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Direct linkDe Leon, Brianda – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This critical case study explores creating and implementing an undocumented resource center (USRC) in Utah. Using a qualitative research approach, the study draws on interviews with key stakeholders involved in the development and operation of USRCs and an analysis of policy documents and other relevant materials. The study finds that creating…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, College Students, Resource Centers, Stakeholders
Download full textDow, Audrey – Campaign for College Opportunity, 2019
College opportunity is key to ensuring that California can meet its economic goals, maintain its global standing, and keep up with technological advances. As California's economy becomes increasingly reliant on a better-educated workforce and further connected to a global marketplace for its services and products, immigrant students are poised to…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Public Colleges, Access to Education, Public Policy
Daugherty, Lindsay; Johnston, William R.; Tsai, Tiffany – RAND Corporation, 2016
Single Stop U.S.A.'s Community College Initiative was designed to improve the well-being of low-income communities by connecting individuals to public benefits and other institutional and community resources to address nonacademic barriers to college completion. Through offices located on community college campuses, Single Stop provides students…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Student Needs, Well Being, Low Income Groups
Peer reviewedKelly, Robert F.; Ramsey, Sarah H. – Family Relations, 1985
Evaluated legal representation for children in child protection proceedings, using data from a random sample of cases and attorneys in North Carolina. Results showed the attorneys, in general, produced no significant benefits for the children. Based on results, identifies particular types of effective attorneys. (NRB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Childrens Rights, Helping Relationship
Checkon, Stephen; And Others – 1984
This study of the legal services provided for the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), Maryland has two purposes: (1) to determine the cost-effectiveness and quality of current arrangements; and (2) to present alternative arrangements with estimates of their costs, effectiveness, and acceptability. MCPS budgets significant funds for legal…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. Council of School Attorneys. – 1997
This book, an updated publication of the National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys, is designed to help school board members and administrators effectively obtain and work with a competent school lawyer. Following the foreword by Benjamin J. Ferrara, contents include the following articles: (1) "Development of the School…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Compliance (Legal), Dismissal (Personnel), Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1987
This document contains witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the living conditions of children in state care. Parents, youth workers, legal advocates, program administrators and state officials discuss the cost effectiveness of community-based services and the effectiveness of various…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1983
This document contains prepared statements and public testimony from the Congressional hearing on legal services for the elderly. Following opening statements by task force members, the testimony of Senator Heinz and Representatives Morrison and Wyden is given. Topics which are covered include the impact of the Legal Services Corporation proposed…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Economic Factors, Eligibility, Equal Protection
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1987
This document is the first volume of a two-volume Senate report describing actions taken during 1986 by the Congress, the administration, and the Senate Special Committee on Aging which are significant to older Americans. It summarizes and analyzes federal policies and programs that are of continuing importance for older persons and their…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Community Services, Employment, Federal Aid
Tomas Rivera Center, Claremont, CA. – 1989
This report is based on the findings of the Los Angeles County Latino Assessment Study (LACLAS), which consulted with Latinos to determine the priorities, programs, and strategies for meeting the needs of their community in Los Angeles County (California). The study's main objective was to obtain information to assist governmental and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Census Figures, Citizen Participation, Crime
Burke, Rebecca A. – 1984
Concluding that Iowa women are suffering more and in greater numbers than before, this report contains testimony from the 1983 public hearings initiated by the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women. Each section contains background information and testimony from women who have had firsthand experience of poverty--such as female…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Criminals, Day Care, Disabilities
International Center for Integrative Studies, New York, NY. – 1988
The Door is a youth center in New York, New York, that has the capacity to respond to a myriad of adolescent needs and problems. Over the past 15 years it has serviced over 100,000 teenagers, 53.4 percent of whom were Black, 23.1 percent Hispanic, 20 percent White, 3.5 percent Asian and other; they come from all over the New York City area.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Athletics, Counseling
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1983
The proceedings of the second Preventive Law Institute, which focused on the legal aspects of educational uses of technology, are included in this report. Following the preface, two overviews (Thomas M. Griffin, Fred "Rick" W. Weingarten) provide an introduction to preventive law for educators and explore the nature of information…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Computer Literacy, Contracts
