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Download full textMARTYN, KENNETH A. – 1966
THE DISADVANTAGED STUDENT IS DEFINED IN TERMS OF FAMILY INCOME AND THE LOCATION OF FAMILY RESIDENCE. THIS DEFINITION IS THE ONE GENERALLY USED AND ACCEPTED BY THE COLLEGES. ON-CAMPUS VISITS AND AN INVENTORY OF PROVISIONS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS FROM ALL SEGMENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS A SEARCH OF RELATED LITERATURE, WERE…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities
FASICK, FRANK; MARCSON, SIMON – 1964
TWO BASIC PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN GENERALLY, AND MIGRANT CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR, WITH THE EDUCATION THEY NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST PROGRAM IS BASED UPON THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM, AND WOULD EXPAND THE USE OF KINDERGARTEN AND NURSERY SCHOOLS, IMPROVE PRIMARY AND…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Improvement Programs, Instructional Program Divisions
KING, JOHN B.; AND OTHERS – 1964
SIXTY-SIX PROGRAMS FOR THE POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL DROPOUT, THE EARLY SCHOOL LEAVER, THE EMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS AND ADULTS ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM TITLE, YEAR OF ORIGIN, PURPOSE OF PROGRAM, METHOD OF OPERATION, GRADES, AGES, AND NUMBERS SERVICES, FACILITIES UTILIZED, AND ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST. PRESENTATION IS AS…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Public Schools
Philadelphia Public Schools, PA. – 1964
A TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE EVALUATED THE PROJECT. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE INSERVICE PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS, THE BOOKMOBILE, SATURDAY TRIPS, ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS, AND THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM RECEIVED THE GREATEST RECOGNITION. ALL TEACHERS SHOWED A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS AN INTENSIVE COMMITMENT TO THE PUPILS. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Enrichment Activities, Improvement Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
HALL, SHIRLEY W. – 1964
THE PROJECT HAD ITS BEGINNING AT ONE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. ATTENTION WAS TURNED TO THE VARIETY OF URBAN PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSE EDUCATIONAL DISADVANTAGEMENT. TEACHER PREPARATION, DESEGREGATION, PRESCHOOL, TRAINING, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, STUDENT MOTIVATION, AND SCHOOL DROPOUTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS SOME OF THE MAJOR AREAS IN NEED OF GREATER ATTENTION.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention, Educational Change, Educationally Disadvantaged
YOUNG, EDWIN A. – 1965
GRADES OF 64 STUDENTS IN A SPECIAL PSYCHOLOGY CLASS FOR LOW-ABILITY STUDENTS WERE CORRELATED WITH SCORES ON SELECTED APTITUDE, ACHIEVEMENT, AND MOTIVATIONAL MEASURES. READING COMPREHENSION WAS THE BEST PREDICTOR OF SUCCESS. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES PREDICTED GRADES BETTER FOR WOMEN THAN FOR MEN. IN GENERAL, SCORES ON VARIOUS TESTS OF…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Educational Counseling, Low Achievement
Smith, Carl R.; And Others – 1979
To determine how many emotionally disturbed (ED) Iowa students were reintegrated into regular classrooms, by what criteria, and by whom, a study of ED teachers from 76 public school programs serving this population was undertaken. Results of the questionnaire showed that 85.5% of respondents worked in school districts with over 3,000 students,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Mainstreaming
Turrell, Ronald S. – 1979
The study investigated programs for elementary level gifted and talented students available in all Ohio public school districts and training programs for teachers of the gifted and talented available in 51 Ohio colleges approved for teacher education. Surveys, visitations, and interviews were used to collect the data. Among five major conculsions…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Gifted
GELHART, ROBERT P. – 1966
INCLUDING BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, THESES, RESEARCH REPORTS, MONOGRAPHS, AND GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, THE BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS 105 ITEMS ON MENTAL RETARDATION. PUBLICATION DATES RANGE FROM 1931 THROUGH 1966 (IN PRESS). THE ITEMS CITED COVER CONCEPTS OF MENTAL RETARDATION, EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, AND PROGRAMS FOR THEM. A…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Bibliographies, Educational Programs
Goldstein, Marjorie T.; MacClymont, Peggy – 1977
Forty-eight Social Learning Curriculum (SLC--an innovative educational program for mentally handicapped children) administrators were surveyed to compare SLC programs, their administrators' personal and professional characteristics, and substative responsibilities with special education programs and administrators in general. The results of a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Curriculum Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Retardation
Hayden, Alice H.; And Others – 1977
The findings of this study were obtained by locating, in the post-preschool setting, 116 preschool graduates previously diagnosed as handicapped. Their past ability status, present ability and achievement status, and current demographic status were documented. These data were analyzed to determine the extent to which the benefits of the preschool…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Exceptional Child Research
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1974
Data from a survey of 1,137 junior colleges, community colleges, and technical institutes conducted by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges in October 1972 and up-dated in March 1974 show that these institutions are playing a vital role in addressing the needs of older persons in the communities they serve. Following a brief…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Cultural Enrichment, Directories, Financial Support
Daniels, John J. – 1975
As colleges and universities become increasingly aware of students' need for assistance in career planning, conventional "placement" programs have been pressed into service to provide such assistance. One of the main problems expressed by placement and counseling center directors in this regard is that students fail to seek help in career planning…
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Bound Students, College Programs, Guidance Programs
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Higher Education. – 1970
The Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) of New York State provides grants to institutions of higher learning for the recruitment and education of economically and educationally disadvantaged students who, though not admissible by traditional criteria, have potential for successfully completing a college degree program. This report…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged
Menzel, Dennis – 1969
This paper examines the present efforts of colleges and universities to offer educational opportunity to disadvantaged students, briefly reviews some of the studies in this area, and recommends guidelines for planning and implementing educational opportunity programs. The Coleman study clearly documented the problem of educational deprivation;…
Descriptors: College Students, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities
