This report describes the development of a master plan for identifying and accommodating disadvantaged and handicapped students within the vocational education programs of the Virginia Community College System. The general project objectives reported on were: (1) to determine the potential number of disadvantaged and handicapped students by…

The intent of this report was to run a literature search to determine what had been learned about student services for the disadvantaged. The basic approach used for this study was one of designing a study that would experimentally obtain data on how disadvantaged students used and responded to selected student services. It was thought that data…

In an effort to capture the feeling of the operations of the Health Start projects, the experiences of eight of the 29 local projects organized in 1971, representative of the mix of approaches taken in the first year, are described, with emphasis on obstacles and strategies as well as successes. The projects reviewed are in Arkansas, North…

The Institute for Training Minority Group Research and Evaluation Specialists comprised 4 programs in 1: (1) a 6-week graduate course at New York University (NYU) during the 1970 summer session for 20 minority group persons that provided training in research design, statistics, data collection and analysis, and report writing; (2) a program of…

This report is an evaluation of the Head Start Program conducted for a period of 32 weeks within the Pontiac School District. A description of the program is followed by the results of a pre-post administration of a preschool inventory. (Author)

A PROGRAM IN LOW-INCOME AREAS IN MINNEAPOLIS PROVIDED THE SERVICES OF HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS TO GRADUATES AND DROPOUTS BY (1) OFFERING VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE TO UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES AND ACTIVELY ASSISTING IN JOB PLACEMENT, (2) ENCOURAGING THE RETURN OF DROPOUTS TO SCHOOL AND ASSISTING IN THEIR READJUSTMENT TO ACADEMIC LIFE, (3) ORGANIZING DATA ON…

Presented is an "artistic" rather than academic synthesis on the culturally different gifted. (BD)

Described are three studies which examined the effect of filmed modeling on cooperative play in disadvantaged children. (Author/CL)

If middle-class parents can, and do, help their children to make it into college, public policies must aim at offering poor children comparable help. (Author/RK)

Criteria that characterize competent teachers of the disadvantaged are concerned with the areas of academic preparation, preservice internships, personality, and continuous professional growth. (Author/IRT)

Describes the activities and achievements of Broome County Catholic Youth Organization 70001, a unique program for economically disadvantaged youth and high school dropouts, which offers preemployment training, educational upgrading, motivational activities, and job placement assistance. Explains the benefits for the young participants, community,…

Describes the literacy training provided by the Armed Forces as both minimal and dehumanizing, with an overriding emphasis on training young, disadvantaged recruits to perform necessary tasks without any thought or analysis. (GC)

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act defines "homeless children and youths" as "individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence." However, because the circumstances of homelessness vary with each family's or unaccompanied youth's situation, determining the extent to which the family or youth fits…