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Vinson, Elizabeth A. – 1978
The study directs attention away from urban poverty to the nation's rural poor and how they are served by five public assistance programs: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and its Unemployed Fathers Component (AFDC-UF), Supplementary Security Income (SSI), Food Stamps (FS), and General Assistance. The 41% of the nation's poor who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Role, Community Programs, Demography
Hunt, James B., Jr. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Declaring that a "national emergency" exists in American education, the author outlines "Action for Excellence" recommendations developed by the Task Force on Education for Economic Growth, of which he was chairman, and discusses accomplishments in educational reform in the state of North Carolina, where he is governor. (JBM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Download full textContinuing Education Inst., Needham, MA. – 1997
The Adult Diploma Program is a high school equivalency program that is operated as a partnership between the Continuing Education Institute in Watertown, Massachusetts, and five area businesses. In early 1997, 36 of the program's 40 graduates were surveyed regarding their activities since graduation and their views of the program's usefulness to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Royce, Sherry, Ed. – 2000
This booklet contains profiles of nine outstanding adult learners from eight Pennsylvania counties who have been recognized for their educational achievements and for acknowledging the power of education in their lives and overcoming great personal difficulties to improve and enhance the quality of their lives and those of their families and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
MPR Associates, Berkeley, CA. – 2001
California's school-to-career (STC) efforts were examined in a statewide evaluation study that was initiated in December 2000 and scheduled for completion by June 2002. The study's first phase was assessed in an interim report that focused on the following major activities: (1) development of a white paper describing the STC's national and state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Case Studies
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 2002
The outcomes achieved by Australia's national vocational education and training (VET) system in 2001 were analyzed in terms of the following performance indicators: (1) recognized VET skill outputs; (2) stocks of skills versus desired levels; (3) employer satisfaction with VET; (4) student outcomes from VET; (5) participation, outputs, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education)
