Individuals with disabilities are underrepresented in postsecondary education; in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors; in graduate and post-doctoral work; and in faculty positions, particularly in STEM. Despite these lags behind their non-disabled counterparts, few organizations recruit persons with disabilities into…

A counselor and recruiter for the Madison Area Technical College describes their outreach career awareness project to correct the imbalance of minority, disadvantaged, and handicapped students in postsecondary education. Special recruitment efforts, counseling services, and followup activities will be provided, including various academic and…

Describes the Alaska Native Leadership Program (ANLP), designed to recruit and retain Alaska Native college students. The year-long program includes an orientation, a two-semester class on self-exploration, skill-building, educational and career paths, and social activities. Student satisfaction with the program is indicated. (MMU)

In 1973 The Board of Regents of The University of Wisconsin system created the Guest Student Program. In effect, the program opened the doors of the University to all Wisconsin residents aged 62 and over. There were 52 men and 47 women in the final sample, with a mean age of 74.89. The following types of interventions were initiated to aid Guest…

Issues concerning school/college programs and the transition to postsecondary education are discussed, based on program information provided to the National Commission on Excellence in Education. A major concern was the use of time allocated for learning between ninth grade and the attainment of a postsecondary credential. The college/school…

This paper describes a course of study offered by Bradford College in West Yorkshire, Great Britain, to twenty 16-19 year old students of Asian background who left school alienated from education as a process and school as an institution. The program offers English, prevocational, and vocational courses with the goal of improving the students'…

This report describes the results of a study aimed at presenting a broad picture of educational opportunities open to unemployed adults in England and to identify problems and possible solutions. Material for the report was gathered through visits to a variety of institutions and agencies in urban and rural areas of England. The report is…

The extension of opportunity to people--usually adults--to pursue college degree programs without the time and space restrictions characteristic of programs for students of conventional college age is of major importance in American postsecondary education. A general discussion of the policy issues in this area introduces a variety of such…

This document contains three products of the Skills Enhancement Program, a cooperative venture between Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Wayne County (Michigan) Community College (WCCC), and Great Lakes Steel (GLS). The performance report describes the project's objective of designing a job-related literacy curriculum for hourly workers and…

This guidebook is designed to provide current, detailed information on effective literacy practices. The National Adult Literacy Project's program survey design is described in Chapter 1, with a summary of results from a sample of 213 programs. Chapter 2 focuses on the program selection and onsite interview process, from which the portraits of 31…

The Summer Health Science Program aimed to give minority students a chance to explore career options in various allied health fields. After initial funding and student admission problems, the program was begun on June 13, 1977. CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) paid the student's salary up to 32 hours a week for 10 weeks (20 hours…

A model is described that can be used to establish postsecondary cooperative internship programs or improve existing programs to bring vocational education and business together. Following an introduction that includes definitions of terms, chapter 2 defines an internship program. Chapters 3-12 discuss the 10 procedures/components involved in the…

Prepared to create awareness of the range of New York State programs, activities, and resources, this directory summarizes VEA (Vocational Education Act)-funded fiscal year 1978-1979 projects that were designed to reduce sex bias, sex stereotyping, and sex discrimination in vocational education. A list of resources developed in New York through…

Partnerships among elementary, secondary, and postsecondary educators in San Antonio (Texas) aim at improving high school and college retention, particularly for Hispanic students. Programs include curriculum development as early as kindergarten, high school junior and senior enrollment in college courses, minority achievement supports, and…

Serving Native American adults of Thurston and Pierce communities, the Adult Education Program individualizes instruction and makes full use of tribal community resources to improve educational level and employment opportunities. Major program goals are to increase high school equivalency completion rates, to enhance ability of identified extreme…