NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 16 to 27 of 27 results Save | Export
Wilhelms, Fred T., Ed. – 1979
The results of a one-year project to determine the status of provisions for consumer education throughout the country are reported in this document. A section on the observations and recommendations of the advisory committee of the consumer's education project serves as the document's introduction. Part I, background and overview, analyzes the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Consumer Education, Educational Policy, Federal State Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Pogrund, R.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
The Joint Action Committee of Organizations of and Serving the Visually Handicapped is a coalition of 24 California consumer, parent, and professional organizations; agencies; and product distributors. This article highlights coalition accomplishments in the areas of information dissemination, public policy influence, and public education and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Blindness, Consumer Education, Cooperative Programs
Cooper, Richard Magill – 1974
The study attempts to survey and record the opinions of high school seniors on the vocational and consumer aspects of their formal education. Following a brief overview of the literature related to current vocational and consumer education programs is a description of the survey instrument and the study sample--two San Diego (California) County…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Planning, Consumer Education
Holzkamper, Charlot, Ed. – 1970
"Insights" presents the texts of the major addresses, panel reactions, and proceedings of the first State-wide conference on consumer and home-making education, entitled "The Challenge of Change." A theme that emerged was the need for greater cooperation between classroom and community in teaching students not only about the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Conference Reports, Conferences
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1977
The purpose of the project reported here involving six high schools and one community college in California was to implement and evaluate consumer education curriculum models comprised of instructional modules developed by teachers in each of the participating schools. After presenting a brief overview of the project, this report describes the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consumer Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Foster, Lisa K. – California State Library, 2004
Postsecondary education in California includes public community colleges and universities, private nonprofit colleges and universities, and private proprietary and for-profit schools. While small in number compared with public and private nonprofit institutions, proprietary and for-profit schools and career colleges are growing and serving an…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Enrollment Trends, Consumer Education, Adult Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Fink, Ira – Planning for Higher Education, 1982
A brief overview of faculty housing assistance programs in California and the United States is given. Any campus embarking on a faculty housing program must look at a number of factors and should counsel faculty so they may be informed consumers. College housing programs must be responsive to market changes. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Housing, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1976
The document consititutes Part 1 of the California State Plan for Vocational Education and provides the policies and procedures that will apply to the operation of the various phases of vocational education that qualify for financial support from the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968. It is based upon guidelines mandated by the U.S. Office…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Consumer Education, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Mount San Antonio Community Coll. District, Walnut, CA. – 1991
In August 1990, a statewide inservice training project for two-year college home economics instructors was initiated by the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges. The project's three main objectives were to: (1) identify inservice priority needs through a review of existing data from previous home economics projects; (2) plan,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Consumer Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Mount San Antonio Coll., Walnut, CA. – 1993
In an effort to improve community college home economics programs, the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges established the Center for Consumer Home Economics Education (CCHEE) to provide support services for colleges receiving home economics MiniGrants, to establish linkages between colleges and the Chancellor's Office, and to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges, Consumer Education, Educational Finance
Kim, Yungho; Wright, Calvin E. – 1989
A study determined the perceptions of recent completers of California community college vocational programs and their employers regarding the job-related competencies and knowledge of general education the completers should possess in order to succeed and advance in their careers. Completers had received degrees or certificates in either…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education, Community Colleges
Baker, Octave V.; Steinaker, Norman – 1978
This description of career education activities in Ontario-Montclair School District (California), was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Planning, Community Involvement
« Previous Page | Next Page
Pages: 1  |  2