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Payne, John – 1991
The impact of the abolition of the Inner London Educational Authority (ILEA) on adult education in London (England) was explored. Specifically, the impact of abolition, that might support the concept and practice of active citizenship, was studied on three areas of adult education: environmental education, antiracist work, and work with voluntary…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Affirmative Action
Hammond, Martine F.; And Others – 1987
Internal and external pressures that affect college program discontinuance schemes were investigated, based on minutes of the Kansas State Board of Regents and three other government-related groups/subgroups. During 1972-1986, a total of 206 programs were merged or discontinued. In 1972 a policy was enacted whereby masters programs that had…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Board of Education Policy, College Programs
Download full textArizona State Board of Directors for Community Colleges, Phoenix. – 1994
Prepared in response to a legislative recommendation that the certification of community college faculty by the State Board of Community Colleges be discontinued, this report provides results from constituent surveys, recommendations, and background materials. First, background information is provided on the review, indicating that there are…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Policy, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1994
In 1983, the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) established a systemwide program review process calling for the evaluation of instructional programs and student and academic support services on a 5-year cycle. This report describes the 1993 program review process and its results, and provides examples of how specific colleges use the review…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, College Programs
Dougherty, Edward A. – 1979
Effective ways to handle program discontinuance were studied based on experiences at 10 campuses. Two variables that were considered to be institutional approaches to financial difficulties are the degree of financial difficulty and the degree of control exercised by the institutional leaders. The study sample was drawn primarily from large public…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Programs, Departments
Melchiori, Gerlinda S. – 1981
The involvement of state agencies in program discontinuance in higher education was studied, based on the responses of 46 agencies. It was found that 32 state agencies were actively involved in recommending, initiating, or enforcing actual discontinuances. The following eight categories of obstacles to program discontinuance were identified: legal…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Conflict Resolution, Economic Factors
Mombourquette, Fay; McEwan, Robert; McBride, Andy – 1999
A study investigated effects of implementation of a new policy by the Ontario Ministry of Education that decreased grants for adults and amended the Ontario Education Act, forcing school boards to develop a parallel but "basic service" system of education for everyone over age 21. All adult students in daytime secondary school programs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems
Grobe, Terry – 2002
The now defunct School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 provided start-up funding for states to establish comprehensive career development systems. Survey results of 21 intermediary organizations that used funding from the act to provide learning experiences for youth showed that the loss of federal funding affected activities in various ways,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Development, Career Education, Change Strategies
