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Theodos, Brett; Pergamit, Michael R.; Hanson, Devlin; Edelstein, Sara; Daniels, Rebecca – Urban Institute, 2016
Urban Alliance serves at-risk youth through its high school internship program, which provides training, mentoring, and work experience to high school seniors from distressed communities. The program aims to help youth move on to higher education or employment after graduation. The Urban Institute is conducting a six-year, randomized controlled…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Youth Programs, At Risk Students, High School Students
Theodos, Brett; Pergamit, Michael R.; Edelstein, Sara; George, Taz; Freiman, Lesley – Urban Institute, 2014
This report presents baseline and process study findings of an evaluation of the Urban Alliance high school internship program, which provides training, mentoring, and work experience to high school seniors from distressed communities in Washington, DC, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, and Chicago. The report, which focuses on the program's…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Internship Programs
Maples, Wayne; And Others – 1980
The report evaluates Texas' Multiple Careers Magnet Center (MCMC), a part time program to provide special education secondary students with career training. It is explained that students enter one of six career education clusters: furniture repair and upholstery, general construction trades, building and grounds maintenance, laundry and dry…
Descriptors: Construction Industry, Demography, Disabilities, Homemaking Skills
Barclay, Suzanne; And Others – 1979
Before enrollment of youth began in the Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) program, a survey was conducted of program eligible youth in four of the largest Entitlement areas and in four matched control sites in order to provide baseline data for an impact analysis of the YIEPP program. After probability sampling, over 120,000…
Descriptors: Demography, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Methods, Family Characteristics
White, Martha Sturm; Highley, Betty L. – 1978
Data were gathered on 134 maternity and pediatric nurse practitioners to determine what types of work experience, educational backgrounds, and personality traits were most conducive to successful orientation and commitment to the nurse practitioner role. The study population, comprising six separate groups trained in six-month continuing education…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Demography, Educational Background, Graduate Surveys
Spotts, Robert; And Others – 1974
The final evaluation report summarizes the FY 1974 operation of the Experience-Based Career Education Program at Far West School (FWS). The report's introduction provides a brief overview of the secondary level program and the evaluation design. Chapter 2 focuses on the procedures for the recruitment and selection of program students, discusses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Demography, Demonstration Programs