INVENTORY OF FEDERALLY SUPPORTED EXTENSION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON EXTENSION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION. PART 1 AND PART 2.

Overview & Synopsis

ONE OF THE FIRST CONCERNS OF THE PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COUNCIL AFTER IT WAS APPOINTED UNDER TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, WAS TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE ALL FEDERALLY SUPPORTED EXTENSION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, ADULT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPED AND CIRCULATED BY GREENLEIGH ASSOCIATES, AND 16 OFFICES REPORTED THEY HAD NO PROGRAMS IN THIS AREA. THE RESPONSES CREATED THE MOST EXTENSIVE, EXTANT LISTING OF SUCH PROGRAMS, ALONG WITH MORE ABUNDANT INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS. AN ABSTRACT OF EACH PROGRAM INCLUDES THE TITLE, ADMINISTERING AGENCY, PURPOSE, ELIGIBILITY, NUMBER OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED, LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION, FACILITIES, PROBLEMS, FUNDING, JURISDICTION, COMMUNICATION TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL, AND PUBLICATIONS. PROGRAMS ARE INDEXED BY TITLE, AGENCY, AREA OF MAJOR EMPHASIS (URBAN OR RURAL), TYPE OF TRAINING PROVIDED, POPULATION SECTOR SERVED, AND PROGRAMS PROVIDING CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE INVENTORY BE REVISED ANNUALLY. THE DOCUMENT INCLUDES TABLES AND THE QUESTIONNAIRE. IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM GREENLEIGH ASSOCIATES, INC., 355 LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017. (AJ)