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Download full textBallard-Reisch, Deborah S. – 1986
Although student interest is greater than ever, college forensics programs are limited in their expansion by budget considerations that restrict travel. However, with reasonable effort and perseverance new programs can be initiated or existing ones expanded to integrate the educational community and the community at large into a forensics program.…
Descriptors: Audiences, Community Involvement, Debate, Educational Planning
Wircenski, Jerry L. – 1986
As a part of its mandate for equal access to vocational training for special needs individuals, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1984 stipulated that if disadvantaged individuals require separate programming to enable them to participate in vocational education, federal funds may be used to pay 50 percent of the cost…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
Testimony and/or prepared statements are provided in these hearings which focused on the American Defense Education Act (ADEA). Individuals participating in the hearings included: Mark Andrew; Christopher J. Dodd; Mary H. Futrell; Gary Hart; Patrick Leahy; Richard Long; Peg Portscheller; and Naida Townsend. Under ADEA, local school districts…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Franchak, Stephen J. – 1983
A study was conducted to identify the factors that secondary and postsecondary vocational education administrators use as the basis for their decisions to add, terminate, or modify their programs. Data were collected through a telephone survey of 115 secondary and postsecondary administrators and by face-to-face interviews with an additional 25…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Community Influence, Decision Making
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1985
The problems facing low-income families headed by women and some current and planned Ford Foundation responses are discussed in this paper. The first section presents a general overview of the problem, with special focus on nonpayment of child support and teenage pregnancy. The debate over the Federal welfare program and other attempts to use…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Family Income, Fatherless Family, Federal Programs
Norton, Robert E.; And Others – 1977
The purpose of the National Institute for Performance-Based Teacher Education (PBTE) was to provide for improving the quality of vocational teacher preparation by developing the skill of selected teacher educators, staff development leaders, and other decision makers to adapt, utilize, and implement PBTE concepts and curricular materials.…
Descriptors: Administration, Competency Based Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Thayer, May M., Ed.; Chase, Elizabeth C. R., Ed. – 1981
This guide provides descriptions of 33 promising practices in career education in Massachusetts, which represent a cross-section of geographical locations, student populations, and program components. It is designed for use by school administrators, guidance personnel, teachers, and community members who are looking for suggestions on how to…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Cooperation, Demonstration Programs
Uthe, Elaine F. – 1980
The objective of a project was to make vocational educators aware of the many job titles for which physically handicapped persons are currently employed and to aid in planning vocational programs for them. The project identified a list of occupational titles held by physically handicapped individuals, identified teaching procedures for the various…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
Bernabei, Raymond; Leles, Sam – 1972
This group-oriented workbook for teachers and administrators is a three stage guide to program planning, development, and evaluation. The first stage consists of identifying and ranking areas of concern in terms of value to students, staff, community or school board, and program. A learner goal needs assessment instrument, and a formal statement…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Bureau of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1966
AN AVERAGE OF 200 TEACHER EDUCATORS, STATE DIRECTORS, LAYMEN, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS AGENCIES ATTENDED EACH OF NINE REGIONAL CONFERENCES CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES TO DISCUSS THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES AND PROBLEMS IN PLANNING AND CONDUCTING VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. MAJOR SPEECHES PRESENTED…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Guidance, Conferences, Cooperative Programs
Conrad, Rowan W. – 1973
A program rationale within the overall Mountain-Plains structure is outlined along with current program practice and evaluation. The new personal counseling program includes extensive use of group settings, objectives derived from evaluation, program options for students, and the introduction of evaluation instruments keyed to objectives. The…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Objectives, Counseling Services
Depatie, Raymond; And Others – 1974
Federal census district data for 1974 are used to produce a global index showing the relative degree to which each of the census districts of the island of Montreal is disadvantaged. The internal dynamics and characteristics peculiar to the different local communities within are not specified and necessitate additional data sources such as health,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Census Figures, Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged
Vikers, Theo; Gibson, Melvin Pat – 1974
Summarizing the progress of Project Green River Opportunities for Work (Project GROW), the document reviews the study's background and the activities resulting from a third party evaluation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Objectives based on the evaluation and recommendations included: (1) development of an articulated and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Development, Career Education, Conference Reports
American Vocational Association, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1968
Contained in this document are broad guidelines for implementation of the recommendations made at a conference attended by 22 leaders in trade and industrial education held at Austin, Texas in May, 1967. The recommendations are organized under headings of: (1) Expanded Programs and Services, (2) Organizational Structures for the 1970s, (3)…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs
Vogel, Cheri A.; Aikens, Nikki; Burwick, Andrew; Hawkinson, Laura; Richardson, Angela; Mendenko, Linda; Chazan-Cohen, Rachel – US Department of Health and Human Services, 2006
Early Head Start is a comprehensive, two-generation federal initiative begun in 1995 aimed at enhancing the development of infants and toddlers while strengthening low-income families. This report contains information from the Survey of Early Head Start Programs. Beyond the need for an updated picture of the Early Head Start program, the Survey of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Program Effectiveness, Program Development, Program Improvement
