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r • • Wednesday 10:00 A .. M. ADULT EDUCATION COHHITTEE October 30, 1985 River Club ATTENDING: Mrs. Sage (Acting Chair), Mrs. Van Vleck, Mrs. Bartlett, Dr. Eilts, Dr. Pederson, Ms. Blakemore, Mrs. Davidson 1. The agenda was approved. 2. The minutes of the March 13, 1985, meeting were approved as presented. 3. Report on operations: a. DPS: Dr. Ralph Nelson's report of September 30, 1985, was presented by Dr. Pederson. i. The Center for Adult & Continuing Education has opened a new branch in Heliopolis which began full operation in September with 1250 DPS students and one CIT class. ii. A two-year Intermediate Diploma program in "Computer and Pro­gramming" is being offered by the Computer Education Program . iii. New courses are being offered in word processing and computerized accounting. iv. The English language learning lab of the DPS now has 22 micro­computers for students to used with software developed by AUC. v. The Business Education/CIT Computer Lab has received 8 computers donated by Kaypro. Two courses in word processing and 10 courses in computerized accounting are being taught this semester. DPS enrollment has remained at 11,000. Space problems and the large number of specific diploma and certificate programs have purposefully kept enrollment constant. b. CIT: A director for CIT is being recruited at this time. It was thought that the position had been filled this summer, but at the last minute, the individual who had been hired was unable to leave the position he held. crT has the entire AID English language training program this year in addition to its other language training programs. It is going well • c. DMD: Because of cutbacks by the Egyptian Government and some marketing problems, there have been fewer Management Development sessions, but the program is meeting expenses and still doing well