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Lundell, Dana B., Ed.; Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Hipp, Susan, Ed. – Online Submission, 2005
This conference proceedings and executive report includes summaries of two invited meetings and a report on a regional conference, including sample session summaries. Two statewide university systems collaborated around issues of K-16 outreach, research, and best practices for supporting underprepared students across the state of Minnesota. This…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Access to Education, Higher Education, Educational Cooperation
Longworth, Norman – 1999
This book demonstrates how lifelong learning has become a rapidly developing reality as learning communities emerge in which business and industry, schools, colleges, universities, professional organizations, and local government are cooperating and building dynamic new environments to foster learning. The following are among the topics discussed:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Giere, Ursula – 1997
Emerging adult education policies and strategies were studied through a survey of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) member states, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and social partners. Questionnaires were returned by 93 countries and 12 NGOs. The study focused on the following: social change and its…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Agency Role
Harris, Edward – 1984
An economic development model was formulated to foster and strengthen commerce and industry retention and expansion in the state of Illinois. The main thrust of the model was on increasing productivity, decreasing business failures, encouraging entrepreneurship, and creating a favorable business climate through community support. To meet these…
Descriptors: Business, Community Colleges, Community Support, Cooperative Planning
Wisconsin Univ. - Stout, Menomonie. Center for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. – 1976
The two major goals of the conference were to identify, prioritize, and address critical problem areas and needs in trade and industrial (T & I) education with major emphasis upon implications for personnel development, and to encourage participants to develop at least a rudimentary communications network. Participants gathered preconference data…
Descriptors: Administrators, Change Agents, Coordination, Educational Cooperation
DeBerg, Curtis L.; Thornton, Kelby – 1999
An innovative entrepreneurship education program was developed and delivered during summer 1998. The program was conceived by the youth program coordinator of the Butte County, California, Private Industry Council (PIC), who had been impressed by the results of a program during which the PIC hired three students from the California State…
Descriptors: Business Education, College School Cooperation, College Students, Computer Literacy
Barrineau, Irene T., Ed. – 2001
These proceedings presents addresses, 60 concurrent sessions, and business meetings from a conference that evolved from a vision of people coming together--like a town meeting--to start building "communities of interest and practice." Part 1 includes the presidential-elect address on his theme for the next conference, "Pathways to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, College Instruction
National Educational Computing Conference. – 1997
These conference proceedings report on the current trends, practices, and research in the field of educational technology. Papers and project descriptions are included on the following topics: digital portfolios; United Nations convention for children's rights; virtual communities and classrooms; study strategies; e-mail communication across the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Barrineau, Irene T., Ed. – 2002
These proceedings have three parts. Part 1 contains the address, "Continuing Education (CE) in the Era of Quantum Change" (Varner), and summaries of these three others: "Coloring Outside the Lines--Educating Outside the Box" (Long); "On a Clear Day, You Can See Tomorrow" (Hurley); and "Making of a Champion"…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Development, Computer Mediated Communication, Conferences
Reischmann, Jost, Ed.; Bron, Michal, Jr., Ed.; Jelenc, Zoran, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 24 papers from the 1995 and 1998 International Society for Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE) conferences. The following papers are included: "International and Comparative Adult Education" (Jost Reischmann); "Development and Fundamental Principles of International and Comparative Adult Education"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Comparative Analysis
Partnership for Academic and Career Education, Pendleton, SC. – 1992
These two self-assessment inventories are designed to be used for evaluation of tech prep implementation at the middle/high school and postsecondary levels. The middle/high school version is intended to be completed by the district/school, the postsecondary form by the technical college. The form provides for rating the level of implementation as…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Counseling, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Programs
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Schauer, Jolene; Rockwell, S. Kay; Fritz, Susan M.; Marx, Dave B. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2005
Through a modified Delphi study, an expert panel identified 62 concepts organized in eight issue categories that impact administrative decisions as higher education institutions commit to implementing distance education courses and programs. Using a mail survey, 62 department chairs in Colleges of Agriculture in Land-Grant Universities ranked the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Program Implementation, Educational Administration, Higher Education
California State Univ., San Francisco. – 1986
A project was designed to improve employment preparation, development, and opportunity for handicapped learners through preservice training of California personnel who deliver vocational and special education. The project developed training modules to be shared by California universities and disseminated to other schools. This report summarizes…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Career Education, Computer Uses in Education
Meyerson, Martin; Zemsky, Robert – 1985
A study examined the impact of public policy on education and training in the private sector. During the study, the following research activities were completed: a statistical examination of the scope and nature of firm-supplied training, 20 case studies of the training supplied by large firms representing a diverse set of industries across the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning
Hinchcliff, John – 2000
Advances in communications and increased international travel have necessitated that learners in New Zealand and elsewhere be integrated into the global educational community. Globalization faces numerous challenges and dangers, including the following: recruiting foreign students can become an entrepreneurial activity designed to generate revenue…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Pluralism, Culturally Relevant Education
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