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Maryland Univ., College Park. Univ. Coll. – 1975
The first 38 pages of the document describe the project designed to develop a coordinated, comprehensive system to deliver community services and continuing education services throughout Maryland higher education institutions. Discussed are project objectives, operations, and accomplishments, the final evaluation summary, the impact on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Community Services, Community Support
Walther, Regis H. – 1975
The manual is designed to provide guidelines for developing basic educational components in manpower programs for youth from poverty backgrounds who dropped out of school before graduating from high school and whose educational deficiencies reduce their employability or their ability to profit from training programs. It discusses relevant…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs, Educational Diagnosis
Chisholm, Margaret E.; Ely, Donald P. – 1976
The initial chapters of this reference textbook deal with modern education, the philosophy and rationale of a media program, the role of the media professional, user needs, and explanations of functions and competencies. Ten major functions are identified: organization management, personnel management, design, information retrieval, logistics,…
Descriptors: Administration, Audiovisual Centers, Audiovisual Instruction, Cataloging
Gordon, Edmund W. – 1970
This paper describes and categorizes the characteristics of disadvantaged urban children with behavior disorders which may have some deleterious effect on their learning, and discusses the several kinds of activities which a comprehensive program of guidance for such children would entail for a specialist in guidance services. The relevant…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Behavior Problems, Counseling, Counselor Role
Bockman, John F. – 1967
Russian is and will probably continue to be an intruder in the secondary-school curriculum. Like all intruders, it will gain and retain ground slowly and with difficulty and will tend to lose ground quickly and easily. It will be difficult for a high school Russian program to continue to attract and hold the enrollment needed to justify its…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Preparation, Educational Change, Educational Needs
Wolff, Max; Stein, Annie – 1970
At present, the section of Buffalo in which the majority of the residents are white carries most of the burden of the K-8 schools with their extremely limited seventh and eight grade offerings. The sections of the community in which the majority of the residents are black now carry the heavy burdens of teacher shortage and teacher turnover that…
Descriptors: Building Obsolescence, Construction Needs, Courses, De Facto Segregation
Andersson, Theodore; And Others – 1970
This paper proposes an educational study to determine the best way to educate Mexican American children. It suggests an experiment comparing the traditional approach, the English as a second language approach, and a bilingual-affective approach as described by the authors. The detail of the proposed program are presented, and the three language…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Curriculum Development
Gumpper, David C.; And Others – 1971
This document evaluates the first year of an experimental continuous progress program in a Pennsylvania elementary school. The report covers (1) a summary and a discussion of the evaluation implications, (2) a compendium of other nongraded school studies, (3) a description of the experimental school, (4) a discussion on program structure and staff…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Continuous Progress Plan, Costs, Design Requirements
Krear, Serafina – 1971
The bilingual education program in a given community should be based on a sociolinguistic assessment of that community, and community members should be involved in assessing the surrounding bilingual reality and in deciding whether they wish to mirror that reality in the biliteracy program. This paper presents alternatives for bilingual programs…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Child Language, Community Influence
Mitsakos, Charles L. – 1976
This report presents the conclusions drawn from the examination of the effect of the "Family of Man Evaluation Study" (FAMES) project on third-grade children's views of foreign peoples. The FAMES project was concerned with global mindedness and global education for primary grades. The experimental group was composed of 509 third graders…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Elementary Education
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1976
One of six introductory modules in a 22-module series designed to train vocational education curriculum specialists (VECS), this guide is intended for use by both instructor and student in a variety of education environments, including independent study, team teaching, seminars, and workshops, as well as in more conventional classroom settings.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Definitions, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
Copenhaver, John – Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center (MPRRC), 2005
Finding and hiring highly qualified candidates in today's education marketplace can be as frustrating and demanding as it is rewarding and satisfying. National projections suggest special education personnel shortages in the coming years may tax the ability of schools to provide services for children with disabilities. While teacher turnover rates…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Certification, Teacher Persistence, Special Education Teachers
Buchen, Irving H.; Le Cornu, David John – Distance Education and Training Council, 2005
In this paper, the authors discuss the issue of academic equivalence as it applies to international transfer of credit. They describe the history of the problem, list factors that encourage diversity and those that promote uniformity, and review and evaluate possible solutions, which may involve either turning over equivalence to outside certified…
Descriptors: College Credits, Transfer Policy, Higher Education, Distance Education
Naylor, Michele – 1997
Work-based learning may occur in the following forms: contracted instruction; cooperative education; school-to-apprenticeship; registered apprenticeship; career exploration; service learning; career internships; career academies; school-based enterprises; and clinical experience programs. The following are key components of work-based learning…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Career Education, Cooperative Planning
Copa, George H.; Ammentorp, William – 1998
This final report contains a history and description of a project called New Designs for the Two-Year Institution of Higher Education (NDTYI). The goal of NDTYI was to begin an earnest search for synergies that will better connect educational institutions with the culture in ways that create resources and multiply desired results. NDTYI focused on…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Community Colleges, Educational Change
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