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Download full textCohen, Marie – Issue Notes, 1998
Some welfare experts and policymakers advocate providing education and training to prepare welfare recipients for jobs that will eventually help them leave poverty (the "work first" approach), whereas others advocate placing welfare recipients in jobs immediately whenever possible. Although the Personal Responsibility and Work…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Burwell, D'Anne; And Others – 1991
Leupold & Stevens, Inc. and Portland Community College (Oregon) cooperated in offering special math instruction as part of a workplace literacy project. A needs assessment indicated a problem in basic math skills such as simple calculations on a calculator and decimals, which were used on blueprints. Operators, set-up workers, and lead workers…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Blueprints
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
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Kapiolani Community Coll. – 1979
Data were gathered on the 2,005 new and transfer students who entered Kapiolani Community College in Fall, 1979. These data, extracted from student applications, placement test files, and financial aid records, show that: (1) 61% of the students were female; (2) 43% were below the age of 19; (3) 88% were unmarried; (4) 60% had attended a public,…
Descriptors: Age, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Diagnostic Tests
Whiteman, Jo Ann M. – 2001
As a source of trained workers, postsecondary schools need to develop a curriculum that encourages critical thinking and provide an environment that helps students to understand the changing economy. The curriculum should be based on the student's experiences and interests and should prepare one for life situations. In the business curriculum,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Education, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education
Bilson, Barbara, Ed.; Woodruff, Bert, Ed. – Inside English, 1985
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The four issues of volume 12 include the following…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Barshis, Don – 1979
The Loop College's Individual Needs (IN) Program is a total support service and academic program for high-risk students during their first semesters at the college. This descriptive report begins by describing IN's personnel requirements and the duties of the program director, the program advisor, the senior tutor/Developmental Learning Manager…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Basic Skills, College Programs, Community Colleges
Hoyt, Kenneth B.
In this monograph, a view of the basic nature of the career education effort is discussed under the following topics: the basis of need for career education; the meaning and goals of career education; the difference between career education and vocational education; career education and basic academic skills; career education and career…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Anderson, Jean E. – 1993
The BUILD Program (Businesses United to Increase Literacy Development) was conducted from June 1991 through December 1992 as a cooperative workplace literacy program joining Arapahoe Community College and four companies in Littleton, Colorado. During the project, staff were hired, equipment was ordered and installed, literacy task analyses were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Burkhart, Jennifer; Sullivan, Mark – 1993
The BUILD Program (Businesses United to Increase Literacy Development) was conducted from June 1991 through December 1992 as a cooperative workplace literacy program joining Arapahoe Community College and four companies in Littleton, Colorado. This document consists of two modules for the mathematics (computation) classes of the program. The first…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Burkhart, Jennifer – 1993
The BUILD Program (Businesses United to Increase Literacy Development) was conducted from June 1991 through December 1992 as a cooperative workplace literacy program joining Arapahoe Community College and four companies in Littleton, Colorado. This document consists of three modules for the problem-solving and computer learning systems classes of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Burkhart, Jennifer; Sullivan, Mark – 1993
The BUILD Program (Businesses United to Increase Literacy Development) was conducted from June 1991 through December 1992 as a cooperative workplace literacy program joining Arapahoe Community College and four companies in Littleton, Colorado. This document consists of two modules for the reading and language instruction classes of the program.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Knoell, Dorothy M.; And Others – 1979
The conference papers included in this collection address issues of concern to literacy development in the community college. "Functional Literacy and Persistence in the Community College," by Dorothy M. Knoell, raises questions about student persistence in the absence of requisite skills. "Training Perspective on Functional…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Allied Health Occupations Education, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education
Burkhart, Jennifer; Sullivan, Mark – 1993
The BUILD Program (Businesses United to Increase Literacy Development) was conducted from June 1991 through December 1992 as a cooperative workplace literacy program joining Arapahoe Community College and four companies in Littleton, Colorado. This document consists of two modules for the communication skills classes of the program. The first…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Campion, William J. – 1993
The planning and evaluation process at Central Florida Community College (CFCC) is based on the identification of demonstrable outcomes measures, referred to as indicators of excellence (IE's). The indicators were developed during a 4-year long, institution-wide effort in which every employee had the opportunity to comment on proposed indicators.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Basic Skills, Budgets, College Planning
