ERIC Number: ED378354
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: 146
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ISBN: ISBN-0-907659-83-7
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Serving Communities.
Brook, Les, Ed.
This book contains 15 articles about various aspects of community further education (FE) programs in Great Britain, including program rationales/benefits, administration, and delivery. The following articles are included: "Foreword" (Bradshaw); "Commitment to Community Is Good Business and Practical Politics" (Brook); "Can We Serve Communities in the Market-Place?" (Johnston); "The Community Profile as a Key to Growth and Equity" (Powell, Buffton); "More and Different: Funding Regimes and Community FE" (Tuckett, Powell); "Taking Education and Training into the Community: East Birmingham College" (Addey); "Serving Communities that Lose Their Livelihoods: The Miners of South Wales" (Trotman, Francis); "Mobilising Communities for Learning: The Sheffield Black Literacy Campaign" (Gurnah); "Community Access to Further Education through Open College Credits" (Webb, Redhead); "Supporting Visually Impaired Students in Vocational Education" (Connell); "When I Get Old..." (Soulsby); "The College in the Countryside" (Cathles, Fazaeli); "Efficient and Effective--and Serving the Community" (Sawyer); "Ireland: Serving a Divided Community" (Shanahan); "Serving the Community: Community Colleges in the USA" (Evans); and "An Education and an Economy for Survival: Committed to Communities in Latin America" (conversation of Luna, Gardener, and Brook translated by Payne). (MN)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Education, Delivery Systems, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Literacy Education, Older Adults, Open Universities, Program Administration, Relevance (Education), Retraining, Role of Education, Rural Areas, Rural Education, School Business Relationship, School Community Relationship, Training Methods, Visual Impairments, Vocational Education
Staff College, Coombe Lodge, Blagdon, Bristol BS18 6RG, England, United Kingdom (11.50 British pounds).
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Collected Works - General
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Staff Coll., Bristol (England).
Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain); United States
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