FYI
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National Dissemination Center for
Career and Technical Education
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1090

For Immediate Release

Larry Warford, College and Career Transitions Initiative (CCTI) Project 
Director and Senior Consultant for Workforce Development, League of 
Innovations, will present "Encouraging Practices for Linking Secondary and 
Postsecondary Education" during a webcast from the National Dissemination 
Center for Career and Technical Education, The Ohio State University, 3:00 
p.m. EDT, September 21, 2004. You can view the webcast from any computer 
with Internet access at 
http://www.nccte.org/webcasts/description.asp?wc=112. If you cannot view 
the webcast live, you can view the archived webcast on the National 
Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education Web site at 
www.nccte.org.

Dr. Warford will provide examples of promising transition strategies and 
techniques from selected sites participating in the College and Career 
Transitions Initiative led by the League for Innovation in the Community 
College. He will provide an overview of the CCTI approach to student 
transitions to postsecondary education and to work. The webcast will also 
feature interviews with CCTI personnal at Anne Arundel Community College, 
Arnold, MD; the Medical Education Campus at Northern Virginia Community 
College, Springfield, VA; and Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH.

Dr. Warford's community college career consists of over thirty years of a 
wide range of teaching and administrative experience. He has been an 
administrator at Lane Community College since 1978, serving as Vice 
President for Instruction and Vice President for Community and Economic 
Development as well as other leadership positions there. Prior to joining 
Lane, Warford was a consultant for the American Association of Community 
Colleges. He began his community college career in Iowa where he helped 
establish Iowa Central Community College and served in numerous leadership 
positions for that college. Dr. Warford has a Ph.D. in Higher Education 
Administration from the University of Oregon and a Masters and a Bachelors 
Degree in Business and Education from the University of Northern Iowa.

Viewers of the webcast may ask questions by signing up (no charge) for a 
WebBoard Account at www.nccte.org. The chatroom allows you to submit 
questions during their presentation. Please allow ample time as your 
account must be validated by an email confirmation. Questions can be 
pre-submitted by linking to 
http://www.nccte.org/webcasts/description.asp?wc=112#viewWebcast.

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The work reported herein was supported under the National Dissemination for 
Career and Technical Education, PR/Award (No.V051A990004) and/or under the 
National Research Center PR/Award (No.V51A990006) as administered by the 
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U. S. Department of Education. 
However the contents do not necessarily represent the positions or policies 
of the Office of Vocational and Adult Education or the U.S. Department of 
Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. 
The National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education and 
the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education are funded 
by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U. S. Department of Education.

For Additional Information Contact:
Barbara Reardon
The Ohio State University
Director of Communications
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1090
Phone: 614-292-2894
Fax: 614-688-3258
Email: reardon.30 at osu.edu
Web site: www.nccte.org