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2009-00-00 |
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Credentials; Schools; Instructional Materials; Community Organizations; Educational Opportunities; Low Income Groups; Higher Education; Lifelong Learning; Classification
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The need to dramatically increase the number of young people who gain the credentials and skills necessary to succeed in 21st century America has never been clearer. One of the most promising ideas for achieving this goal is to establish "multiple pathways" for learners that lead to a variety of high-quality postsecondary options. As New England examines recent trends and indicators in postsecondary education, it is an appropriate time to take stock of the prospects for the multiple pathways approach and consider the issues that arise as policymakers, educational institutions and communities look at ways to broaden educational opportunities for learners. The underlying premise of the multiple pathways idea is that by offering a wider variety of high-quality learning options--in settings that include colleges, community organizations and workplaces--there will be an increase in the number of students, especially those from low-income families, who are prepared for careers, citizenship and continued learning. In this article, the authors offer a typology of pathway options. (Contains 1 table.)
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Jacobson, David L. |
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Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, v37 n4 p52 Jul-Aug 2005 |
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2005-00-00 |
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Community Colleges; Educational Administration; Elementary Secondary Education; Educational Cooperation; Educational Improvement; College Role; Job Training; Teamwork; School Business Relationship
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The Bush Administration's announcement last year of $250 million in job training grants to community colleges is the latest indication of the institution's growing prominence. The community college is increasingly recognized for its flexibility and cost-effectiveness--providing affordable access to higher education and tailoring occupational training programs to local workforce needs. Yet even this welcome recognition woefully underestimates the community college's potential. More than any other organization, community colleges are positioned to take advantage of broad changes in the nature of work and learning that have occurred over the past two decades. They have a striking opportunity not only to become far more effective at their core business of teaching and learning but also to play major roles in both K-12 education and workplace reform. In this article, the author outlines a new course of action for the community college that fully exploits these opportunities by building a new core competence for the institution and dramatically increasing its educational impact. (Contains 10 resources.)
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1981-00-00 |
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Accessibility (for Disabled); Assistive Devices (for Disabled); College Students; Comparative Analysis; Compliance (Legal); Data Collection; Databases; Federal Regulation; Guidelines; Higher Education; National Surveys; Organization; Physical Disabilities; Planning; Policy Formation; Resources; Special Needs Students; State Programs
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This compendium of four mini-projects carried out by a special task force of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) addresses policy and management issues related to providing accessibility to handicapped students in higher education. Topics range from executive policy decisions on compliance with federal accessibility mandates to operational procedures for responding to specific accommodation requests. The compendium is comprised of four sections: Section 1 was developed from a series of site-visit interviews with senior-level decision makers, faculty, staff and handicapped students at six colleges and universities. It contains an overview of accessibility issues and problems that require attention, a discussion of how accessibility considerations can be incorporated into a planning and budgeting process, and a set of guidelines for assessing specific accommodation requests; Section 2 reviews 16 national data bases that describe the handicapped population in the United States and contains summary charts of the characteristics revealed. Section 3 describes the results of a survey that NACUBO mailed to a stratified sample of 944 of its member institutions concerning trends in accessibility expenditures and number and types of handicapped students served; and Section 4 lists adaptive education equipment by impairment (such as hearing or mobility) and then by function (such as writing or speaking). The document contains an index, equipment source list, and lists of information resources and services available to handicapped students. (GLR)
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