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Download full textKramer, Fredrica D.; Nightingale, Demetra Smith; Trutko, John; Spaulding, Shayne; Barnow, Burt S. – 2002
The role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in providing employment-related services was examined in an exploratory study of FBOs in the following cities: Baltimore, Maryland; Ft. Worth, Texas; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and San Diego, California. For purposes of the study, FBOs were defined as organizations that hold…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Church Role, Definitions
Haberkern, Rachel M. – Issue Notes, 2002
The 1998 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) was the first federal legislation to contain a "charitable choice" provision allowing faith-based organizations (FBOs) to compete for state and federal government funds on the same basis as secular providers. For FBOs that consider pursuit of government…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies, Church Programs
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
This is the fourth part of the 1937 educational directory published by the Office of Education. This bulletin focuses on educational associations and directories. It contains the following: (1) American associations; (2) Educational foundations and boards; (4) International educational associations and foundations; (5) National congress of parents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Directories, Administrators
Merriam, Sharan B., Ed.; Cunningham, Phyllis M., Ed. – 1989
This handbook contains 48 articles on adult and continuing education. Part 1, which deals with adult education as a field of professional practice, includes articles on such topics as the social and historical contexts of adult and continuing education, adult education and international development, the voluntary sector and adult education, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Knowles, Malcolm S. – 1994
This book, which is a revised version of a book first published in 1962, examines the present state of the field of adult education (AE) by examining its origins and patterns of growth. Part 1, which traces the emergence of institutions for the education of adults, covers the following topics: colonial foundations and antecedents in 1600-1779…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Apprenticeships
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1939
Part 1 of the education directories for 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939 covers federal and state education agencies. U.S. Department of Interior Office of Education officials, principal state school officers, and county and other local superintendents are listed. Part 2 lists principal city school officers and Catholic parochial school superintendents.…
Descriptors: Educational History, Directories, Educational Administration, School Administration
