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| Community Services Catalyst | 5 |
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| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 5 |
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Peer reviewedRousseau, Paul – Community Services Catalyst, 1986
Suggests creative uses for noncredit activities; e.g., to cost-effectively offer professional development activities and to foster lifelong learning during college attendance. Underscores the importance of clearly stated goals in planning noncredit activities, offering of St. Clair College's Winter Workshop Week for human services professionals as…
Descriptors: College Role, Continuing Education, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSnowdon, Bill – Community Services Catalyst, 1986
Describes the involvement of the Moncton Campus of the New Brunswick Community College and Correctional Service of Canada in offering vocational training programs at Dorchester Penitentiary, a maximum security facility. Provides an assessment of the program from the teacher's point of view. (AYC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Correctional Education
Peer reviewedPaul, Ross – Community Services Catalyst, 1986
Reviews the major successes and failures of Athabasca University's efforts to extend access to a credible and academically sound university education to adult Canadians, largely through home-study packages. Discusses issues including rural/urban student differences, the role of tutors, adult student needs, student preparedness, and organizational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedGordon, Alan – Community Services Catalyst, 1986
Describes three goal-oriented strategies used by St. Clair College-Thames Campus (Chatham, Ontario) to meet the needs of the community: cooperation with other major providers of continuing adult education; collaboration with the Kent County Board of Education to obtain updated and upgraded technical equipment; and community outreach to assess…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Needs, Community Services, Continuing Education
Peer reviewedWhitaker, Janet – Community Services Catalyst, 1990
Describes a cooperative international education project involving Adelaide College (South Australia), Rio Salado Community College (Arizona), and Austin Community College (Texas). Considers each institution's contributions, program goals (e.g., cross-cultural sharing of experiences by students studying a similar subject, bridging long distances…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Cultural Awareness, Distance Education
