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Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1978
This plan presents required state and federal information for the administration and procedures for the 1978 Summer Food Service Program in Kansas. In 1977, the program increased its availability to low income children through a 41 percent increase of the sponsors and a 54 percent increase of sites where the children were served breakfast, lunch,…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Cost Estimates, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Taylor, Y. A., Comp. – 1981
In 1981 North Carolina's Migrant Education Program adequately met legislative requirements and national program objectives while initiating 11 new projects. More that $7 million was expended on 72 school year projects with total enrollments of 15,682 migrant children and 34 summer programs with total enrollments of 4,854. Program continuity was…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Community Involvement, Cooperative Planning
Conrad, Dan – 1981
The 10-day 1981 National Leadership Conference (NLC) sponsored by the American Youth Foundation was held at Camp Miniwanca (Michigan) for 182 urban high school students selected for leadership ability or potential and other specific criteria established by each student's home city. Students participated in seminars, skills explorations,…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, High School Students, Leadership Training
Twitchell, Wirt B. – 1981
Evaluation of the 5-week Chinle Agency (Bureau of Indian Affairs) Summer Special Education Program for participating elementary teachers reflected the strengths and weaknesses of the program, which served 43 eligible Navajo students and classroom teachers and teacher aides for some length of time, and presented 20 recommendations. Evaluation…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Disabilities, Educational Objectives
Munroe, Mary Jeanne; And Others – 1981
The University of Arizona College of Education and the Tucson (Arizona) Unified School District have cooperatively developed a staff development program that addresses the needs of teachers who are implementing bilingual and multicultural curricula. The Tucson Model for Effective Staff Development is based on the belief that successful integration…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Desegregation, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style
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Henderson, Karla A.; Bialeschki, M. Deborah – 1982
The 1981 study ascertained whether the self-concept of 66 camp staff from 2 Wisconsin camps changed more than a control group of 18 college students attending summer school; if differences in self-concept were based on a particular characteristic (age, gender, staff position, years at camp); and in what ways, if any, self-concept of camp staff…
Descriptors: Age, Attitude Change, Camping, College Students
Henderson, Karla A., Comp.; Bialeschki, M. Deborah, Comp. – 1982
Abstracts are presented of twelve presentations made at the March 1982 National Convention of the American Camping Association: (1) the operations and environment of a summer residential camp serving individuals with disabilities, and the relationships among staff members' perceptions of the organizational climate, acceptance of self, acceptance…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Camping, Disease Incidence
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
Results of the 1980-81 Survey of Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities, as part of the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), are presented. The survey sample consisted of 3,270 accredited institutions and branches and an additional 141 systems and central offices. Eighty more institutions/branches had…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Administrators, Comparative Analysis
Hall, Benny – 1981
A summer program offered by Eastern Kentucky University to ease the transition to the college environment for high school seniors is described. The six-week program, called "College Warm-Up," involves seven hours of credit classes in English composition, academic orientation, and college reading and study skills. The academic orientation…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, College Preparation
Bellman, Richard E.; And Others – 1971
This report presents a general description of the 1970 "Project SOUL" summer program. The computer training course, intended for disadvantaged high school students, provides both training for immediate jobs and fundamental mathematical and scientific training for students going on to college. Included in this document are a description…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Computers
Trevino, Consuelo; Wise, Bette – 1980
A five-week summer program for special acceptance students has been developed at St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas. Students accepted into the program must show high potential in the form of good high school grades or high test results. The special acceptance program has three components. The academic skills component is a three hour…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Career Awareness, College Preparation
Chapline, Elaine – 1979
The Environmental Education/Communication Skills program was designed to improve junior high school students' reading and writing skills. The key idea of the program was to motivate reading and writing improvement through environmental topic learning. Content focus areas were: orienteering, plant life, animal life, environmental problems, and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Content Area Reading, Environmental Education, Junior High Schools
Scherer, Charlotte L., Ed. – 1980
This teacher handbook provides guidelines and materials for graduate students who prepare entering freshmen at Bowling Green State University for the rigors of academic life. A series of exercises show summer instructors, called "facilitators," how to get students to: map their environment, use local resources, read and mark textbooks,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Freshmen, Educational Counseling, Graduate Students
Central Research Corp., Topeka, KS. – 1978
This report presents information describing the extent and effectiveness of Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, Public Law 89-10 programs in Kansas during the school year 1977-1978. During the year the state educational agency distributed $12,799,697 for activities involving 38,553 students in 275 of Kansas' 306 school districts.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education, Delinquency
SEXTON, PATRICIA; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE PROGRAM WAS DEVISED TO DEMONSTRATE A WORKABLE PLAN FOR EXTENDED USE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS, AND TO EMPHASIZE THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL IN CREATING A WHOLESOME ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN. GOALS INCLUDED--(1) A SCHOOL DAY THAT PROVIDES FOR EDUCATIONAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, (2) EXTENSION OF THE SCHOOL DAY INTO A SPECIAL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, After School Programs, Behavior Development
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