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Postsecondary Transitions for Youth in Appalachia's Central Subregions: A Review of Education Research, 1995-2015
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Kannapel, Patricia J.; Flory, Michael A. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2017
This article reviews research on issues surrounding postsecondary transitions for youth in middle (North Central, Central, and South Central) Appalachia, a region that faces numerous education challenges because of its geography, poverty, and economy. Examining published research and data from 1995 to 2015, the review seeks to inform education…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Postsecondary Education, Rural Youth, Educational Research
California Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) Regional Networks as Self-Sustaining Communities of Practice
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Mullen, Adrienne Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The Basic Skills Report for California Community Colleges (2007) stresses the importance of comprehensive training and development opportunities for all faculty (tenured and part-time), administrators and staff members who work with underprepared students. With such a large number of academically underprepared students entering the community…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communities of Practice, Regional Cooperation, Regional Programs
Crossing Frontiers: Multi-College Organizational Development on a Shoestring.
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Parsons, Michael H. – 1982
The pressures engendered by the scarce resources of the 1980s demand the development of new organizational designs that respond to local cultural, economic, and social needs. In the Cumberland and Shenandoah Valleys, a four-state region containing 12 postsecondary institutions, a voluntary association of colleges was formed to solve mutual and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Financial Problems
ATE Regional Centers: CCRC Final Report
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Reid, Monica; Jacobs, Jim; Ivanier, Analia; Morest, Vanessa Smith – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2007
The purpose of this research study was to determine the role of regional centers in the Advanced Technical Education (ATE) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Conducted by the Community College Research Center (CCRC), the researchers began by asking whether the concept of a regional center was unique and useful to NSF's goals of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Technical Education
Entrepreneurship Models.
Finger Lakes Regional Education Center for Economic Development, Mount Morris, NY. – 1987
This guide describes seven model programs that were developed by the Finger Lakes Regional Center for Economic Development (New York) to meet the training needs of female and minority entrepreneurs to help their businesses survive and grow and to assist disabled and dislocated workers and youth in beginning small businesses. The first three models…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business Administration, Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs
Educational Resource Sharing. Conference Report.
Angelis, Jane, Ed. – 1983
These proceedings consist of papers presented at a conference devoted to educational resource sharing. Included in the volume are the following papers: "Educational Resource Sharing: The Challenge for Illinois" by Lewis D. Patterson; "Resource Sharing: The Test Is Yet to Come," by John W. Huther; "A Response to the…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Consortia, Cooperative Planning