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Wallace, George – Rural America, 2000
Directed at the chronically unemployed, poor single parents, and welfare recipients, microenterprise programs provide access to loans and technical training for the express purpose of creating small-scale self-sufficient entrepreneurs no longer dependent on public support. Lessons from international microenterprise programs, federal funding…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Credit (Finance), Economically Disadvantaged, Entrepreneurship
Batten Susan T.; Leiderman, Sally A. – 1995
Project Change was launched by the Levi Strauss Foundation in 1991 as an initiative to address racial prejudice and institutional racism in communities in which Levi Strauss & Co. had facilities. Working with multiracial coalitions in Albuquerque (New Mexico), El Paso (Texas), Valdosta (Georgia), and Knoxville (Tennessee), the Foundation and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Cooperation, Multicultural Education
Coppedge, Robert O. – 1985
Economic development efforts in small towns should focus on the birth, expansion, and retention of small enterprises. A consistent and rational policy towards new growth and an enthusiastic development team composed of individuals with knowledge of or access to others with knowledge of industrial sites, financing, utilities, labor, transportation,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Development, Developmental Programs, Economic Development
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Microcomputing Program. – 1984
The preparation of Drexel University faculty for the introduction of a microcomputing program is described. Faculty training had to be done on a variety of levels, from basic training in computer operation for the novice to advanced training in highly technical procedures and languages. Maximum faculty participation was sought throughout the…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Faculty Development
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
This report summarizes the result of a national survey of state liaison representatives for vocational education. Forty-seven responses (83 percent) document composition of technical committees, amount of work completed, and occupational areas for which task lists were created. An introduction presents survey results. Section I contains individual…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, National Surveys
Evans, Judith L.; And Others – 1984
This report analyzes the effectiveness of the High/Scope Parent-to-Parent (PTP) Model as a system for disseminating support to families and communities. Focusing on dissemination to a variety of program sites and efforts to help selected sites function as Regional Training and Dissemination Centers (RTDCs) for the model, the report is divided into…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Rearing, Cost Effectiveness, Models
Cravens, Richard B. – 1978
The development of the Technical Assistance Program for Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) and its attempts to implement the provisions of the CMHC Act Amendments of 1975 are presented. The process by which funds for this program are allotted, the recipients of the allotments, and how they have used them are described. In addition, guidelines…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Mental Health Clinics
Fernandes, Kathleen – 1979
This report describes a needs survey administered at the first National Bilingual Education Management Institute. The purpose of the survey was to discover the major needs for evaluation training in bilingual programs. The survey dealt with the following areas of concern: identification of evaluation topics that would be useful and of interest to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
Wisser, Ulrike, Ed.; Grootings, Peter, Ed. – CEDEFOP Flash, 1992
A "travelling" congress was conducted in five European cities (Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest, and Vienna) to promote a mutual exchange of views between east and west. The participants stressed the growing European Community interest in current examples of cooperation with neighbors in central and eastern Europe. In addition to…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Field Trips, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation
National Inst. for Educational Research, Tokyo (Japan). – 1987
In 1967, the National Institute for Educational Research (NIER) of Japan, in cooperation with Unesco, launched its Regional Programme for Educational Development in Asia. This document was published to commemorate the 20th anniversary of this program. It consists of papers by separate authors recording the accomplishments of the NIER regional…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Cooperation, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Nielsen, Norm – 1988
The development of an international education program should be approached by a community college in the same way as any other program, with consideration of the program's impact on the college as a whole. First, the college should examine its reasons for wanting to start an international education program. These may include a desire to expand…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Foreign Students, International Programs, International Trade
Mugerauer, Cynthia – 1984
This guide is designed to assist Texas Job Training Partnership Act program staff and Private Industry Council (PIC) members in developing quality local youth competency systems that reach beyond the state-established minimum criteria. Section I discusses background, purposes, and limitations of the document and cites additional sources of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Competency Based Education, Employment Programs
Trohanis, Pascal L., Ed. – 1982
The document reviews the technical assistance process used by TADS (Technical Assistance Development System), a project to provide support to HCEEP (Handicapped Children's Early Education Program) demonstration projects serving young handicapped children and their families. Chapter 1, by P. Trohanis, focuses on a number of questions that people…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Office of Career Education. – 1979
Designed for school staffs and others looking for effective career education programs, this resource file contains descriptions of 150 career education programs and products. It provides an overview of the types of research and development-based career education programs currently available to school districts across the United States. The file…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Stenner, A. Jackson; And Others – 1978
This document contains the first of five volumes reporting the activities and results of a career education evaluation project conducted to accomplish the following two objectives: (1) to improve the quality of evaluations by career education projects funded by the United States Office of Career Education (OCE) through the provision of technical…
Descriptors: Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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