A project entitled Enhancing the State Role in Lifelong Learning was undertaken in Kansas to enhance state-level planning and the development of policies in support of adult education. Because Kansas is one of six pilot project states participating in the Education Commission of the States (ECS) Lifelong Learning Project, a two-year data…

A product of the Project on Vocational Education Models for Linking Agencies Serving the Handicapped, this handbook is designed to assist state and local level personnel to develop effective linking strategies that will help meet the needs of handicapped students. It consists of 11 chapters. Following an introductory explanation of the purpose and…

This program guide consists of guidelines, forms, and curriculum materials for use in implementing the Giving Rural Adults a Study Program (GRASP). A regional program covering four rural counties in New York State, GRASP is designed to deliver packaged, individualized adult basic education (ABE) and high school equivalency (GED) programming to…

This Congressional report contains prepared statements presented at a hearing held in Mississippi to assess local and statewide implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The focus of the hearing was on state-level administration and assessment of the program, strategies for linking education and training systems, and employers and…

This guide contains advice for staff in colleges that are offering elements of the Youth Opportunities Program (YOP). Designed to enhance the employability of 16-18 year olds who have left school, have not enrolled in further education classes, and who are unemployed, the YOP provides work experience, knowledge and skills relevant to local labor…

The experiences of schools and sixth form and further education colleges in the United Kingdom in implementing Curriculum 2000 in the 18 months since the introduction of Qualifying for Success reforms were tracked. The key issues for implementing the curriculum in 2001-2002 that were identified by 10 case study schools and post-16 institutions…

This book, which is intended for practitioners working with adult learners at the postsecondary level, describes a wide range of lifelong learning program models and educational strategies that have proved successful with adult learners across the nation. Data gathered by the Commission for a Nation of Lifelong Learners in a national study of…

A workplace basic skills program was designed to complement technical training for mixing personnel at the Portland Bakery of Nabisco, Inc. Management, the union, and Portland Community College (Oregon) collaborated in the program. The company released workers on company time to attend classes prior to, during, and after the technical training…

Seven area high school districts, two area vocational centers, and Joliet Community College (JCC) voluntarily joined together to develop a regional planning statement regarding objectives for a collaborative and coordinated high technology education program. As a part of this project, four high schools are working together with JCC to develop and…

This manual is designed to help company officials who are responsible for planning, implementing, and coordinating company and school collaborative programs. Addressed in the individual chapters of the guide are the following topics: the benefits and principles of establishing company and school linkages; procedures for determining a company's…

This manual contains guidelines for organizing small business programs in community colleges. Following an introductory discussion of the need for such a program both throughout the United States in general and in Illinois in particular, the role of the community college in facilitating small business development is examined. Guidelines are set…

Intended for use by council and staff members as well as individuals in communities that are considering forming or joining an education work council, this report discusses the nature, function, and growth and development of work education councils and examines the collaborative processes that councils engage in. The education and work council…

The first in a series of publications addressing issues of linkage and coordination of job training programs in Texas, this paper focuses on the background of federal and state events requiring new strategies for coordination of job training programs in Texas and examines the nature and purpose of coordination of job training activities and…

A study focused on the implementation and project feasibility of the Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) during the latter period of the demonstration from September 1978 through August 1979. Program operations at 17 sites--Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, King-Snohomish Counties (Washington), Mississippi, Alachua…

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:…