Questionnaires and interviews were used to study the effectiveness of programs provided for pregnant and parenting students by the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of El Paso, Texas. The study focused on the School-Age Parent Center (SPC), established in 1974 by the El Paso Independent School District, and the YWCA programs and services…

This module, which is one in a series of 127 performance-based teacher education learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teachers, deals with coordinating on-the-job instruction. Addressed in the individual learning experiences which comprise the module are the following topics: the purposes and the type of…

Results of research and evaluation carried out by the To Educate the People Consortium are reported. (The purpose of the consortium is to create a national network of humanities-based adult-oriented college programs offering an interdisciplinary curriculum leading to an associate or baccalaureate degree for blue-collar and low-status white collar…

Macomb Community College (MCC) prides itself on its responsiveness to the needs of area industry for skilled tradespeople to engage in the design, tooling, and machining activities that are crucial to the area's long-standing automobile and manufacturing operations and to the needs of new area high technology and service-oriented industries. The…

A group of instructional planners from the United States was invited to help establish a vocational skills development project to help meet the need for adequately trained workers in Ecuador's small- and medium-sized enterprises in the industrial, service, commercial and agricultural sectors of the economy. A logicodialetical model called the CLER…

This guide consists of suggestions, ideas, and tips intended to stimulate development of cooperative summer youth employment programs in local communities. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: tips on where to start, suggestions on how to get started, hints on securing resources, program resources, use of…

An official delegation of Americans representing the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant colleges visited the People's Republic of China (PRC) to study the management and organization of the Chinese agricultural extension systems and to identify areas for the Chinese authorities to…

For reasons of National interest embedded in the economic, political, and social determinants of the quality of life, the fostering of learning by adults is an immediate and compelling National need that requires a lucid and forthright statement of National policy and immediate attention by the Nation's colleges and universities. To meet this…

Declining enrollment, collective bargaining agreements, and government requirements will reduce educational opportunities in Ontario's secondary schools unless new educational policies and technologies and increased interinstitutional cooperation are used to create alternative programs. This study analyzed questionnaire data on school size,…

A demonstration student personnel services project was developed and implemented at the Prosser Vocational Center in Indiana. In the 1977-1978 school year, students from eighteen cooperating high schools participated in the program. This represented an increase, due to recruiting by both staff and students, career education beginning at the…

A partnership between the federal government and state and local education agencies is required to solve existing problems in vocational education. The federal government's strategy involves directing money to underserved populations; encouraging planning at all levels to produce more employable graduates; promoting research and demonstration of…

This document contains the (1) final status report and project performance report and (2) final evaluation report of a career education project to develop a demonstration model to train school personnel to infuse career education into the curriculum. The first report outlines objectives and major activities involving parents, higher education, and…

Issues related to the compilation of a comprehensive statewide plan for postsecondary education in Alaska are addressed. The following areas are examined: planning, coordination, and evaluation; academic program planning and review; student entrance and passage through the Alaska system of postsecondary education; financial support, allocation,…

This book about widening educational participation draws on an ethnographic study of 23 students returning to learning through access courses provided at their local further education college in suburban England. Chapter 1 explains how certain poststructural concepts (discourse, hegemony, deconstruction, and subjectivity) are used as analytical…

A statewide evaluation indicated Pennsylvania's family literacy programs were meeting goals and providing family-centered, integrated educational services for eligible families. Findings indicated that family literacy programs recruited eligible and "most in need" families; enrolled families had young children; parents had limited formal…