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Kazlow, Carole; Lachman, Susan – 1980
This report is an evaluation of a Title VII Bilingual Program conducted in two New York junior high schools in 1979-1980 for Spanish speaking and Haitian students. A program description outlines the methods used for selecting students for the bilingual program. A discussion of the evaluation's design and objectives is also included. The evaluation…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Class Organization
Rosow, Leslie A. – 1979
Adult Americans have been participating in formal education and training programs in record numbers in recent years. Yet studies of participation by working Americans in tuition assistance programs have consistently revealed that few take advantage of them. This report describes and analyzes the Kimberly-Clark Corporation's tuition-assistance…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Case Studies, Education Work Relationship
Thomas, Susan; Hogeland, Elizabeth – 1980
This paper presents recommendations for the facilitation and acceptance of change to remove sex bias and discriminatory practices in vocational education. They are based on the review of theory and research relating to attitude and behavior change, information about various equity programs, and results from the statewide survey of vocational…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Vocational Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change
McDermott, Bill P. – 1981
The Senior Adult Education Program (SAEP) for Monroe County, Michigan, conducted a documentation and analysis of the program component that provides high school completion classes in two local nursing homes. Three general research questions were (1) benefits to nursing home residents from the programs, (2) design of classes in nursing homes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Gerontology
Bloom, Barbara A. – 1977
The Regional Continuing Education for Women Program (RCEWP), involving Temple University and four community colleges in the Philadelphia area, resulted in the establishment of programs and services at the community colleges to assist adults, particularly women, who are returning to college. It also meant the establishment of a model…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Students, Assertiveness
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1976
This first volume of a two-volume report of a New York State consortium for career education contains the dissemination report and project performance and evaluation reports from two of seven component districts, Allegany Board of Cooperative Educational Services and East Aurora Union Free School District. (Volume 2 contains reports from the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Community Resources, Consortia
Dakota State Coll., Madison, SD. – 1976
The purpose of the South Dakota Career Education Project was to establish demonstration centers for the development and advancement of K-12 career education in the state. These demonstration centers were also intended to serve as a national model for the delivery of career education services. The major objective was to provide a program of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Awareness, Career Education, Community Support
National Planning Association, Washington, DC. – 1978
Focusing on law enforcement personnel at the city, county, and state levels (including police, sheriffs, and highway patrol agencies), this document is one in a series of six volumes reporting the results of the National Manpower Survey (NMS) of the Criminal Justice System. Chapter 1 of six chapters summarizes the major results of a national…
Descriptors: City Government, Crime, Criminal Law, Educational Needs
National Planning Association, Washington, DC. – 1978
Focusing on adjudication manpower (judges, prosecutors, public defenders, court administrators, and probation officers), this document is one in a series of six volumes reporting the results of the National Manpower Survey (NMS) of the Criminal Justice System. Chapter 1 of six chapters summarizes the major results and recommendations of an…
Descriptors: Administrators, Court Role, Courts, Criminal Law
Roseville Area School District 623, Minn.
The Roseville Area Schools' secondary career education project was based on a broad definition of career education, emphasizing career development as a lifelong process. About thirty community members, students, and district staff participated on project advisory or task force committees. About one-third of the professional certified district…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Haas, Hope J. – 1976
This essay reports the results of a preliminary evaluation of the effects of Matthew Lipman's Philosophy for Children program on fifth and sixth graders in the first year of the program's use in two settings. The program, which involves the use of a novel about children to promote discussion, attempts to engage elementary students in philosophical…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Black Students
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences. – 1978
This volume contains nine case studies describing the initial two-year experiences of local governments in implementing the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA). (An earlier volume published eight similar area studies on the transition from federally centralized to decentralized manpower programs.) Written by resident field…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Control, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations
Kentucky Research Coordinating Unit, Lexington. – 1978
Intended for use by educators and the public, this report interprets the findings of two research studies on competency-based vocational education (CBVE) in Kentucky secondary schools: "The Development of an Instrument to Measure Student Attitudes toward Competency-Based Individualized Instructional Modules," by John C. Thomas, and…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Young, Malcolm B.; Goldsamt, Milton R. – 1978
A study done for the National Community Education Advisory Council to assess programs funded under the Community Schools Act is presented in an introduction and three parts. Study goals, as defined in the introduction, are to describe the organization and operation of community education projects of local educational agencies, state educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Borun, Minda – 1977
The report describes a one-year pilot study of museum effectiveness conducted at the Franklin Institute Science Museum and Planetarium in Philadelphia. The study was intended to develop models for testing visitor response, provide useable information to museum staff, and test the feasibility of a large-scale investigation of science museums.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment
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