mae – 1973
Building upon the body of knowledge re: rural cooperatives generated by the Office of Economic Opportunity and its research and demonstration programs, this paper proposes a design for a national program of Federal support for cooperatives serving the rural poor. Specifically, this paper presents: (1) the basic situation of the rural poor and the…
Descriptors: Business, Change Strategies, Classification, Community Development
Hall, Budd L. – 1975
Emphasis placed on adult education in Tanzania stems directly from the decision to bring about development through an egalitarian rural transformation. The political decision to stress socialist development with priority to those living in rural areas preceded the creation of the adult education network and shaped its structures and organization.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Role