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Download full textWelbeck, Rashida; Ware, Michelle; Cerna, Oscar; Valenzuela, Ireri – MDRC, 2014
Difficulties in paying for college and in maintaining good academic performance are two major hurdles to college graduation for low-income students. In recent years, state and federal budgets for postsecondary education have been cut significantly, limiting the options policymakers, education leaders, and communities have to improve rates of…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Guidelines, Guides, Performance Contracts
Macro Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1980
This executive summary presents the major conclusions of the initial feasibility and design phase of a two-phase study to determine the outcome of referrals and placements and the actual wage and job duration of selected employment service placements. The first chapter details the study scope and activities and describes the study design for each…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Services
Morehouse, Ward; Collins, H. Thomas – 1983
A study was undertaken in 1981-83 to document the nature and extent of international studies and global awareness programs in elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The study involved a national survey of 1,300 principals in which the administrators were asked to identify the most pressing needs and obstacles to program…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Institute for the Study of Family, Work, and Community, Berkeley, CA. – 1987
Presented are the findings of a study designed to identify and describe vocational education programs that have been successful in mainstreaming mildly handicapped students (educable mentally retarded, learning disabled, and mildly emotionally disturbed). The structural elements of 30 exemplary programs in six states are described and an optimal…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Finance, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mainstreaming
Walker, Gary; Vilella-Velez, Frances – 1992
The Summer Training and Education Program (STEP) research demonstration was initiated in 1984 to test the effects of a two-summer remediation, work, and life skills intervention on the lives of 14- and 15-year-olds from poor urban families who were already seriously behind academically. The program provided youth with half-day summer jobs combined…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Smith, Thomas J.; And Others – 1988
This guide to youth unemployment problems is based on the belief that a comprehensive system of program initiatives offers the best solutions. The principal focus is on vocationally at-risk youth. The first chapter defines and describes the target group, and outlines needs and appropriate responses. The second section describes the following eight…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged
