Serving New Populations. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 27 / Patricia Ann Walsh, Ed.

Improving the reponsiveness of community colleges to the needs of non-traditional students is the topic of 14 essays, grouped into sections focusing on older adults, the handicapped, and women. David Demko describes a program designed to integrate older adults into a community college's service popu...

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Corporate Authors: ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA
ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges
Other Authors: Walsh, Patricia Ann (Editor)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979.
Subjects:
Access to Education.
Adult Education.
Adult Programs.
Community Colleges.
Females.
Gerontology.
Handicapped Students.
Hearing Impairments.
Nontraditional Students.
Older Adults.
Paraprofessional Personnel.
Physical Disabilities.
Program Descriptions.
Rural Education.
Two Year College Students.
Two Year Colleges.
Womens Education.
Information Analysis Products
Collected Works, Serials.
Opinion Papers.
Reports, Descriptive.
Genre:
Collected Works, Serials.
Opinion Papers.
Reports, Descriptive.
Physical Description:114 pages
Format: Microfilm Book
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Summary:
Improving the reponsiveness of community colleges to the needs of non-traditional students is the topic of 14 essays, grouped into sections focusing on older adults, the handicapped, and women. David Demko describes a program designed to integrate older adults into a community college's service population. Jared Sharon provides guidelines for instituting an emeritus college. James Bellis and Lawrence Poole describe the development and operation of a multi-disciplinary center for gerontology. The use of a consortium approach to delivering educational opportunities to senior adults is discussed by Josephine Knight. A section on community college education for the handicapped begins with Barbara Reid's outline of the steps involved in implementing a comprehensive program. Costas Boukouvalas and Melvin Gay consider the provision of services to the hearing-impaired. Grace Hodgson describes the role of paraprofessionals in working with handicapped individuals. Virginia Lockhart, Alison Caughman, Shirley Woodie and Mary Bauer, Anne Stewart, Maxwell King and Muriel Elledge-Heimer, and Patricia Walsh contribute articles to the section on programs designed for women. Issues under consideration include: reentry education, non-traditional careers, special needs of rural women, equity, innovative delivery systems, and directions for the future. An ERIC review of sources and information concludes the monograph. (DR)
Note:Availability: Jossey-Bass, Inc., Publishers, 433 California Street, San Francisco, California 94104 ($5.95).
Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Educational level discussed: Adult Education.
Educational level discussed: Two Year Colleges.
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Call Number:ED175520 Microfiche
Cite As:
New Directions for Community Colleges, v7 n3 Fall 1979. ericd
Reproduction Note:
Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.