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Business Council for Effective Literacy, New York, NY. – 1993
This directory provides, on a state-by-state basis, a listing of the key people and organizations to contact for information about services, planning, and needs in general and job-related adult literacy. The contacts can also provide how-to guidance to businesses and literacy groups wishing to develop workplace or work force basic skills programs.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Programs
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. Information Infrastructure Task Force. – 1993
The National Information Infrastructure (NII) is planned as a web of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that will put vast amounts of information at the users' fingertips. Private sector firms are beginning to develop this infrastructure, but essential roles remain for the Federal Government. The National…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administration, Agenda Setting, Computer Networks
Wills, Deborah – 1998
The nature of the World Wide Web poses considerable challenges for the scholar or student who wishes to identify and locate Web resources of use to research. In contrast to the Web, the traditional library can be seen as a well-defined and organized physical space. An awareness of the successes, challenges and on-going projects involving library…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
Royce, Sherry, Ed. – 1991
This guide provides adult literacy practitioners with a sampling of 103 exemplary professional development resources. It is designed to address the broad needs and interests of adult literacy practitioners and is intended as a resource guide for out-of-field professionals, who are being called upon to perform adult literacy services. Books,…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Book Reviews
Barbieri, Marty – 1991
This handbook explains how to develop, equip, and staff a Career Resource Center. Following the introductory material, 10 sections contain lists of information sources and materials under the following headings: (1) reference materials; (2) employability skills resources; (3) employability skills curriculum; (4) films and videos; (5) computer…
Descriptors: Career Centers, Career Counseling, Career Information Systems, Career Planning
Thormann, Joan, Ed.; And Others – 1991
This guide for school administrators interested in technology integration in the curriculum was developed from discussions at the Technology Integration Seminar held in March, 1991. The guide is divided into five chapters covering various administrative responsibilities and action steps. The first chapter presents an overview and identifies…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Hartle, Terry W.; Wabnick, Richard – 1983
Trends in the level of borrowing by graduate and professional students, and the capacity of students to repay their education debt are considered. In addition, sources of debt data and implications of this information for national student aid and data collection policy are addressed. Attention is also directed to levels of indebtedness between…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Data Collection, Debt (Financial), Doctoral Degrees
Dwyer, David J.; Yankee, Everyl – 1985
A directory of the 82 African languages given high priority for instruction in the United States contains a profile for each language that includes its classification and where it is spoken, the number of speakers, dialect situation, usage, orthography status, and listings of related human and institutional resources for the purpose of…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afro Asiatic Languages, Dialects, Educational Policy
Berry, Stan, Comp. – 1985
Advice for foreign students about postsecondary education in the United States is presented. An overview of U.S. education covers postsecondary levels, accreditation, the academic year, and courses and grades. Steps that should be taken before applying for admission include using existing information, selecting programs and institutions, and…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Choice
Hull, Daniel M.; Prescott, Carolyn A. – 1984
This guide is intended to assist counselors by providing occupational information about high-technology careers and by providing background information about high technology and its potential impact on the entire occupational structure. The first chapter defines the term "high technology" and includes an overview of how technology is…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Classroom Techniques, Counseling Techniques, Definitions
Pyeritz, Reed E.; Conant, Julia – 1984
This introduction to the Marfan syndrome, a heritable disorder of connective tissue primarily affecting the bones and ligaments, eyes, cardiovascular system, and lungs, is intended for a general audience. The question-and-answer format was chosen by individuals with the syndrome to reflect their major questions and concerns. It incorporates the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Attitudes, Cardiovascular System
Schroeder, Wayne E.; Butler, Roy L. – 1987
A study examined the role of trade associations in vocational education programming. The primary objectives of the study were to identify ways to improve vocational education planning through greater involvement of trade associations in ways other than as suppliers of labor market information and to determine whether national or state trade…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Educational Cooperation
Lundin, Janet, Ed.; Smith, Theodore, Ed. – 1984
Information about college preparation programs, opportunities for leadership experiences, funding sources, and resource organizations is presented to help schools develop preparatory programs for youths currently underrepresented in higher education. The following qualities of an effective university and college opportunities (UCO) program are…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Ancillary School Services, Career Planning
Jacobson, Steven A.; McGary, Jane, Ed. – 1984
This is one of a series of handbooks designed to assist classroom teachers, bilingual-bicultural education and special education program staff, counselors, and school administrators in instructional services for students from native Alaskan language groups. The unique sociocultural and linguistic characteristics of Yup'ik speakers as they relate…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Bilingual Education, Cultural Influences, Dialects
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for the Berber languages, minority languages spoken in northern Africa, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the Berber language,…
Descriptors: Berber Languages, Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries
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