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A Success Story for the Summer Youth Employment Training Program.
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Jackson, Linda S.; Whitten, Ann Y. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1986
Assesses the effectiveness of Northwest Mississippi Junior College's 1984 Summer Youth Employment Training Program, which involved 133 disadvantaged learners between the ages of 14 and 21 in an eight-week educational program focusing on remediation in mathematics and communication skills, career exploration, and job-search skills. Reviews related…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Career Exploration, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth
From WAC to MEW to MET: The Evolution of a More Effective Teaching Program.
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Raymond, Michael W. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Describes the evolution of Stetson University's More Effective Teaching Program (MET) from a writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) faculty development program to a voluntary collaborative learning and teaching project. Focuses on the grassroots work of a faculty committee to design and maintain the research-based program. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
Changing the Model: Working with Underprepared Students.
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Griffith, Marlene; And Others – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1988
Describes Laney College's Project Bridge, a basic skills program designed for underprepared community college students. Discusses the program's basic tenets (i.e., student-centered classrooms, the primacy of spoken language, and incorporation of minority group culture and international awareness). Considers the program's goals and organizational…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Ethnic Studies, Global Approach