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Peer reviewedCassity, Clide D. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1980
Sets forth the future program development responsibilities of the administrator of vocational special needs programs. Discusses terminology, funding, and program content. Also examines major issues, incentives, realistic expectations, and accountability. (CT)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Responsibility, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Download full textDevelopment Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1993
The Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program was evaluated from the standpoint of its impact on three groups: VISTA volunteers, communities served by VISTA sponsors, and sponsoring organizations to which VISTA volunteers are assigned. Survey questionnaires were sent to 1,250 of the 3,400 VISTA volunteers currently in service, 494 current…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedGrigal, Meg; Neubert, Debra A.; Moon, M. Sherril – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2001
This article provides an overview of programs based in post-secondary settings in Maryland that serve students ages 18-21 with significant disabilities who are still receiving public school special education services. Student and setting characteristics, staffing, funding patterns, referral and admission practices, and program components are…
Descriptors: College Environment, Financial Support, Postsecondary Education, Program Content
Parker, James T. – 1985
The Fiscal Year-1986 310 catalog includes more than 350 projects funded under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act, with a total investment of almost $8 million. Analysis of 310 project information submitted by states came to the following conclusions, among others: (1) staff development is the highest priority for 310 projects, nationally (32…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Postsecondary Education, Program Content
Wright, Calvin E.; Kim, Yungho – 1988
A study compared the training activities of 15 community colleges in two California counties with job training programs offered by private industry (companies and industry-related organizations) in the same two counties. Twenty-four companies (of 94 identified) offering training programs in the areas of electronics/electrical technology and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Corporate Education, Curriculum
Direct linkRice, Jennifer King; Cohen, Carol – Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, 2006
In this paper, the authors describe a cost analysis framework and approach that can be easily understood by a range of relevant audiences and that has been successfully used to estimate the costs of a range of professional development initiatives. The paper illustrate its use by drawing on the authors' experience applying the framework in three…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Professional Development, Measurement Techniques, Costs
Young, Eileen, Ed. – 1987
Recent activities provided in Ohio through Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and its predecessor, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are summarized in this annual report. Specific information contained in the report includes statistics for fiscal 1986 (the 1985-86 school year and the summer that…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Holohan, Ronald J. – 1988
These reports describe and evaluate Illinois Central College's Quality Undergraduate Education for Student Transfers (QUEST) program. The core of the program is to develop in students 15 competencies identified as essential to an educated person: communication skills, mathematics skills, appreciation of physical well-being, understanding of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum
McBain, Susan L. – 1978
One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), the Career Development Program is being conducted for grades K-10 in Akron, Ohio. For the years 1971-75, it received funding from federal, state, and local sources. Based on the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance
McBain, Susan L.; Jung, Steven M. – 1978
One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), the Developmental Career Guidance Project for grades K-12 is being conducted in Pima County, Arizona. For the years 1971-75, it received its funding primarily from the Arizona…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
Ferris, Frank – 1983
The Content Area Learning/Reading Project at the Cosgrove Junior High School in Spencerport, New York, was initiated in the fall of 1979. The goals of the project were to foster effective instruction in all classrooms and to promote instruction based on sound principles and practices as indicated by research and by review of successful content…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Content Area Reading, Evaluation Methods
Young, Eileen, Ed. – 1986
The 20th annual report describes federally-funded compensatory programs for educationally disadvantaged children (migrants, handicapped, neglected, and delinquent) provided in Ohio through Chapter I of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and presents statistics for fiscal 1985, participation trends, instructional impact, expenditure…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Hamilton, Jack A.; Kaplan, Carol B. – 1978
One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), Project CAP (Career Awareness Program) is being conducted for grades 1-8 in Greenland, Arkansas. For the years 1974-77, it received funding from both federal and local sources. It…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development
