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ERIC Number: EJ479674
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
College at Work: Partnerships and the Rebuilding of American Competence.
Johnstone, Douglas B.
Journal of Higher Education, v65 n2 p168-82 Mar-Apr 1994
A unique partnership between Empire State College (New York) and the New York telephone company is offered as an example of a new educational model. The program enables company employees to earn associate and baccalaureate degrees while working full-time. Such partnerships are seen as helping rebuild the competence of the American workforce. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Role, Cooperation, Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Models, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions, School Business Relationship, Telephone Communications Systems, Utilities
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: New York Telephone; State University of New York Empire State Coll