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Beachler, Judith Anne – 1981
This paper outlines aspects of a community education project, which involved the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) and other educational institutions and community service agencies in Pittsburgh in the provision of adult and continuing education and adult and family recreation programs. After section I provides background information on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Characteristics, Community Colleges, Community Education
Minnich, Brenda S. – 1978
This project was conducted as an experiment in the implementation of the guidelines set up by the agents' manual of the Texas study, SKILLS (Seniors and Kids Involved in Learning Life's Skills). Objectives of the intergenerational program included the following: (1) to further the work started by the SKILLS study, (2) to offer a variety of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advisory Committees, Citizen Role, Communication Skills
Download full textEl Paso Community Coll., TX. – 1995
The Women in Technology (WIT) program at Texas' El Paso Community College (EPCC) was established to recruit women into nontraditional occupations, offering technical education, services to help retain women, and community outreach efforts to help change attitudes. This report describes outcomes for the 1994-95 fiscal year, focusing on five WIT…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Attitude Change, Community Colleges, Employed Women
Quigley, Thomas; And Others – 1994
This report presents a systematic review of the literacy services of the Vancouver Public Library (British Columbia), both to determine if those activities met the needs and expectations of local adult learners and to see if those activities compared favorably with general standards and with other libraries' literacy services. Data was collected…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Central Piedmont Community Coll., Charlotte, NC. – 1991
This document provides information on the following components of Central Piedmont Community College's comprehensive career development model: (1) project mission (universal opportunity for career development) and vision statement; (2) recommendations of the Committee for Planning Comprehensive Career Development; (3) competencies; (4) an outline…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Career Development, Career Exploration, Career Planning
PDF pending restorationSaskatchewan School Trustees Association, Regina. Research Centre. – 1994
Parent involvement in their children's schooling results in improved student performance, attitudes, and self-concepts, along with decreased dropout, suspension, and absenteeism rates. Increased involvement also provides necessary community feedback to the school, encourages positive parent-teacher-student relations, and creates a more informed…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Child Rearing, Citizen Participation, Community Coordination
Coogle, Constance L., Ed.; Finley, Ruth B., Ed. – 1994
A program was developed in Virginia to train Black and rural family caregivers of persons with dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease. This final program report begins with project briefs that summarize major products and findings, program objectives and accomplishments, and dissemination activities. Chapter 1 addresses issues related to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alzheimers Disease, Blacks, Community Resources
Di Benedetto, Victoria; Ortiz, Rachel – 1997
The Women in Technology (WIT) program at Texas' El Paso Community College (EPCC) was established to recruit women into nontraditional occupations, offering technical education, services to help retain women, and community outreach efforts to help change attitudes. This report describes outcomes for the 1996-97 fiscal year, focusing on six WIT…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Attitude Change, Building Trades, Community Colleges
Di Benedetto, Victoria; Ortiz, Rachel – 1995
Project Opportunity of the Women in Technology (WIT) program at Texas' El Paso Community College is designed to provide a bridge curriculum for women who choose to enter nontraditional vocational fields that furnishes marketable skills to low-income individuals, single parents, displaced homemakers, young pregnant women, and near-homeless women.…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Ancillary School Services, Career Exploration, Community Colleges
Ahmad, Mahassen – 1994
This report presents federally mandated evaluations and needs assessments conducted by the Texas Nutrition Education and Training (NET) program during Federal Fiscal Year 1994. General program performance of NET reflected an increase in the number of children in Texas and expansion in NET program activities. Needs assessment data collected from…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Day Care Centers, Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. – 1990
The Arlington (Virginia) Better Beginnings Coalition hired one full-time and one part-time employee to provide outreach services to out-of-school pregnant teens and teenage mothers. A career development specialist worked with outreach personnel and coordinated structured weekly prevocational training. Cooperating agencies identified 55 young women…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills, Dropout Programs
McManis, Michael A.; And Others – 1989
A study was conducted to examine the delivery of off-campus and out-of-district instruction in Missouri during fiscal year (FY) 1988. For the purposes of the study, "off-campus" referred to those courses offered by a four-year college at a location other than its principal campus, and "out-of-district" referred to courses…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Delivery Systems
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, Denver. – 1984
Policies of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education on the outreach program for adult students are outlined, along with procedures to be followed by participating institutions. The program encompasses both noncredit and credit instruction at all levels and may be offered on- or off-campus in traditional or nontraditional formats and time…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Adult Students, Board of Education Policy
Johnson, Karen R.; And Others – 1982
The University of Virginia's Outreach Nursing Program is described and evaluated. Information is provided on the results of a needs assessment, a feasibility study, and the early history of the off-campus program. Attention is directed to the geography of the outreach program area, the group of nurses from which the first class was selected,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, College Faculty, Educational Benefits
Longo, Paul J.; Donahue, Veronica – 1997
A study was undertaken to identify and describe some of the obstacles, especially sociolinguistic, that stand between Hispanic communities in rural Nelson County, Virginia and appropriate health care, so the barriers can be minimized through provision of culturally sensitive outreach services and health-literacy programming. The target population…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Problems, Community Health Services, Cultural Context
