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Organizing Telecourse Users: A Roundtable Discussion.
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Zigerell, James J.; And Others – 1980
The production and distribution of telecourses for higher education are examined in three papers prepared as background materials for a roundtable discussion sponsored by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges. In the first paper, James J. Zigerell reviews the following considerations in designing a television-based course of…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Broadcast Television, Community Colleges, Consortia
Changing through Cooperation.
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Lamdin, Lois – Change, 1982
Thirty-eight colleges and universities in southeast Philadelphia are substituting cooperation for competition in the CLEO Project. Focus is on support services for adult students and growing industry liaisons supported by a network of administrators, faculty, and a small professional and volunteer staff. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Consortia, Continuing Education, Counseling Services
Designing for Development: Four Programs for Adult Undergraduates. A Working Report of Programs at: Clark University, Loretto Heights College, Mary Baldwin College, Vermont State Colleges.
Loretto Heights Coll., Denver, CO. – 1979
Adult education program designs are described for four institutions: Mary Baldwin College, Loretto Heights College, the Vermont State Colleges, and Clark University. A network formed among these institutions serving as a mutual support system by which research and literature could be exchanged. Four common premises developed: (1) the decision to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
California Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) Project. Final Report: July 1, 1980-June 30, 1981.
Rickard, Patricia L.; And Others – 1981
This report summarizes the 1980-81 activities of the California Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS) Project, which involved the San Diego Community College District and other California districts in a consortial effort to devise competency-based assessment materials to: (1) place adults in appropriate levels of Adult Basic Education (ABE),…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives, Community Colleges
New Technologies for Higher Education. 1981 Current Issues in Higher Education, No. 5.
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
The applications of telecommunications technology, computers, and other technologies are addressed in five papers. In an overview, Raymond J. Lewis, Jr. suggests that colleges and universities are finding that telecommunication technologies offer cost effective ways of reaching adult learners, and that open broadcast television has been the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Broadcast Television, Cable Television, Computer Assisted Instruction
Faculty Lives: Vitality and Change. A Study of the Foundation's Grants in Faculty Development, 1979-1984. A Northwest Area Foundation Report.
Rice, R. Eugene – 1985
Faculty development projects funded by the Northwest Area Foundation are described. While some projects addressed retrenchment and the nature and structure of academic careers, others involved multi-institutional strategies. Types of projects and institutions are: new teaching and administrative competencies (College of Saint Scholastica, Mary…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Career Change, College Faculty, Consortia