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AARP, Washington, DC. – 1998
This booklet, which is intended for human resource managers, provides practical guidance regarding preparing for an aging work force. Chapter 1 concerns the relationship between business practices and age neutrality and offers checklists that human resource managers can use to assess their company's general policy development, training,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Career Development
Koos, Leonard V. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1934
This manuscript, prepared by Doctor Koos and the staff, is a summary of the entire survey as published in 27 other monographs. It epitomizes the organization of secondary education, giving due stress to full-time and part-time schools; to the nature of the secondary-school population, showing that it has increased very greatly and, therefore, it…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Physical Education, Articulation (Education), Secondary Education
Podgursky, Michael J.; Springer, Matthew G. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2006
In this paper we examine the research literature on teacher performance pay. Evidence clearly suggests an upsurge of interest in many states and school districts; however, expanded use of performance pay has been controversial. We briefly review the history of teacher pay policy in the U.S. and earlier cycles of interest in merit or…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Incentives, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement
US Department of Education, 2006
To help fulfill the goal of No Child Left Behind, the bipartisan K-12 education reform signed into law by Congress in 2002, high-quality postsecondary education opportunities must be available to all students. In keeping with this goal, the Federal TRIO programs and Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program provide outreach and…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities, Student Financial Aid
Pritz, Sandra G.; And Others – 1995
The Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE) at the Ohio State University worked in partnership with the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council (OSB&CT) to develop and deliver customized workplace literacy services for local union members in six major Ohio cities (Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Dayton, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques
Cantor, Jeffrey A. – 1997
This book explains the process of designing, developing, and implementing cooperative apprenticeship, a form of structured workplace training in which an employer, employer group, or industry, union or other community-based organization joins forces with a vocational-technical school and/or community college to provide formal instruction that…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Admission Criteria, Apprenticeships, Community Colleges
Preece, Julia, Ed. – 1998
This book contains 12 papers exploring the problem of strengthening the notion of the United Kingdom as a learning society by making the country's higher education system more responsive to the various social groups that have traditionally been underrepresented in all areas of the nation's formal, postcompulsory education system. The following…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Jurmo, Paul – 1997
The Western Suffolk (New York) Board of Cooperative Educational Services undertook a 3-year workplace basic education project that was designed to help workers develop four types of skills: traditional basic skills; other Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)-type competencies such as problem solving, team work, and computer…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development
Walsh, Chris L.; Ferguson, Susan E.; Taylor, Mary Lou – 1997
This document presents a model for implementing workplace literacy education that focuses on giving front-line workers or first-line workers basic skills instruction and an appreciation for lifelong learning. The introduction presents background information on the model, which was developed during a partnership between a technical college and an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Basic Skills, Cognitive Style
Sawchuk, Mariette T. – 1991
This report describes the key elements of an alternative access program at Mount St. Mary's College (California), from the recruitment and orientation of culturally diverse students to those ongoing academic and support services necessary to student persistence to graduation. The model is outlined in chapter II. Chapters III and IV describe how…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Career Counseling
Cica, John T. – 1983
An administrative survey of Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs in Pennsylvania during fiscal 1982-83 indicated that, although the level of funding for adult education programs was reduced from 1981-82 and 1982-83, progress was made in increasing the availability of programs throughout the state. However, the rate of enrollees who dropped out of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees
Friedenberg, Joan E.; And Others – 1988
The purpose of this inservice package is to meet the immediate, short-range need for training vocational educators to serve limited English proficient (LEP) students effectively. It is designed to be presented by professionals who provide inservice training as a 2-day workshop or as several shorter workshops. Introductory materials include…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Curriculum Development
Miller, Larry; Hedges, Lowell – 1981
Policies and practices were identified that have led to the success of exemplary programs in adult vocational education in Ohio. Data were collected from adult vocational education personnel, students, and employers located in five exemplary planning districts. All districts had a full-time supervisor for adult programs, employed full- and…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Advisory Committees
HR & H Marketing Research International, Ltd., London (England). – 1985
A study evaluated procedures currently used to market adult education at five colleges in Great Britain. Data were collected from roundtable discussions with the principals and vice-principals of the five participating colleges and from interviews and questionnaires administered to staff members from each college and to representatives of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advertising, Advisory Committees, Change Strategies
Park, Chong K. – 1983
A handbook designed to facilitate effective instruction of Korean immigrant students in California has five parts. The first gives an overview of the language group, outlining their socioeconomic experience in California and the United States, reasons for immigrating, the Korean educational system, and attitudes toward schooling and involvement…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development