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Download full textPalmer, James C., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2000
This issue of New Directions for Community Colleges focuses on ways of establishing and sustaining collaborative work between colleges and local school districts. Chapters included are: (1) "Building Bridges or Barriers? Public Policies That Facilitate or Impede Linkages between Community Colleges and Local School Districts" (Katherine Boswell);…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, Community Colleges, Elementary Secondary Education
Hollifield, John H., Ed. – Research and Development Report, 1994
Parent involvement in their children's schooling declines dramatically as students move through middle school and high school, though students still want and need their parents' help to reach educational goals. This newsletter presents several articles on partnerships between schools and families and between families and community programs. The…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Family Literacy, Family Programs, Family School Relationship
Peer reviewedCarpenter, Don A., Ed. – Focus, 1988
Designed as a forum for the exchange of ideas on teaching and learning in Utah's community colleges, this journal presents a series of essays by college faculty. The September 1988 issue contains: (1) "The Community College Academic Environment--And Me," by Timothy R. Bywater, which highlights the strengths of Dixie College, including…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Book Reviews, College Environment, College Faculty
Robertson, Piedad F., Ed.; Chapman, Brian G., Ed.; Gaskin, Fred, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2001
The spring 2001 issue of "New Directions for Community Colleges" discusses concurrent enrollment programs and the challenges and issues associated with developing and maintaining such programs. Chapters include: (1) "State Policy and Postsecondary Enrollment Options: Creating Seamless Systems" (Katherine Boswell); (2) "A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment, Educational Policy
Armstrong, Nancy – Illinois Rural Life Panel Summary Report, 1993
The Illinois Rural Life Panel, a sample of approximately 2,000 residents living in Illinois' 76 nonmetropolitan counties, is surveyed annually about various issues. The 1993 survey results are reported in four brief summaries. In the first summary, which discusses health care, panelists indicated dissatisfaction with the current health-care…
Descriptors: Community Services, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Services
The Institute Brief, 1995
This brief discusses the transition of high school students with disabilities to adult life. Federal law provisions that require a transition plan for all students who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) are reviewed and a checklist is provided that outlines positive transition planning practices that can be used for self-evaluation and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Check Lists, Community Programs, Disabilities
Barnett, Elisabeth, Ed. – Update on Research and Leadership, 2001
This issue of On Research and Leadership Update (v13 n1) focuses on the concerns surrounding dual enrollment and dual credit. "Dual Enrollment Programs: Assessing the American Dream," by Katherine Boswell, addresses the problems inherent in development of these programs when institutions fail to collaborate with one another in an effective way.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment, Educational Innovation
Hixson, Bruce, Ed. – General College Newsletter, 1982
Programs and projects receiving outside financial support at the General College, University of Minnesota, are described in several articles. In "Balancing Career Preparations and Liberal Learning: A Project Funded by the Northwest Area Foundation," Roger Larson describes the extension of General College courses and programs into the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, Asian Americans
Arizona Board of Regents, Phoenix. – 1988
Volume One of a report by the Arizona Board of Regents' independent citizen commission to examine the performance of the state's three public universities presents background material on the formation of the task force, a final report, and a summary of recommendations. It then presents 27 working papers in two sections. Section 1, Ethnic Minority…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Blue Ribbon Commissions
