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Patel, Reshma; Rudd, Timothy – MDRC, 2012
The passage of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which extended need-based financial assistance to the general population for the first time, has improved college access for American students, but more work remains to be done to improve college success. According to government statistics, in 2006, about one in six students had earned a degree or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Effectiveness
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. – 1967
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, DESIGNATED THE STATE AGENCY UNDER TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, HAS ADMINISTERED IN 13 MONTHS MORE THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN APPROVED PROGRAMS, WHICH PROVIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE HIGHER EDUCATION. A 20-MEMBER STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL, COMPOSED OF ACADEMIC,…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Community Services, Educational Objectives, Family Programs
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. State Agency for Title I. – 1968
An evaluative and historical report is presented of 38 university extension programs proposed in Tennessee during Fiscal Years 1966, 1967, and 1968, under Title I (Higher Education Act of 1965), together with a list of 13 programs completed prior to June 30, 1967. The University of Tennessee, East Tennessee State University, Memphis State…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Community Problems, Community Services, Counseling
Ferver, Jack C. – 1969
Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 has demonstrated that institutions of higher learning can make an important contribution to the solution of community problems through community service projects. But there are limitations, the greatest of which are lack of adequate program funds and mounting program needs, particularly for programs…
Descriptors: Community Services, Disadvantaged, Financial Support, Personnel Needs
National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education, Washington, DC. – 1977
This report of the activities of the National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education during 1976 focuses on current information about (1) the nature and extent of the need for federal continuing education programs; (2) the appropriateness of the existing responses in light of the needs identified; and (3) the Council's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Community Programs
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McMullen, William J. – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1981
This study assessed the effects of federal funding on selected cooperative program characteristics among two- and four-year institutions. It examined whether awarding administrative grants affects the co-op program such that granted institutions can be significantly differentiated from nongranted schools on selected program operating…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Federal Aid, Grants
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1966
INTRODUCED BY EXCERPTS FROM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORKS ABOUT CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS GUIDELINES FOR (1) IMPLEMENTING THE 1965 CONNECTICUT STATE ACT TO PROVIDE AID FOR THE EDUCATION OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND (2) ESTABLISHING THE TITLE I PROGRAMS CREATED BY THE 1965 FEDERAL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Children, Community Action, Compensatory Education
Haygood, Kenneth – 1968
This report was prepared at the request of the Higher Education Facilities Commission in order to provide background, a progress report, and recommendations for further action to those interested in the Massachusetts programs of continuing education and community service funded under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Among the materials…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Annual Reports, Community Services