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Download full textNewton, Kathryne; Schmidt, Edie – Journal of Technology Studies, 2004
A national industrial distribution association approached the authors to develop a case study for its association members. The national association assumed responsibility for identifying educational needs of upper level, mid level, and lower level personnel in the industry. In the previous year, a case study had been developed to educate upper…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Industry, Workshops, Learning Experience
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2009
The Wyoming Community College Commission (WCCC) collaborates with Wyoming's seven community colleges to provide educational experiences that strengthen, support and enrich communities and prepare students to successfully meet life's challenges and recognize and profit from opportunities. Wyoming's seven community colleges provide affordable,…
Descriptors: Enrichment, Lifelong Learning, Community Colleges, Job Skills
Estes, Florence – 1997
The Worker Education Program (WEP) of Northeastern Illinois University (NIU) is a partnership among NIU; the Union of Needle Trades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE); and companies whose employees are represented by UNITE. Now in its fourth year, the WEP operates in 13 diverse types of workplaces in three states: Illinois, Ohio, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Fashion Industry, Functional Literacy, Incentives
Adrian Public Library, MI. – 1992
Project LEAD (Literacy Education and Development) is an organization of volunteer tutors in English literacy for limited-English-proficient migrant workers, primarily Spanish-speakers. The report details project implementation in Lenawee County (Michigan) by the Adrian Public Library. The report is organized according to the project's eight stated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Educational Needs
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. – 1984
The Los Angeles Unified School District's Adopt-A-School Program is described as a program where a business or an industry sponsors a school. Some of the ways business and industry can help students are to provide role models, tutor students, give mini-course lectures, share hobbies, offer counseling, give club sponsorship, provide summer…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Tobin, Judith – 1984
This paper reports the results of a survey of a number of high technology companies in Canada who were asked to provide information about their relationship with the educational system, the application of their products in education, and their views on the implications for education in general of the new technology in information and…
Descriptors: Courseware, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Maui Economic Development Board, Inc., Lahaina, HI. – 1985
The relationship between the Hawaii university system and business and industry in the economic development of Maui is discussed in proceedings of a 1985 symposium. The development of island economies is addressed by Sam Cole, while the role of a land-grant university in economic development is discussed by John Cantlon. A panel on economic…
Descriptors: Agriculture, College Programs, Community Colleges, Economic Development
Peer reviewedFlory, Harriette – Community Services Catalyst, 1986
At Raymond Walters College (RWC), a two-year branch of the University of Cincinnati, the concept of developing linkages with business and industry began in 1983 with the creation of a new administrative office of Educational Services and a new community advisory board, the RWC Work and Learning Council. Though RWC provides noncredit training in a…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Engineering Technology
Schmalle, Bonnie – 1987
The Corny Cookie Corner is a vocational programming component offered to special education students in North Fayette Community Schools, West Union, Iowa. The project's primary goal is to help students develop appropriate jobsmanship skills and work attitudes prior to vocational placement in off-campus sites. The project consists of a…
Descriptors: Bakery Industry, Career Education, Distributive Education, Experiential Learning
Council for Financial Aid to Education, New York, NY. – 1982
Results of the 1980-1981 Survey of Voluntary Support of Education are presented, including a narrative summary and detailed statistical tables. Reports of voluntary support are presented for 928 institutions, and support patterns over the last decade are examined, along with patterns for a core group participating in two successive surveys.…
Descriptors: Alumni, Business, Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Council for Financial Aid to Education, New York, NY. – 1984
Results of the 1982-1983 Survey of Voluntary Support of Education are presented, including a narrative summary and detailed statistical tables. Reports of voluntary support are presented for 1,137 institutions, and support patterns over the past decade are examined, along with patterns for a core group participating in two successive surveys.…
Descriptors: Alumni, Business, Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Bondarenko, E. G.; And Others – 1983
Higher education in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR) is described, including the system's history, current conditions, functions, and structure. The particular shape of the Byelorussian higher education is in part due to the fact that it only came into being as a system after the revolution of 1917, meaning that from the beginning…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Faculty, College Role, College Students
Council for Financial Aid to Education, New York, NY. – 1985
Results of the 1983-1984 Survey of Voluntary Support of Education are presented, including a narrative summary and detailed statistical tables. Reports of voluntary support are presented for 982 four-year colleges and universities, 136 two-year colleges, and 910 independent precollege schools. The tables for each institution cover: total financial…
Descriptors: Alumni, Business, Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Aiken, Carol, Ed. – 1978
Intended to be used in conjunction with the 1977 edition, this 1978 supplement contains descriptions and college credit recommendations for approximately 320 courses offered on the postsecondary level by thirty-eight noncollegiate organizations. An introductory section provides (1) background on the Program on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Credits, Course Content, Course Evaluation
Dual Enrollment as an Operating Engineer Apprentice and an Associate Degree Candidate. Final Report.
International Union of Operating Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1975
The Operating Engineers Dual Enrollment Program combines trade union apprenticeship with college study. Young persons are "dually-enrolled" by meeting both the requirements for indenture as an apprentice and matriculation as an Associate Degree candidate. Apprentices may receive college credit for apprenticeship-related training classes…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Associate Degrees, Construction Industry, Cooperative Programs
