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Download full textHaskins, Jack B. – 1975
The opinions of 533 Tennesseans were gathered in a survey conducted in late 1974. It was found that Tennesseans have somewhat more confidence in higher education than do Americans generally, with 43.7 percent saying they have great confidence, 46.5 percent saying they have some confidence, and 4.5 percent saying they have no confidence. The…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Finance, Extramural Athletics, Higher Education
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1999
The Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) is one of four regional rural development centers in the nation. SRDC coordinates rural development research and extension education programs cooperatively with the 29 land-grant institutions in 13 Southern states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. This annual report outlines activities undertaken by…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Development, Higher Education, Human Capital
CHILDS, GAYLE B.; AND OTHERS – 1960
IN THIS RETROSPECTIVE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CORRESPONDENCE STUDY, 1897 THROUGH 1960, ABOUT 1000 BOOKS, RESEARCH REPORTS, POPULAR AND SCHOLARLY ARTICLES, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ON CORRESPONDENCE STUDY ARE CITED OR ABSTRACTED. THE MAJOR AREAS OF SUBJECT MATTER INCLUDE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, RURAL AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies
PDF pending restorationCanadian Inst. for Adult Education, Montreal (Quebec). – 1969
A bilingual document summarizes 118 Canadian nondegree research studies (both completed and in progress) in adult education in 1968. There are 35 completed studies on adult dropouts, adult educator training, rural extension, secondary education, university extension, apprenticeships, inservice teacher education, residential education, manpower…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Educational Methods
Stanley, Miles C.; And Others – 1968
In this section of a larger work on manpower development, a West Virginia labor leader, a former university president, and the Under Secretary of Labor examine the present and potential relevance of formal education and training. Criticizing the inability or unwillingness of educational institutions to adapt to the needs of disadvantaged youth and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Disadvantaged, Dropouts
PDF pending restorationCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1995
This volume compiles and reprints the responses of 37 organizations to a series of questions issued by the House Committee on Agriculture in anticipation of debates concerning the Research Title of the 1995 Farm Bill due for updating and revision. The questions address some of the following topics: the role of the federal government in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Sciences, College Role, Cooperative Programs
BURRICHTER, ARTHUR; JENSEN, GLENN – 1967
THIS COMPILATION OF ABSTRACTS OF ADULT EDUCATION RESEARCH STUDIES CONDUCTED IN NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, NEVADA, UTAH, IDAHO, WYOMING, AND COLORADO COVERS COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ADULT EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT PROGRAMS (MAINLY SECONDARY AND ADULT BASIC EDUCATION), VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING (INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL INSERVICE TRAINING), ADULT…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
