Higher Horizons (HH) 100 is a program providing groups of 100 underachieving secondary school students in Hartford, Connecticut, with an integrated program of academic, cultural, and counseling services designed to develop and improve their basic skills in language and mathematics, self-concept, and adjustment to school. The eight small cluster…

This paper on instructional development notes the trend toward teaching improvement efforts, classifies instructional development centers in terms of their differing philosophies of operation, and identifies some general problems that have been encountered in institutional efforts to improve teaching and learning. Centers in North America, Europe,…

The need to focus upon the organizational factors and consequences of a technological innovation is discussed and the outcome of the pilot implementation of the Academic Unit Planning Manual (AUPM) are reported. The primary intent of the AUPM, a tool developed at the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), is to assist…

The purpose of this report is to provide an in-depth view of the impact of involvement in the Advanced Institutional Development Program (AIDP) on institutions of higher education. The study consists of three major evaluation elements, which are presented after an introductory section of conclusions, recommendations, and future implications which…

This document represents the third annual evaluation study of the Advanced Institutional Development Program (AIDP) and its impact on colleges involved in the program. An introductory section traces the historical development of the AIDP, its goals and characteristics, and its role in assisting institutions in developing low-income students,…

A study analyzed the system of vocational training in Egypt, including school-based and post-school training of different categories of workers at skilled-worker level and craft level. Special attention was given to favorable and unfavorable conditions affecting access to vocational education and training for the benefit of working classes.…

A COMMUNITY PROFILE OF ROCHESTER, N.Y. CITES HISTORY, PRESENT COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS, AND CURRENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AS THEY RELATE TO CULTURAL DEPRIVATION AND AN ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM. TO DETERMINE WHAT EFFECTS HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL FORCES HAVE UPON HEAD START CHILDREN, MATCHED GROUPS OF EIGHT HEAD START…

Developed by the United States Department of Agriculture's SPEAC (Student Parent Educator Administrator Children) for Nutrition Demonstration Project, these four nutrition education curriculum components are designed to promote health and beneficial nutrition practices among preschool children. The SPEAC Preschool Unit is divided into three…

Project PACT was designed to complement a bilingual program at Potter-Thomas school by involving Hispanic parents in the education of their children. The emphasis was on improving the academic performance of Hispanic pupils by teaching their parents and other adults how to reinforce classroom instruction. At the end of the first year, there was…

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN PUPILS' ACADEMIC POTENTIAL (AS MEASURED BY A STANDARDIZED GROUP TEST OF INTELLIGENCE) COULD BE MADE AS A RESULT OF APPROPRIATE MODIFICATIONS OF THE TEACHING-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS. DEPRIVED NEGRO PUPILS AND THEIR TEACHERS IN…

The Program reported here was designed to help improve the quality of education in the nations elementary and secondary schools. It pursued this goal in two ways: first, by helping selected, potentially influential experienced teache to pursue full-time graduate education in specially planned courses of studies; second, by fostering and…

This follow up survey of the 1965 NDEA history institute program (which had been thoroughly studied) examines constancy of participants' opinions about the institute and investigates some specific phases of institute experience. Objectives include answering four questions on how attendance at the institute affected each participant's: 1)…

A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WITH CHILDREN OF LOW-SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS WAS CONDUCTED TO ENHANCE THEIR EDUCABILITY. THE SAMPLE (N 74) WAS DIVIDED BY RANDOM ASSIGNMENT INTO ONE CONTROL AND TWO EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS. PROVISIONS WERE MADE FOR AN OPTIMAL NURSERY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT BY (1) HELPING CHILDREN TO FUNCTION SOCIALLY IN A GROUP, (2) PARTICIPATING IN…

Describes design principles followed in developing an interactive microcomputer-based simulation to study financial and economic aspects of the Dutch social security system. The main goals are to improve participants' insights into the formal simulation model, and to improve policy development skills. Plans for future research are also discussed.…

There is a general agreement that academic standards in Papua New Guinea high schools are below those in many other countries. This paper will examine this problem generally and also in relation to the teaching of mathematics and science. At Goroka Teachers' College, which is the only teacher training college for secondary school teachers in Papua…