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Haines, Kelly; Domin, Daria – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2020
This practical guide includes strategies that work to support students with intellectual disability (ID) who are looking for employment opportunities. The strategies shared in this How to Think College publication were shared with the authors by staff and faculty at six different postsecondary programs for students with ID, and align with the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Student Employment, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
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Zavrel, Lauren L. – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2019
At Larch Corrections Center, a men's prison in Southwest Washington, GED® Faculty Lauren Zavrel has created two original programs: an internship program for graduate students to gain experience in corrections education, and a tutor training curriculum for inmate teaching assistants (TAs) who tutor GED® and business students. Graduate interns…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education, Internship Programs
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Roesch, Gabrielle E.; Neuffer, Tamara; Zobrist, Kevin – Journal of Extension, 2013
The Summer Youth Forestry Institute (SYFI) was developed to inspire youth through experiential learning opportunities and early work experience in the field of natural resources. Declining enrollments in forestry and other natural resource careers has made it necessary to actively engage youth and provide them with exposure to careers in these…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Summer Programs, Extension Education, Forestry
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Darragh, Janine J.; Picanco, Kathryn E.; Tully, Debbie; Henning, A. Suzie – AILACTE Journal, 2011
The current demand for teacher candidates to prove a positive impact on student achievement and work collaboratively in a field that is perennially in change has called for a new paradigm for teacher preparation, one that focuses on clinical field experiences, culturally responsive teaching and reflective, collaborative pedagogy. The co-teach…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Internship Programs, Teacher Collaboration, Student Teacher Attitudes
College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2012
The CollegeKeys Compact[TM] is a national call to action to school districts, colleges and universities, state education agencies, and nonprofit organizations to identify, share and expand programs and practices that address the needs and challenges of low-income students and help them get ready for, get into and get through college. The College…
Descriptors: College Students, Low Income Groups, Economically Disadvantaged, First Generation College Students
Perlstein, Linda – Aspen Institute, 2011
The nation's community colleges share a common and vital purpose: preparing students--young and working adults--for jobs and continued academic study. Today, over 7 million community college students strive to attain a degree that will expand their opportunity, whether they aim to graduate directly into the workforce or continue on to seek a…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Community Colleges, Educational Quality, College Role
Cowan, Florence Kelly – 1979
The course outlines presented in this final report comprise a proposed Fort Steilacoom Community College curriculum to be used as a statewide model two-year associate degree curriculum for nursing home administrators. The eight courses described are introduction to nursing, home administration, financial management of nursing homes, nursing home…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges
American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2006
This publication includes 13 articles: (1) ATE [Advanced Technological Education] Attuned to Global Competition; (2) Materials Science Center Supplies Information on Often-Overlooked Field; (3) CSEC [Cyber Security Education Consortium] Builds Corps of Cyber Technicians; (4) KCTCS [Kentucky Community and Technical College System] Is U.S. Partner…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Technical Education, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
Hagood, Richard A. – 1981
In 1980-1981, extended funding from the Kellogg Foundation and a total budget of $561,316 allowed the Partnership for Rural Improvement (PRI) to add to its program while continuing to emphasize project development, organizational development, interorganizational coordination, and training and education. PRI began to use task forces as a method of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Community Services, Coordination
Schwalbe, Michael L.; And Others – 1982
Despite challenging financial conditions in 1981-82, the Partnership for Rural Improvement (PRI) continued its traditional emphases on project development, organizational development, interorganizational coordination, and training and education as well as its newer emphases on task forces, community education, internships, community service…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Agency Cooperation, Change, Community Development
Hagood, Richard A.; And Others – 1980
Covering 1979-80, which was the final year of the initial four year grant period for the Partnership for Rural Improvement (PRI), this report details the major assessments and program adjustments made during that year. Several program developments of critical importance to understanding the transition occurring in PRI are highlighted in the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Community Services, Continuing Education
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Marshall, David B.; Beck, Stephen L.; Coghlan, Laura K.; Kimbro, Ernestine – Assessment Update, 2005
The Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college in Washington that has been named the "number one learning community" in the nation by "U.S. News & World Report." There are no grades at Evergreen; instead, faculty provide a narrative evaluation of students' performance in their courses. There are also no majors…
Descriptors: General Education, Citizenship Education, Graduation, Graduation Requirements