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Weekes, Trish; Phelan, Lorraine; Macfarlane, Sally; Pinson, Jenny; Francis, Virginia – Issues in Educational Research, 2011
Young people from refugee backgrounds face significant academic and social challenges in mainstream secondary education in Australia. Research suggests that mentoring initiatives and tutoring can help students remain engaged in education and achieve positive educational, social and emotional outcomes. The Classroom Connect Project is a joint…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Tutors, Volunteers
Keup, Jennifer R.; Gahagan, Jimmie; Goodwin, Ryan N. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2010
The inaugural report in the National Resource Center's new research series on college transitions examines institutional initiatives designed to support students in the second college year. The authors report on findings from the second administration of the National Survey of Sophomore-Year Initiatives, describing the kinds of programs offered…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Annual Reports, College Students, Success
Rohloff, Jean – PEPNet, 2009
The purpose of the DESK (Developing English Skills and Knowledge) Program at Louisiana State University (LSU) is to help deaf and hard of hearing students make a smooth transition from high school to postsecondary institutions and, in doing so, to ensure their academic and professional success. This handbook documents, in a "how-to"…
Descriptors: Special Schools, High Schools, College Preparation, Essays
Rugg, Deborah – 1989
The directory provides an annotated listing of 208 projects funded under the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Secondary and Transition Initiative since 1984. Data were obtained from a 1989 questionnaire of project characteristics as well as from original project grants and previous years' profiles. The introduction describes the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Dowling, Jane; Hartwell, Cindy – 1988
The directory lists grants funded under the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Secondary and Transition Initiative. Information was obtained from a January, 1988, questionnaire of projects, from original grant applications, and from the previous year's project profiles. The compendium includes five sections: (1) an…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Government Role, Grants
Grayson, Thomas E.; And Others – 1993
This directory contains project profiles and summaries of current and newly expired projects funded under the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Secondary Education and Transition Initiative. Most of the information is based on a 1993 survey of project directors and project competition data. The compendium is divided into…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1989
The Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Program was established in 1970 to increase the number of American Indian, Black, Mexican-American, and Puerto Rican students who graduate from a California university prepared to enter mathematics-based careers. Developed initially with an exclusive focus on high school students, MESA…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Leiter, Roberta T. – 1981
An articulation program was developed in Reading, Massachusetts, for the progression of special needs students from elementary school to junior high school and from junior high school to senior high school. The procedure involved inservice workshops, interschool conferences between special needs and regular education staff, and parent involvement…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Check Lists, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
McNeil, Patricia W.; Kulick, Christine D. – 1995
Five employers who were currently participating in school-to-work opportunity programs in the finance, health, hospitality, machining, and printing/graphic arts industries were interviewed to determine why and how employers participate in school-to-work transition programs. The employers were selected to represent a cross-section of industries,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy, Employer Attitudes, Participation
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. – 1988
The Secondary Education Transition Model project at Colorado State University-Fort Collins represents a local and state commitment to serve students with severe handicaps who are moving into community work and living roles. These comprehensive transition services begin at the secondary education level and extend into the adult service system. The…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Kohler, Paula D.; Hood, Lisa K. – 2000
This directory profiles 20 programs that promote post-school outcomes for students with disabilities through inclusive school-to-work systems. Three criteria were used to select the programs: (1) the nomination featured a program or practices that provide transition- or school-to-work-related services or instruction to students with disabilities,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, College School Cooperation, Disabilities
James, Darlene K. – 1994
This practicum was designed to develop a transition program and social activities for sixth-graders to help ease the passage from elementary school and increase their sense of belonging in a sixth- through eighth-grade junior high school. The students were surveyed concerning their degree of self-esteem, connection to school, perception of…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Extracurricular Activities, Grade 6
Choonoo, John – 1993
This report presents an evaluation of the Transitional Intervention Program (Project TIP), an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its second year of operation at Public Schools 33 and 85 in the Bronx, New York. The project served a total of 383 students of limited English proficiency in grades one through five.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development
Leach, Lynda N. – 1991
This directory describes current and newly expired projects funded under the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services' Secondary Education and Transition Initiative. An introduction describes the Transition Initiative and the role of the Transition Institute at the University of Illinois. A series of one-page case studies describes…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Musante, Patricia – 1993
This report presents an evaluation of the Effective Transition (ET) project, an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its second year of operation at Lafayette High School and Pershing Intermediate School in Brooklyn, New York. The project served a total of 300 students of limited English proficiency who were native…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Chinese
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