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Displaced Homemakers Network, Washington, DC. – 1985
This guide is intended to familiarize displaced homemakers with the provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. The first part of the guide details the act's funding for the following areas: sex equity coordinator, single parents and homemakers, sex bias and stereotyping, adult training and retraining, employment…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advocacy, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Shenk, Edward; Sheehan, Maria Cristina – 1981
These two reports present information and considerations to help California community college administrators in planning ahead. First, Edward Shenk discusses the effects of Proposition 13 (California's tax reform initiative) on community college funding and missions. He provides an overview of the changes brought about within the community…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Role
Parnell, Dale; Yarrington, Roger – 1982
This booklet provides brief descriptions of cooperative arrangements between community colleges and local businesses, industries, and labor unions established to meet employee needs for training. Following an introduction which notes the importance of such arrangements, partnerships involving 38 community colleges in 23 states are described.…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
Feinstein, Otto – 1979
This resource used for future development of the To Educate the People concept documents evolution of this concept to date. The first and largest section presents information from 6 years of experience in providing a bachelor's degree program for working adults in regard to curriculum content, pedagogy, delivery systems, finance, and organization.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Wentling, Tim L.; Piland, William E. – 1982
This document, one of 12 guides that have been developed to facilitate evaluation by and for local education agency (LEA) personnel in Illinois, covers vocational needs assessment to identify discrepancies between the needs of the community and the school programs available to meet those needs. The guide has been designed to aid the person who has…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Community Needs, Demand Occupations
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1981
This guide, the first in a series of eight, provides an outline and overview of the K-12 social studies curriculum of Manitoba, Canada. The first part of the guide presents brief sections on the rationale, selection of content, evaluation, time allotment within the program, and scope and sequence. The bulk of the guide contains abstracts of…
Descriptors: Community Role, Comparative Education, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
McCreath, Peter L., Ed. – 1981
This handbook was prepared from presentations made at an inservice workshop for teachers in Nova Scotia, Canada on multicultural education. In an introductory article, Paul Robinson describes his personal experiences in trying to prepare a multicultural curriculum, and the participation of members of Canadian ethnic communities in that activity.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingualism, Canada Natives, Childrens Literature
Fowler, Clifford F. – 1981
The report examines and documents the part played by certain local and regional committees in the operation of the Priority Country Area Program (PCAP) in South-West and Central Queensland prior to 1980. Two original studies are described: one concerned with the Local Advisory Committees (LACs) in South-West Priority Country Area and the other…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Cultural Activities, Educationally Disadvantaged
Karabel, James; And Others – 1981
The political dynamics surrounding the adoption of an open admissions policy at the City University of New York (CUNY) are discussed. Analysis of the case of CUNY also provides a basis for considering the politics of structural change in American higher education. It is suggested that when Chancellor Albert Bowker took office in 1963, he followed…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Role, Black Students, Case Studies
Maryland Governor's Study Commission on Structure and Governance of Education, Annapolis. – 1975
The report of the Study Commission on Structure and Governance of Education (commonly known as the Rosenberg Commission), which provoked considerable controversy because of its recommended broad changes, was evaluated by a task force through public and invitational hearings and extensive meetings. The recommendations for elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Coordination
Lidster, Echo L. R. – 1978
Published as a record of the early development of some aspects of community adult education in the Northwest Territories of Canada, 1967-1974, the book begins with a statement of the philosophy of adult education and a listing of objectives of community adult education. The first three philosophical bases listed are: start with people where they…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, American Indian Education
Goldstein, Marjorie T. – 1982
This manual describes a regional linkage model developed to bridge the mildly handicapped student's school and post-school job training by using a consortium of local professional personnel (vocational and special educators), representatives of business and industry, and representatives of public and private agencies concerned with work placement…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role
National Women's History Project, Santa Rosa, CA. – 1985
Part of the National Women's History Project funded to promote the study of women in history, this unit will help third grade students learn about women's contributions to U.S. society. Equity cannot be achieved until equality is expected and until the contributions of all women are understood and accepted as a simple matter of fact. The unit…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Chinese Americans, Community Leaders
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Dobson, John R. A. – 1984
A study was conducted to identify the major areas of investigation in recent Canadian adult education literature. During the study, questionnaires were distributed to 216 adult educators located at 32 postsecondary educational institutions throughout Canada. Materials including 556 articles, books, reports, and proceedings papers were identified.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Canadian Literature
Rio Salado Community Coll., AZ. – 1985
A project was conducted to deliver general educational development (GED) instruction through an audio teleconferencing system to adult students in Arizona. Using a previously existing audio teleconferencing system owned by Rio Salado Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, project staff developed a series of credit and noncredit teleconferencing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Daily Living Skills
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