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Hughbanks, Alice W. – J Coll Placement, 1968
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, College Programs, Colleges, Placement
Direct linkRockower, David – Teaching Pre K-8, 2006
This article briefly describes how a fifth-grade class collaborated with a downtown diner for several months and then actually ran the restaurant for four hours. Through the Chatters Cafe, a local high school cafe that serves as a culinary arts training ground for high school students, fifth graders had the opportunity to prepare and serve dinner…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, School Business Relationship, Citizenship Education
Peer reviewedRobison, Shelba – Community and Junior College Journal, 1981
Suggests funding techniques community college foundations can use: jogathons, concerts, dinners, roasts, auctions, benefit preview parties, and sporting events. Identifies the benefits of capital campaigns and corporate giving. Feels foundations can provide extras for community college budgets, improve public relations, and offer cultural and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Fund Raising, Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support
Peer reviewedParker, Franklin – Peabody Journal of Education, 1994
One in a collection of papers on George Peabody, educational philanthropist, discusses the history of his philanthropy. The paper looks at Peabody's life, death, and unusual funeral, his fortune, the first institute (born out of the Peabody Education Fund), the division of the fund, and Peabody's international planning dinners. (SM)
Descriptors: Donors, Educational History, Higher Education, Politics of Education
Download full textPickens County School District, Easley, SC. – 1992
This publication contains materials related to the youth apprenticeship program in computer electronics launched by Pickens Country School District, South Carolina, for students enrolled in the district's tech prep curriculum. Contents include the following: goals and objectives of the National Youth Apprenticeship Initiative; a pyramid…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Computers, Cooperative Programs
Jackson, Marc – 1990
Maintaining an effective school system means retaining the outstanding teachers supporting it. According to a recent survey, many southern California teachers felt they would be disappointed if their children entered the profession. In California alone, there are 49,000 inactive teachers. One problem may be student discipline. Whereas top…
Descriptors: Community Support, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Motivation
Northern Virginia Community Coll., Alexandria. – 1993
A federally-funded cooperative program of in-plant English language instruction for industry workers is reported. Partners in the program were Northern Virginia Community College (Alexandria) and BOAT/U.S., a national business providing goods and services to the boating public. This 60-week workplace literacy program was divided into five 12-week…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Business Communication, Community Colleges
Council on Corporate/College Communications, Washington, DC. – 1979
The Programmatic College of Commerce and Industry at Northwestern University is described as an innovative approach to the study of business as an institution. The program consists of weekly, noncredit, dinner-lecture-discussion meetings attended by students, faculty, and business people. Discussions center on problems facing business, on the…
Descriptors: Budgets, Business, Business Education, College Faculty
Mohn, Meleese, Ed. – 1982
This proceedings reflects the content of a day-long conference designed to introduce selected publics to established models for economic stimulus with applicability to Washington state; provide a focus for the statewide legislative studies of education and high technology; and promote the Washington state community college system as the primary…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Economic Climate
Henriksen, Dorothy, Ed.; Larsen, Judy, Ed. – 1977
A project is reported that has been in effect for two years in the Roseville, Minnesota, Area Public Schools to provide interested school staff and community people a chance to exchange career roles for varying periods of time, ranging from one day to several weeks. The report contains all memos, application forms, announcements, and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Involvement, Educational Innovation, Inservice Education
McIntyre, John, Ed.; Barrett, Mary, Ed. – 1998
These proceedings consist of 46 papers on the influence of vocational education and training (VET) research on policy and practice. These papers are grouped into these categories: impact of research; equity in participation; partnerships and stakeholders; practice and practitioners; research and policy; learning, work, and organizations; and VET,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Community Study, Competency Based Education
