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Download full textEkstrom, Ruth B. – 1981
A project was designed to develop a process by which the life experiences of women could be assessed for entry into employment and for entry into or advanced placement in vocational education programs. Following a review of literature and interviews to determine the approaches currently used to accredit women's life experience learning,…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Credentials, Employment Qualifications
Hoeber, Daniel R. – 1981
A program was developed at Mercy College, Detroit, to reduce attrition among conditionally admitted, full-time (CAFT) students--about one quarter of entering students at this small, urban, four-year college. The very high attrition rate among CAFT students (95%) was found to be unrelated to academic performance or program quality, and solutions to…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Counselor Role, Dropout Characteristics, Faculty Development
Conti, Gary J. – 1982
A 3-day conference was held to generate the goals for Adult Basic Education (ABE) in Texas for the remainder of the decade, to examine barriers to and bridges for accomplishing these goals, and to propose strategies for implementing these goals. During the conference, 19 participants (including directors, supervisors, teachers, university faculty…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Change Strategies, Educational Finance
Amarel, Marianne; Chittenden, Edward A. – 1982
While the initial phases of instructional program development are heavily dependent on knowledge sources outside the classroom, knowledge developed in the classroom by the individual teacher is usually vital to program implementation. Interviews with teachers, principals, and district administrators connected with four urban elementary schools…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Decision Making, Elementary Education
Fullan, Michael – 1982
This book is concerned with educational change affecting elementary and secondary schools in the United States and Canada. A wide range of innovative programs are discussed as examples of the practical meaning of change, including projects involving various curriculum areas, microcomputers, career education, open-concept schools, desegregation,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adoption (Ideas), Consultants, Educational Attitudes
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1980
This report examines selected public sector direct job creation schemes that were in operation in 1977-1978 in Canada, Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Based on responses to a questionnaire and discussions with officials in the five countries, the information presented in the report is not intended to evaluate any one…
Descriptors: Age, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status, Educational Attainment
Connecticut State Board of Higher Education, Hartford. – 1979
Recommendations of the Connecticut Board of Higher Education regarding changes in the organization and structure of the public higher education system are reviewed, and recent policy initiatives of the board concerning student access, program planning, and capital investment and financing are described. Additionally, the background for the board's…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Budgeting, Educational Facilities Planning, Educational Finance
Cohen, Judy; And Others – 1981
This manual is designed to aid volunteer tutors to use the LEX [language experience] Process for English Reading Instruction Manual (see note) to provide survival and functional English as a second language (ESL) to immigrant and minority people. The Process employs the methods of "language experience" in response to the widely varied language…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Lankard, Bettina; And Others – 1981
This teaching guide is a part of those materials developed for the Work Maturity Skills Training Program. (The Work Maturity Skills Training Program is a set of individualized competency-based units that are designed to help participants develop the competencies they need to find and retain jobs.) Following a brief description of the purpose and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Career Education, Communication Skills, Competence
Schwartz, Lila; Voorhees, Anita E. – 1979
Initiated as an innovative approach to career development, the Women in the Technologies (WITT) program aimed at the elimination of barriers to career advancement arising from sex stereotype related problems on the job. The process involved (1) establishment of linkages with business and industrial organizations, (2) presentation of a "needs…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance
Wurzburg, Gregory – 1980
Using a case study approach, an eighteen-month review assessed the implementation of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) in thirty-seven prime sponsorships in twelve states. Most states showed progress in establishing a role for local educational agencies in the prime sponsor employment and training service matrix. But too…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Felton, Mimi Edge – 1979
Based on experience gained during the development of the Planters Employee Training (PET) program in cooperation with the Suffolk City Schools, Virginia, this handbook provides guidelines for similar cooperative adult basic education (CABE) programs. The table of contents is arranged in the order in which the CABE/PET program was developed and…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Bilger, Phyllis – 1979
This final report presents five products of a health occupations project conducted (1) to update health occupations data, (2) to field test a performance-based curriculum in secondary programs, and (3) to develop materials (domain-referenced tests) to predetermine student and/or job incumbent competencies prior to entrance into a developed…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Competence, Competency Based Education
Bernard, Martine; James, Walter – 1981
These proceedings of a workshop on the role of adult education in the development of rural areas consists of a report on the workshop, general conclusions drawn at the workshop, and its recommendations on future works. Discussed in the workshop report are the analysis of the situation in rural areas and specific development needs of rural areas,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
The National Council on Vocational Education believes that the new Vocational Education Act should focus on the development of the human capital that is essential to any efforts to revitalize our nation's productivity. This will require program improvement for training and retraining in new high-technology occupations, access to programs by…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Correctional Education, Demand Occupations, Disabilities
