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Implementing Teleconference Educational Programming in a Community College Consortium.
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Sweeney, Jan Flohr – Community Services Catalyst, 1983
Lists seven requisites for the implementation of community college teleconferencing. Describes the development of a consortium comprised of 15 Iowa community colleges and Iowa State University designed to increase educational program offerings using the community college telenet system. Analyzes results and problems and offers recommendations.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Educational Planning, Intercollegiate Cooperation
Community Services' Role in Economic Recovery.
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McDowell, Richard W. – Community Services Catalyst, 1984
Considers the community services divisions of Michigan's community colleges vital elements in economic recovery. Highlights Schoolcraft College's efforts to attract new businesses and assist existing companies through training and retraining programs. Discusses state support for economic development projects and the participation of community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Economic Development, Outreach Programs
Community as Classroom: Continuing Education for Community Development in the City of York.
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Shuttleworth, Dale E. – Community Services Catalyst, 1986
Describes the integrated model of action research/planning/development employed in the City of York to provide adult and continuing education opportunities through: (1) the Adult Day School; (2) community and continuing education classes initiated by the Board of Education; and (3) cooperative relationships between community organizations and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs
Meeting Critical Community Needs.
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Roueche, John E. – Community Services Catalyst, 1980
Urges community services planners to focus programs on critical human needs, such as literacy, and to think of the community as an extended family, pooling its resources to meet its members' basic needs. Suggests that community services be viewed as a gift without immediate demand for reciprocity. (AYC)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Community Needs, Community Services
Using CIDS with Displaced Workers.
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Amburgey, Lillian; Sanborn, Carleton H. – Community Services Catalyst, 1987
Discusses the use of the Virginia Vital Information for Education and Work program at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, with particular emphasis on career planning and placement services and outreach efforts. Highlights special displaced workers programs with industry. (DMM)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Planning, Community Services, Delivery Systems
Catalyst Exchange.
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Floyd, Debbie L., Comp. – Community Services Catalyst, 1981
Helen Buss Mitchell describes Howard Community College's (MD) cooperative police training program. Mary A. McQuaid considers Black Hawk College's (IL) Study Unlimited Program, which offers variable-entry, self-paced courses using instructional media at local libraries. (AYC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Education, Cooperative Programs
Meeting the Needs of the Community through Cooperation, Collaboration, and Community Outreach.
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Gordon, 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
Student Service Quality Assurance: A Model That Works.
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Edwards, Jim – Community Services Catalyst, 1993
Describes elements of the Student Service Quality Assurance model used at Butler County Community College to assure access to education, access to information via the library and various technological means, employee development, and student development through adjunct advising, career planning, student seminars, developmental studies, and peer…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Community Colleges, Delivery Systems
Management Strategy for Extending Services to Business.
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Bevelacqua, Joan – Community Services Catalyst, 1983
Describes the College of DuPage's Business and Professional Institute, which emphasizes nontraditional education/training methods and support from the business and professional communities. Discusses the Institute's assumptions, implementation strategies, and analysis of applicable program models. Explains the matrix management model that was…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Inplant Programs, Job Training
Educating Deaf Adults: The LaGuardia Community College Model. NCCSCE Working Paper Series.
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Khan, Fern J. – Community Services Catalyst, 1987
A description is provided of the development, students, program offerings, personnel, and funding of LaGuardia Community College's (LCC) Continuing Education Programs for Deaf Adults (PDA). First, introductory material describes the postsecondary educational options available to deaf adults, and highlights the community college's emerging role as…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Career Planning, Community Colleges, Continuing Education