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Gray, Lois; Davis, Walter – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
Labor unions and academic institutions are joining forces to reach the large population of working adults who have been left out of the mainstream of higher education. Some educational methods are described and ways to finance continuing programs are suggested. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Cooperative Education
Ohio Board of Regents, Columbus. – 1982
Activities undertaken in Ohio to plan and implement continued education and training of adults and to promote economic revitalization of the state are described. The activities represent Ohio's participation in the Education Commission of the States' Lifelong Learning Project. State-level planning for adult continuing education is discussed in…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Policy
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
Gould, Christine A. – 1983
Information is presented for liberal arts graduates concerning employment and training opportunities in business, based on a corporate hiring and training survey, interviews with liberal arts graduates who found rewarding careers in business, job-search strategies, and corporate profiles. Results of a survey of college recruiters from 61 leading…
Descriptors: Business, Career Choice, College Graduates, Employee Attitudes
Morse, Susanne W. – 1984
Current types of industry-sponsored educational programs, training facilities, and teaching and evaluation methods are described. The history of education and training within the corporate world and the roles of government and unions are traced. Factors that have limited college and industrial cooperation in employee education are also identified.…
Descriptors: College Role, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Government Role
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Pressman, Israel; Rosenbloom, Bruce – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1984
Describes and evaluates costs of hardware, software, training, and maintenance for computer assisted instruction (CAI) as they relate to total system cost. An example of an educational system provides an illustration of CAI cost analysis. Future developments, cost effectiveness, affordability, and applications in public and private environments…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Sorrentino, Sheila A.; Hines, Edward R. – 1991
A study was conducted to identify reasons companies used community colleges and four-year colleges and universities for corporate education. Other purposes were to determine ways in which companies obtained such educational services and the effect of company size. The population consisted of the chief executive officers of 494 manufacturing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Heidari, Farzin – 1993
The current status of computer-aided manufacturing in the 4-year industrial technology programs in the United States was studied. All industrial technology department chairs were mailed a questionnaire divided into program information, equipment information, and general comments sections. The questionnaire was designed to determine the subjects…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Computer Software, Course Content
Gebo, Emma M.; Smith, Mack W. – 1990
Enrollment data confirmed that by fall of 1985, half of the 70 students enrolled in vocational teacher education coursework at Idaho State University (ISU) were involved in corporate training outside of vocational education. ISU's Vocational Teacher Education (VTE) Program has developed a new degree program for corporate trainers that maintains…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
CIHED Newsletter, 1982
This newsletter deals with lifelong learning and adult and continuing education. Included in the issue are the following articles: "The Learning Society," by Solveig M. Turner; "Adult Education at the Beginning of the 1980s," by J. Roby Kidd; "Lifelong Learning in an International Perspective: Selected Case Studies,"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education, Educational Needs
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
This national guide presents credit recommendations and course descriptions for education officials to consider when granting credit to students for learning acquired in noncollegiate organizations. The courses listed in the guide represent only a small sample of the educational programs conducted by the participating organizations. A section on…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business, College Credits, Course Descriptions
Maylath, Bruce, Ed. – 2000
This document presents 48 papers delivered at the 2000 annual meeting of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC). Papers in the proceedings are divided into 14 subsections: (1) Keynote Presentation: "Global Classroom Project (T. K. Herrington); (2) Opening Session Address: "What Industry Looks for in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Industrial Training
Honan, James P. – AAHE Bulletin, 1982
Corporate-based education programs, the response of higher education, and the cooperation between business and higher education are considered. It is suggested that the fact that private industry has moved into the degree-granting arena, even to a small extent, may indicate that higher education needs to be more responsive to the business sector.…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Change Strategies, College Role, Cooperative Programs
Pile, Wilson, Ed. – 1982
A position paper concerning the role of colleges and universities in corporate education, which was prepared for the Alden Seminar on Higher Education, is presented. In addition, a brief overview is presented of the April 1982 Alden Seminar meeting, which examined the current situation of higher education, particularly in regard to higher…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Role, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Office of the Regents. – 1976
A national system is described that was designed to facilitate a college's task of relating formal course work taken elsewhere to its own programs. The project builds on the system established by the American Council on Education (ACE) in 1945 to provide credit recommendations for formal military courses, and uses experience gained in a New York…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Articulation (Education), College Credits, Continuing Education Units
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