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Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee. – 1992
This study was prepared in response to Specific Appropriation 577A of the 1991 General Appropriations Act, Chapter 91-193, Laws of Florida, by the Florida Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, of community college programs and courses offered in academic year 1990-91 to obtain an overview of the types of course funding arrangements which…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, College Programs, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Download full textFlorida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1994
This report presents the findings of an educational plant survey conducted for the University of Florida during March 1994. The survey is designed to assist the university in developing a plan for housing the programs and services that it provides. The report includes an overview of the university's history and purpose, enrollment trends, academic…
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Buildings, College Programs
Haro, Roberto P.; And Others – 1994
This study sought to identify and analyze critical factors in a Hispanic student's decision to persist or drop out at California state four-year institutions. In-depth telephone interviews with 151 Hispanic American students at five University of California campuses and seven California State University campuses were conducted. The interviews…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Programs, College Students, Decision Making
Khawaja, Sarfraz; And Others – 1991
A study was made of the 36 polytechnic institutions in Pakistan in order to describe the nature of their academic programs and their relevance to the job market. Responses to questionnaires were received from 545 of 1,000 graduates, 34 of 36 principals of institutions, and 25 employers of the 184 graduates who were employed. Some of the findings…
Descriptors: College Programs, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Programs for the Improvement of Practice. – 1993
Goal 5 of the National Education Goals states that by the year 2000 every adult American will be literate and possess knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy. An in-depth review of current research and literature on issues related to adult literacy and lifelong learning was conducted. The review focused on the following…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Citizenship Education, College Programs
Hurst, Darrell, Ed.; Jobin, Robert, Ed. – VCCA Journal, 1990
Volume 5 of the "VCCA Journal" contains the following articles: (1) "Outcomes Assessment Weather Forecast: A Cold Wind Blowing from the North," by David C. Hanson; (2) "The National Endowment for the Humanities Grant at Piedmont Virginia Community College," by Evelyn Edson, Jane Kingston, William Owen, and Samuel…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment, College Planning, College Programs
Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education, Guelph (Ontario). – 1985
These proceedings contain 28 papers (20 in English and 8 in French), including the following: "Beyond Ideology: The Case of the Corporate Classroom" (Zinman); "De quelques dimensions paradoxales de l'education interculturelle" (Ollivier); "Ideology, Indoctrination and the Language of Physics" (Winchester);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students
Fullen, Jim, Ed. – OATYC Journal, 1991
Published by the Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges, the "OATYC Journal" is designed to provide a medium for sharing concepts, methods, and findings relevant to the classroom, and an open forum for the discussion and review of problems. This 16th volume of the journal, consisting of the fall 1990 and spring 1991 issues, contains the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Programs, College Role, Community Colleges
Northampton Community Coll., Bethlehem, PA. – 1991
This document contains needs assessments used by Northampton Community College to develop training courses for a business-industry technology resource center for firms in eastern Pennsylvania. The following needs assessments are included: (1) individual skills survey for workers at Keystone Cement Company; (2) Keystone group skills survey; (3)…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Computer Science
Strommer, Diane W., Ed. – 1993
This monograph offers seven case studies and supporting papers on university colleges and undergraduate divisions and their role in shaping the freshman college experience. An introductory section offers a preface, information on the authors and a first chapter "University Colleges Today" by Diane W. Strommer which examines the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Colleges, Case Studies, College Curriculum
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1993
The structural and curricular changes currently being experienced by British further education (FE) colleges pose special challenges for FE colleges committed to providing for vocational students with disabilities and learning difficulties. Despite great progress in the area of expanding the educational opportunities available to disabled persons,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Attitude Change, Change Strategies
Upcraft, M. Lee, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This monograph contains 14 papers on all aspects of college and university student and family orientation programs. The papers are: (1) "Orienting Today's Students" by M. Lee Upcraft; (2) "Theoretical Perspectives on Orientation" by Michael Dannells; (3) "Trends and Issues in Orientation Programs" by Gerry Strumpf and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Instruction, College Programs, College Role
Barker, Kathryn Chang – 1991
The pilot Job Effectiveness Training (JET) workplace basic skills program, developed by Canada's Alberta Vocational College (AVC), Edmonton, for Stelco Steel during 1989-90, was evaluated in terms of impacts or changes from the perspective of the four major stakeholder groups: the students (12 Stelco employees); the employers (Stelco management);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, College Programs
Cook, Lauraine – 1991
This compilation of resources for district planning in 1990-91 provides an overview of demographic, personnel, financial, facilities, and curriculum issues for the Kern Community College District (California) and its member institutions, Bakersfield, Cerro Coso, and Porterville colleges. The 10 sections of the document cover: (1) General…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Planning, College Programs, Community Colleges
McIntyre, William A.; Blankenstein, Ronald G. – 1984
A program is being conducted by New Hampshire Vocational-Technical College in partnership with Sanders Associates, Inc., a rapidly growing electronics company, to retrain Sanders employees as electronic technicians. The program, requiring 720 hours and taking 13 months to complete, allows students to acquire more than half the credits needed for…
Descriptors: College Programs, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Planning
