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New Strategies in Delivering Education IDAs: Rethinking Program Design
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Bryce-Laporte, Rene – Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, University of Southern California, 2009
Study after study demonstrates that low-income students are severely underrepresented in higher education. In fact, the attendance rate of low-income students appears to be declining rather than growing. Individual Development Accounts or IDAs used for postsecondary education can help address the problem. With an IDA, youth can afford to enroll in…
Descriptors: Money Management, Low Income Groups, Program Design, Higher Education
The Youth Entitlement Demonstration. An Interim Report on Program Implementation.
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Ball, Joseph; And Others – 1979
At the end of September, 1978, 37,000 low-income youths in seventeen competitively selected communities across the country were enrolled in Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects which guaranteed them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Embracing Cultural Diversity in Colleges of Education. Minority Recruitment and Retention Project.
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Blankenship, Colleen S.; And Others – 1992
This publication is intended to assist Holmes Group institutions of higher learning in designing and implementing more effective programs to recruit and retain minority candidates in teacher education. Information from many sources, including the literature, was synthesized, and certain principles emerged as keys to diversifying the teaching…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Beginning Teacher Induction, Diversity (Institutional), Elementary Secondary Education
Youth Entitlement Demonstration Frogram. A Summary Report on the Start-Up Period of the Youth Incentive Pilot Projects, January-June, 1978.
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Ball, Joseph; And Others – 1979
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were set up to aid disadvantaged youths, ages 16 to 19, guaranteeing them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary school or enroll in an equivalency education program. It was started in January,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Adult Vocational Education in Ohio. Serving the Economy and Personal Needs. A Study of Exemplary Policies and Practices of Adult Vocational Education.
Miller, Larry; And Others – 1982
A study described the policies and procedures utilized in exemplary adult vocational education programs in five school planning districts in Ohio. The study, which entailed an analysis of programs involving 34,618 students and 832 instructors, focused on program implementation and administration, student goals and outcomes, instructor…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Coordination
Cooperative Occupational Education Handbook: A Guide for School Administrators and Cooperative Occupational Education Coordinators.
Knouse, Reno; And Others – 1982
This handbook for school administrators and cooperative education coordinators describes State of New York cooperative occupational education programs. It is divided into three sections that focus on program administration, program organization, and program operation. Section 1, Program Administration, presents a philosophy of cooperative…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education, Cooperative Education