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Imel, Susan – 1990
The number of persons confined to correctional institutions continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Some of the factors contributing to this growth include an increase in the 18- to 25-year-old population, a tougher stance on crime resulting in more prison sentences, longer sentences because younger offenders commit more violent crimes, and…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Educational Needs, Equal Education, Females
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1998
This Digest discusses the increase in the number of immigrant secondary school students who come to the United States with limited education and effective programs for serving this student population. For these students to succeed in school, they must learn to read, write, understand, and speak English, develop academic literacy in English to make…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, English (Second Language), Immigrants, Professional Development
Smith, Jeffrey K.; And Others – 1981
The original impetus for this monograph was a grant from the New Jersey Basic Skills Council of the New Jersey Department of Higher Education to evaluate two college basic skills remedial programs (one in a four-year state college, one in a two-year community college) and to produce a handbook for conducting such evaluations. This monograph is…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Basic Skills, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Ignash, Jan M., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Focusing on the debate over the need for and appropriateness of remedial/developmental programs in higher education, this volume addresses policy issues related to the provision of such programs and presents state, national, and case study data. The following nine chapters are provided: (1) "Who Should Provide Postsecondary Remedial/Developmental…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Ascher, Carol – 1982
Summaries of current research on aspects of urban and minority education are compiled in these fact sheets. The first report provides guidelines for counseling in a multicultural educational setting, and outlines what counselors should know about and what they can do for students of culturally different backgrounds. The second report, which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Counseling