DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 1964-1965 APPROXIMATELY 300 SCHOOL AGE GIRLS WILL COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF PREGNANCY. IN THE PAST, ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF SUCH GIRLS HAVE RECEIVED EITHER INDIVIDUAL HOME INSTRUCTION OR HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO RECEIVE GROUP INSTRUCTION AT ONE OF THE TWO CYESIS CENTERS. A CASE SELECTION COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND…

This study investigated the adoption and use of practices in preparation and use of vegetables following adult classes in nutrition. Data were obtained on 63 Brazilian women through interviews, diet intake records, a pretest in nutrition, and a food belief inventory, and practices were compared on prior use, adoption, combined use, rejection, and…

The Women's Re-Entry to Education Program (WREP) came into being at San Jose City College after the recognition that a large segment of the community's population was underrepresented at the college. That group was composed of unemployed or underemployed women, economically and educationally disadvantaged women, women who were heads of households…

This report contains the results of an evaluation of the impact of U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO on various international educational, scientific, and cultural activities. The study was undertaken to assist Congressional subcommittees in considering the Reagan administration's fiscal year 1986-87 requests for contributions to the United Nations'…

This 1965-66 study was made for the Office of Economic Opportunity under subcontract to the United Planning Organization, Washington, D.C. Its aim was to develop and test a combined literacy and job skill program for functionally illiterate dropouts in the District of Columbia. Only 54 such trainees were secured, and the remainder (315) were male…

This fiscal year 1969 report presents new developments affecting training in the Federal service, followed by training data and analyses, and a statistical review. Part 1 reviews new policy, training for supervisors and executives, service to the undereducated and other special employee groups, and two court decisions. Part 2 indicates variance in…

OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH SELECTED GROUPS OF RURAL PEOPLE IN METROPOLITAN PORTLAND, OREGON, VIEWED AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION TELECASTS ON PORTLAND COMMERCIAL STATIONS AND USED THE INFORMATION GAINED TO GET SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SCHEDULING, TYPES, AND CONTENT OF FUTURE PROGRAMS. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO…

This investigation entailed surveys of the operation of the Missouri State Office of Adult Basic Education (ABE) and of local program characteristics, as well as of followup study of adults (enrollees age 25 or over with less than eight years of schooling) who terminated during the 1967-68 fiscal year. Interviews, a questionnaire, and state…

Information on ethnic minorities and women at the University of New Mexico is presented. Specialized programs that emphasize recruitment and retention of minority and women students and the amount of money associated with each program are listed. A breakdown by race, nationality, and sex of the 1977 entering freshman class is presented, and a…

The New York Guidance Center for Women at Rockland Community College provided educational and vocational counseling and information and advisory services through the library, career guidance workshops, public meetings, and radio programs. Individual counseling and testing of clients took place at the center, and group counseling in disadvantaged…

Families that participate in CAP programs express keen desires to make more money, to get a better education for their children, to keep their children out of trouble, to make the available money go farther, to get more training and better jobs, to get better medical care, and to have more attractive homes. This is especially true of the large…