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Mortrude, Judy; Cielinski, Anna – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2017
In January 2016, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) commenced an 18-month project to study the implementation of California's Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG) initiative. AEBG's purpose is "to improve coordination and better serve the needs of adult learners within each region." CLASP set out to foster greater understanding…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Block Grants, Educational Finance, Program Implementation
Moore, Coleen; Venezia, Andrea; Lewis, Jodi; Lefkovitz, Bina – Education Insights Center, 2015
As education reforms increasingly focus on the needs of students as they cross education systems and enter the workforce, regional partnerships, or consortia, are developing across the country to meet a wide range of students' needs. While regional partnerships have existed in different forms for decades to serve community needs, current…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Geographic Regions, Consortia, Sustainability
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2015
The California Community Colleges serve more than 2.1 million students and is the largest system of higher education in the nation. The state's 112 colleges provide workforce training, teach basic math and English, and prepare students for transfer to four-year universities and colleges. Senate Bill 852 established the Career Technical Education…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Weaver, Roger – Independent School, 2011
Independent schools are increasingly placing significant priority on community service and understand the important messages about social and personal responsibility that these programs convey to students, along with the invaluable hands-on, real-world experience that they get in community service work. And while student community service is…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Private Schools, Partnerships in Education, Public Schools
Giles, Ray, Ed. – Community College League of California, 2007
This Winter 2007 quarterly newsletter from the Community College League of California includes: (1) Incumbents: Some Win, Some Lose in November Trustee Elections; (2) Voters Approve $2 Billion in Bonds; (3) Photos from the "Together We Can" conference; (4) Report, Media Criticize Transfer, Completion Rates and Colleges; (5) District…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Elections, Journal Articles, Trustees
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Gleazer, Edmund J., Jr., Ed.; Yarrington, Roger, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1974
In a time of urgent need for cooperation among educational institutions, the community college may have a unique opportunity to serve as a bridge or means of communication, hence an agent in coordination. The articles presented here focus on coordination and cooperation: mechanisms for cooperation among higher education associations; ways of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Consortia, Coordination