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Veghts, Jana; And Others – 1990
The Community Action Education Case Management program was developed in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to provide 50 homeless, undereducated adults and their families with case management services. These services were to include: individual, group, and in-home counseling; advocacy; service coordination; and evaluation. During the program, 58…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Caseworker Approach, Disadvantaged
Download full textGlazer, Judith S. – Rockefeller Institute Reprints, 1985
The article examines the impact of New York State's Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) after 13 years of implementation at 70 institutions, focusing on the effects of participation by underprepared, low-income students. Considered also are college admission and enrollment policies, academic support services, and budgets. The study…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
Stein, Sondra G. – 1983
The Women's Educational and Vocational Enrichment program (WEAVE) has been conducted in two poor sections of Boston to help women move from dependence on welfare to gainful employment. Most of the women served by the program are black and most have not finished high school. About 42 percent of the women have never had paid employment, while most…
Descriptors: Blacks, Competency Based Education, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Nacson, Jacques; Kelly, Ella Mizzell – 1980
A study was conducted to identify the vocational education needs of special populations and to describe the strategies used to meet the needs by public schools, community colleges, and community organizations. The case study method was used to collect data in 15 communities concerning the academically disadvantaged, the handicapped, the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Colleges, Community Organizations, Coordination
Dugger, William E., Jr.; And Others – 1981
This guide contains information for use in modifying industrial arts programs to serve special needs students. Listed first are a series of standards pertaining to special needs students in industrial arts programs. Following a discussion of serving students with special needs in industrial arts, guidelines are set forth for identifying special…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Lukas, Carol VanDeusen – 1981
This report on the impact of the Vocational Education ACT (VEA) on special needs populations in vocational education examines the structure of the VEA, the state and local contexts in which the law is implemented, and the problems of serving special populations that the mechanisms are attempting to address. Outlined first are the goals and role of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Role, Data Collection, Definitions
