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Download full textPriest, Simon – 1996
Experience-based training and development (EBTD), also known as Outdoor Management Development (OMD) in Great Britain and corporate adventure training (CAT) in Canada and Australia, is a field that uses adventure activities to bring beneficial change to organizations, primarily corporations. Activities used in EBTD and CAT programs include…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Corporate Education, Educational Research, Experiential Learning
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
The General Accounting Office (GAO) interviewed national and regional Job Corps officials and conducted site visits to 14 Job Corps outreach, admissions, and placement contractors for two purposes: to determine whether the Department of Labor's (DOL's) policy guidance on Job Corps eligibility was consistent with legislation and regulations and to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Eligibility, Employment Programs, Enrollment
Armstrong, William B.; Lewis, Mary; Neult, Lynn C. – 1996
In compliance with the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and as part of an effort to evaluate staff development and disability education efforts, the colleges in California's San Diego Community College District undertook focus group evaluations of key campus constituents in fall 1996. At the district's Miramar College, focus groups were…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accessibility (for Disabled), Administrator Attitudes, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Armstrong, William B.; Turingan, Maria R.; Bersentes, Gina H. – 1997
Following an initial effort in 1994, the Educators Exchange Program 1996 (EEP-96) was the second project completed under a training and educational exchange agreement reached between California's San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) and the republic of Mexico. In EEP-96, the district provided a five-week technological training program to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Exchange Programs, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Sterling Municipal Library, Baytown, TX. – 1992
The Sterling Municipal Library (Baytown, Texas) has conducted an adult literacy project since 1986. The project provides uses Literacy Volunteers of America methodology to teach basic reading as well as English as a second language to all adults with low literacy skills who request the services. No fees are charged for the services. A special…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Family Literacy, Family Programs
Grubb, W. Norton; Badway, Norena – 1998
The cooperative education program at LaGuardia Community College, New York, incorporates seminars that integrate school- and work-based learning. In the seminars, students examine issues related to work in general, the organizations in which they are placed, and the ways in which their academic preparation is applied at the work site. The…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education
Bragg, Debra D. – 1998
Since the passage of the Carl D. Perkins legislation in 1990 and the School to Work Opportunities Act (STWOA) in 1994, considerable funds and effort have been put into tech prep and school-to-work programs. To determine the extent to which these programs actually improve educational opportunities for students, case studies were undertaken of six…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes
Reiff, Tana – 1997
This package includes the final report and selected products of the Adult education eXpress Intercommunication Support (AXIS) project, which was conducted to facilitate communication related to professional development services administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Coordination
Preston, David L. – 1998
This paper describes the activities and thoughts that went into the development and implementation of Brazosport College's institutional effectiveness (IE) model. The Community College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CCSEQ) was used to collect data on student satisfaction, and to provide constructs to use as outcome indicators for evaluating…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
Somekh, Bridget; Tinklin, Teresa; Edwards, Lynne; Mackay, Ron – 1996
This report assesses implementation, knowledge, understanding, and use of the National Record of Achievement (NRA) in all sectors in Scotland in 1995. The report also seeks to identify problem areas and examples of good practice and make recommendations for the future development and promotion of the NRA in Scotland. The NRA is a United…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning
Barnett, W. Steven, Ed.; Boocock, Sarane Spence, Ed. – 1998
A major objective of this collection is to involve researchers in a wide range of disciplines who share an interest in the long-term effects of early childhood education on poor children and their families. The book begins with a series of reviews that provide general overviews of research on the long-term effects of early childhood education. The…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Early Parenthood
Bailey, Thomas; Hughes, Katherine; Barr, Tavis – 1998
A study examined employer involvement in the school-to-work (STW) internship strategy by comparing characteristics of participating employers to a sample of nonparticipants. The five STW programs chosen for study were ones in which students spent a significant amount of time in work-based learning outside the classroom. A telephone survey gathered…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Employer Attitudes
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1998
This document is the report of a policy forum on interim alternative educational settings for students with disabilities involved in disciplinary actions. The report summarizes outcomes of discussions on the following topics: (1) purpose and goals of the interim alternative educational setting; (2) components of interim alternative educational…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 1997
In this report the Ohio Legislative Office of Education Oversight discusses five Ohio programs designed to serve at-risk high school students and examines their possible overlap. The report describes the goals, strategies, and structure of the following programs: (1) Occupational Work Experience (OWE), a 1-year vocational program of classroom…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs, Early Parenthood
Metropolitan Community Colleges of Kansas City, MO. – 1994
The WorkAbility Program was a 3-year project initiated in October 1991 by the Metropolitan Community Colleges (MCC) in Kansas City, Missouri, to increase the employability of students with disabilities by addressing needs for career counseling, mentoring, job search skills preparation, and career-related work experiences. The five sections of this…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
