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Greenberg, Roxanne Nathan; And Others – 1995
Children from four elementary schools in Illinois were participants in the implementation of a project intended to improve their self-esteem through adult role-model intervention. The objectives of the project were to demonstrate that: (1) the adults in children's lives play a significant role; (2) an individual's sense of belonging and acceptance…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Cooper, Pamela A., Ed.; And Others – 1995
The Strategic Planning Evaluation of Curriculum Assessment of Performance (SPECAP) project was designed by Texas Tech University to assess the implementation of programs by 25 tech prep consortia in Texas. This report describes the most effective tech prep practices discovered by SPECAP through analyses of consortia planning and implementation…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Consortia, Curriculum Based Assessment
Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit, Edinboro, PA. – 1996
A project was conducted to improve access to adult education for clients of Pennsylvania's Erie Family Center. The project's primary objectives were as follows: include adult education services in the referral services provided to family center clients; expedite students' referral to adult education services; provide career counseling to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling
Middleton, Ernest J., Ed.; And Others – 1990
These conference proceedings provide an introduction to strategies and models for the recruitment and retention of minority teachers. Many of the programs described in this document demonstrate networking and partnerships, with team building between local school districts, state and local associations, universities, and community groups to enhance…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Dept. of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education. – 1983
The Institute for Native American Development (INAD) was created at Truman College to provide quality higher education with a variety of educational choices to Native Americans in Chicago. The program has three major components: advising/placement, academic skill development/cultural awareness, and financial aid/job placement. Native Americans…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention
Hawthorne, Jeralynne; Hawthorne, John W. – 1987
Supplemental Course Instruction (SCI) at Olivet Nazarene University is described as a program in which a high achieving student retakes a course successfully completed in order to model desired behaviors for other students. The SCI Leader demonstrates good study skills and organizes small group study sessions. This study examines the effectiveness…
Descriptors: College Programs, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
Kregel, John, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This volume discusses the effects of supported employment on persons with developmental and other severe disabilities, by assembling the results of research investigations conducted by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Supported Employment. Papers included are: "Supported Employment in Virginia: 1980-1988" (John Kregel…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Fringe Benefits, Head Injuries
Carter, Launor F. – 1983
One of the largest investigations of elementary education ever undertaken, the Sustaining Effects Study sought answers to a series of policy questions. The two major issues addressed by the study were (1) Who receives compensatory education (CE)? and (2) How effective is CE? Related to these primary issues were a number of secondary questions: (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness
Mauss, Armand L.; And Others – 1981
"Here's Looking at You" (HLAY) is a creative prevention curriculum designed to cultivate a commitment among young people to deal in responsible ways with alcohol in their environment. The model, developed as a demonstration project for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, consists of self-contained teaching units for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alcohol Education, Attitude Change, Decision Making Skills
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1981
A product of the Project on Vocational Education Models for Linking Agencies Serving the Handicapped, this manual describes various federal agencies and national organizations and outlines their policies and activities related to interagency agreements. (The above-mentioned project is designed to help states meet the needs of students at the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Advocacy, Agency Cooperation
Daresh, John C.; LaPlant, James C. – 1984
To help classify and map the field of administrative inservice, five generic administrative inservice models may be identified and their strengths and weaknesses determined based on what is known about effective inservice practices. The models are a traditional model, institutes, competency-based programs, the academy, and networking. A review of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Kimmel, Harold S.; Lucas, Geoffrey S. – 1984
A project to develop grass roots alternative diploma study (Project GRADS) was undertaken for the purpose of formulating and implementing a multimodal, systems approach to preparing rural adults to pass the General Educational Development (GED) Tests. During the year-long, countywide program, GED programming was developed and delivered via the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, County Programs, Delivery Systems
Thompson, James W.; And Others – 1981
Analysis of the relationship between employment and crime has been undertaken in several different disciplines. Included among these are economics, sociology, anthropology, and manpower program evaluations for criminal justice populations. Examination of economic perspectives on employment and crime reveals two competing views of their…
Descriptors: Age, Community Programs, Correctional Rehabilitation, Crime
MASSARIK, FRED – 1965
THE AUTHOR STATES THAT SENSITIVITY TRAINING HAS BECOME A WIDELY USED AND DISCUSSED TRAINING METHOD, BUT THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE UNITY IN RESEARCH APPROACH. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK THAT MAY ORDER EXISTING SENSITIVITY TRAINING RESEARCH AND GUIDE FUTURE RESEARCH EFFORTS, USING THE SENSITIVITY TRAINING IMPACT…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Change, Cultural Context, Educational Experience
Tobin, Robert I.; And Others – 1977
A study was conducted to evaluate the Boston Public Schools Career Exploration Project. The project model contained assumptions regarding need for a significant amount of funding, a teacher training program, phased implementation with a concentration of effort in pilot schools, substantial amounts of materials, creation of positions of leadership,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs
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