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Smith, Jeff E.; Henderson, Cathy – 1982
A bibliography on enrollment, student retention/attrition, and desegregation in higher education is presented, including an introduction by Cathy Henderson. The bibliography covers publications from the early 1960s through 1981 and contains 501 entries, which are presented alphabetically by author. The bibliography is the result of research…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Students
Smith, Ian D., Comp. – 1980
This first of the two-part proceedings of an Australian Conference on Youth schooling and unemployment contains the texts of 26 research papers. Focus of the papers is on educational practices and specific problems in educational research. Topics covered in individual reports include student perceptions of specific courses; quantification in case…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Disabilities, Dropouts
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
Four hearings were held during 1979 by the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education (NACVE) to determine the status of vocational education in correctional institutions. Testimony from 106 witnesses from 27 states led to the overall conclusion that the current level and quality of correctional vocational education is not adequate to…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Finance
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1981
In an attempt to stimulate discussion on directions and priorities for the California community colleges (CCC), this monograph examines six issues likely to affect the colleges during the 1980's. The monograph first reviews recent literature pointing to an erosion of the colleges' transfer, vocational, and general education functions and then…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, College Role
Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities, Toronto. – 1981
This paper raises 15 issues concerning the system of adult education in Ontario. Underlying these issues are three fundamental questions posed by the paper: (1) To what extent, if any, should the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities commit themselves to a philosophy of lifelong education?, (2) Given the extent of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Hippolitus, Paul, Ed.; And Others – 1979
This document provides a "blueprint for action," based on the findings of Pathways to Employment II, a national meeting designed to identify local, state, and national strategies for improving the opportunities available to disabled youth for education, training, and employment. Following a statement of the problem, and a summary of the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Agency Cooperation, Attitudes, Credit (Finance)

Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1978
Recommendations for state and federal policies on need-based student assistance are presented in this position paper from the Education Commission of the States. Student assistance is viewed as one of the most effective ways of meeting state and national goals for expanding access and choice in postsecondary education. The importance of effective…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Federal Programs

Allison, Derek J. – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1983
In 1981 Northland School Division (Northern Alberta) enrolled 2,500 pupils, 98% of them Native children. Northland's educational history shows "failure to provide even a minimally adequate level of educational services to its students." Three official inquiries indicate overall lack of purpose as chief impediment of progress; recommends…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Involvement
Thompson, Lisa; Tullis, Ericka; Franke, Todd; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
The UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities (CHCFC) has developed the School Readiness Critical Pathways (SRCPs) as an evidence-based conceptual model that links related outcomes and strategies. This helps to organize an array of broad and diffuse evidence regarding the strategies that produce school readiness outcomes for…
Descriptors: Young Children, Strategic Planning, School Readiness, Models
Irish National Association of Adult Education, Dublin. – 2002
In January 2002, Ireland's minister of state announced the establishment of the National Adult Learning Council to take effect in March 2002. One of the council's priorities will be to establish local adult learning boards (LALBs) to oversee development and delivery of adult education. An Irish government white paper recommended that LALBs'…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Advisory Committees
Grubb, W. Norton – 2002
Individuals in liberal societies have to construct their own conceptions of who they are and what career(s) they should prepare for as opposed to being told by families, schools, or communities. The trends toward providing more and more career information is a valuable component of an overall policy to prepare individuals to make decisions for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Constructivism (Learning)
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1997
This document proposes an agenda for globalizing agricultural science and education which has implications for higher education, research, and extension programs at land-grant and similar universities. To enhance global competitiveness of U.S. agriculture through human resource development, institutions are urged to: globalize undergraduate and…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agriculture

Sedlak, Robert A.; Cartwright, G. Phillip – Change, 1997
Outlines lessons learned by the University of Wisconsin-Stout in implementing two distance education programs, a technology program using interactive television and a hospitality program using Lotus Notes to deliver courses. Topics discussed include program concept vs. technology as stimulus for innovation, program planning/administration,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks

Looking Ahead, 1996
This serial issue, which is devoted to the challenges that recent changes in the U.S. workplace pose for society and labor-management relations, contains nine papers focusing on the following aspects of building a new workplace for the 21st century: historical and current perspectives; workforce and workplace changes; education and training of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission, Trenton. – 1996
New Jersey's Task Force on Education and Workforce Quality was formed in 1995 to develop recommendations to ensure a strong, mutually beneficial relationship between New Jersey's education system and the needs of its evolving labor market. The task force conducted a needs assessment that was mailed to approximately 1000 New Jersey employers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Economic Change