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Weiss, Michael J.; Visher, Mary; Weissman, Evan – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
Community college stakeholders are searching with increasing urgency for approaches with the potential to improve the success rates for community college students, particularly those in need of developmental education. "Learning communities," which place cohorts of students together in two or more courses for one semester, are a popular…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Developmental Studies Programs
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, TN. – 1972
Directed primarily toward increasing utilization of industrial resources for training and development of disadvantaged persons, Training and Technology (TAT) activities for 1971 included: (1) development and implementation of experimental approaches to program development and operation, (2) technical support for university-conducted related…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Demonstration Programs
Southeastern Education Lab., Atlanta, GA. – 1967
This document describes the workshop, its objectives, and its participants; presents activity plan proposals for the pilot schools; and evaluates the effectiveness of the workshop in achieving its objectives. Four appendixes include (1) a list of the workshop participants; (2) a schedule of the work conference program; (3) the activity plan…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change, Educational Experiments
National Commission on Resources for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1969
A new type of Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) job station was tested by the National Commission on Resources for Youth, Inc. The objective of this demonstration project was to explore the feasibility and value of establishing a "model" in-school NYC program whereby disadvantaged youth work as tutors for younger children. The program model, "Youth…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Attitudes