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Emihovich, Catherine; Herrington, Carolyn D. – 1997
This book examines practical, cultural, and political implications of placing health service programs in public schools, detailing three cases of Florida school districts, where a controversial statewide initiative for health services in schools recently went into effect. The plan supports programs to promote the health of medically underserved…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Early Parenthood, Elementary School Students
Fusch, Gene E. – 1996
From their beginnings, community colleges have evolved and continually improved their mission to better serve community residents. Previously, two-year colleges were mainly private institutions, committed to occupational and professional preparation, general education, and academic transfer. After 1965, legislation provided federal funds to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Swope, John A., Ed. – 1998
This proceedings includes the following papers: "Using Multimedia in Computer Applications" (Delores Barnhill); "Becoming an International Educator: Why, How, and What" (Ray D. Bernardi); "Online Courses--A Bridge for Education" (Phyllis J. Broughton); "Web Page Maintenance" (Linda Carr, Mary Cauley); "Teaching Suggestions to Help Students Prevent…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Business, Business Communication, Business Education
Atkinson, Robert D. – 2001
This paper presents specific steps elected officials, program managers, and other policymakers can take to craft a more effective workforce development system intended to give workers the tools they need to succeed in the new economy. First, the new labor market and work systems are discussed. The paper then lays out eight principles for all…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Charter Schools, Curriculum Design, Economic Development
Carter, Alison; Robinson, Dilys – 2000
This document is a practical guide that demonstrates how human resource (HR) professionals can use performance measurement to link HR to organizational strategy and business objectives, and thereby raise the profile of HR within their organization. The following are among the topics examined: (1) the strategic context of measurement (the role…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
McGivney, Veronica – 2000
This report presents results of a study in the United Kingdom to explore different understandings of outreach, its role in widening participation among people underrepresented in organized education, implications of doing outreach, and practical and ethical considerations involved. Chapter 1 addresses origins and meanings of outreach, including…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement
National Inst. for Careers Education and Counselling, Cambridge (England). – 1996
This document synthesizes the findings of an invitational policy consultation at which 27 invited participants from England, Wales, and Scotland examined the special career guidance needs of third-age adults (adults age 45 or older) and strategies for meeting those needs. First, the special career- and employment-related problems faced by…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Buono, Anthony F., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 11 papers that explore knowledge and value development in the field of management consulting, with particular emphasis on trends and techniques in the practice of management consulting and the current theory and dynamics of management consulting. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Anthony F. Buono);…
Descriptors: Administrators, Change Strategies, Consultants, Cooperative Learning
Hudson River Center for Program Development, Glenmont, NY. – 1997
This document contains materials for use in conducting a 1-hour presentation on school-to-work (STW) programs in New York State for area employers in order to elicit their support for the state's STW initiative and encourage them to share information about the initiative with others in their communities. The document begins with nine tips for…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Maxwell, Nan L.; Rubin, Victor – 2001
The outcomes and implementation of career academy programs in California were examined in a study of one school district's efforts to implement a uniform career academy model in 1990-1996. A cohort of approximately 10,000 students who were sophomores in the district's comprehensive high schools between 1990 and 1993 were followed through high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Career Academies, Career Education
2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on increasing job satisfaction that was conducted as part of a conference on human resource development (HRD). "A Systematic Model of Job Design by Examining the Organizational Factors Affecting Satisfaction" (Zhichao Cheng, Danyang Yang, Fenglou Liu) reports on a project in which…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitude Change, Career Choice, Career Planning
Bottomley, John – 1998
This document presents information concerning a project to research and develop strategies to increase participation in adult community education (ACE) by Australian adults from language backgrounds other than English. Sections 1-3 describe the major project activities, which were as follows: literature review, compilation of model programs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Community Education
American Association of Univ. Women Educational Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1999
This study explores how women make decisions about educational transitions, focusing on the complex interaction of personal, social, cultural, economic, and institutional factors that influence women as they move from high school to work, from high school to college, and from the workforce back to school. It also compares men's and women's…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Career Choice, Career Planning
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center on Education and Training for Employment. – 1999
This resource guide was developed to help local adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) programs throughout Ohio implement the state's Indicators of Program Quality, which were drafted in 1992 in response to the National Literacy Act of 1991. The guide provides a context for using the Indicators in ABLE programs and includes suggestions for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Check Lists
Idaho State Div. of Vocational Education, Boise. – 1998
Idaho's displaced homemaker program exists to reduce the incidence of poverty among the 59,498 displaced homemakers (according to the 1990 census) and 22,147 single mothers in the state. Of those who participated in Idaho's displaced homemaker programs in fiscal year 1998 (FY1998), 924 (33%) earned less than $5,000 annually, and two-thirds had…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Displaced Homemakers, Education Work Relationship
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