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Garfield, Joan B.; Romano, John L. – 1983
A 3-year followup evaluation of the Personalized Education Program (PEP) of the General College, University of Minnesota, is presented. The program, which is designed to improve the academic retention and achievement of underprepared, freshman minority students, has served 273 students since the fall 1979 quarter, including 86 American Indians, 72…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Blacks
Slotnik, William J.; And Others – 1980
The organization and implementation of a community school program is discussed under the topics of citizen participation, functions of the community school council, organizational procedures, and coalition building. Community education consists of two components: the provision of a broad diversity of learning opportunities (after-school programs,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, After School Programs, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils
Reece, Jerald L. – 1984
To determine perceptions of school board members, teachers, and principals in rural schools about the quality of their educational programs, the type of preparation they had received in preservice programs, and the inservice opportunities available to them, responses to questionnaires from 2,028 teachers, 119 principals, and 113 school board…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Attitudes
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1984
This document contains a compilation of articles that have been assembled because of their potential for enhancing understanding of rural health care issues and for their unwavering high standards. The articles promote high quality research in an area which is rapidly becoming a legitimate and recognized field of inquiry among scholars. Besides…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Health Facilities, Health Needs, Health Services
Deboeck, Guido; Kinsey, Bill – 1980
The study summarizes discussions and conclusions of the Regional Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural Development Projects in East Africa (Nairobi, Kenya, April 1979), whose purpose was to share lessons learned from field experiences in managing information for rural development. An initial section summarizes information in papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Illinois State Scholarship Commission, Deerfield. – 1986
The National Association of State Scholarship and Grant Programs/National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs conference on student aid is reported. Following the conference agenda and lists of registrants and conference speakers, the following papers are presented: (1) "Reinterpretation of Hansen's Census Data" (John B. Lee); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Black Students, College Choice
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
The transcript of this hearing on the reauthorization of the Bilingual Education Act and the prepared statements of witnesses, are presented here. The Bilingual Education Act, enacted in 1968, is a major federal education authority that provides educational services primarily for school-age, limited-English-proficient students (LEP). A study of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives
Ashland Community Coll., KY. – 1987
The Single Parent/Adult Homemaker Reentry Program at Ashland Community College (Kentucky) was developed to meet the training needs of 40 eligible persons by enrolling them in vocational-technical programs at the college. Students received financial support for tuition, books, child care, and transportation; academic and personal counseling;…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Displaced Homemakers, Financial Services, Job Training
Uyeki, Eugene S. – 1988
A 20-year retrospective study indicates that the Cleveland Scholarship Program (CSP) has been significant in enabling lower income students to complete a college education at rates higher than those reported for the United States as a whole. CSP provides advisors who work individually with financially disadvantaged seniors in all Cleveland (Ohio)…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Black Students, College Admission, College Graduates
Ciholas, Paul – 1988
The Kentucky State University Integrative Studies Program, which is described in this report, consists of seven seminar-type models, three in the Western and four in the non-Western traditions. It is a basic component of a 53-hour core curriculum, and requires both faculty and students to analyze and interpret a body of knowledge involving…
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Colleges, Chinese Culture, College Curriculum
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1989
The Maryland Center for Thinking Studies, established at Coppin State College in July 1988, and presented in this report, provides training and resources in the teaching of thinking and fosters research in thinking improvement. When fully operational, the Center will assimilate and contribute to research in cognitive instruction, disseminate the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, College Curriculum
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1989
The testimony presented in this report addresses the effects of recent reforms on the achievement of disadvantaged students, their dropout rates, and their enrollments in vocational education. An evaluation of programs in four large-city school districts revealed that educational reform has been neither a disaster nor a boon for the performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Dropout Rate, Educational Change
Schwab, Richard L.; Iwanicki, Edward F. – 1988
This paper focuses on the perceptions of all administrators (N=24) and teachers (N=165) in a school district regarding the success of a merit pay program in providing a motivational climate for teachers. In 1984 a school district in New Hampshire instituted a Performance Based Salary Program (PBSP). This paper addresses the following research…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Support, Elementary Secondary Education, Merit Pay
Roy, Gisele – 1980
Project CAPABLE (Classroom Action Program: Aim: Basic Learning Efficiency) is a classroom approach which integrates the basic learning skills with content. The goal of the project is to use basic learning skills to enhance the learning of content and at the same time use the content to teach basic learning skills. These monthly reports explain how…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
Proller, Norman L. – 1984
The 1983-84 Center for Urban/Minority Education (CUME) Project, funded by the Education Consolidation Improvement Act, (ECIA) Chapter II, was designed to address the needs of teachers, administrators, and parents of schools serving low-income/minority students in Dade County, Florida. However, the substantial reduction in funding from the amount…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged Youth
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