Reported are results of a 1-year educational intervention program for 120 pre-kindergarten and 120 kindergarten aged culturally disadvantaged children in Paterson, New Jersey. Described are the three experimental and five control groups which contrasted advantaged with disadvantaged children, and groups using the staff developed set of performance…

Reviewed is the development of a set of performance objectives to provide for continuous educational progress in an early childhood education program for disadvantaged children in Paterson, New Jersey. Noted are sources of objectives and successful use of the objectives in the program. The objectives reported cover the following skill areas:…

To identify effective new practices and trends in college student development, recent literature was reviewed and nominations of effective programs were solicited from over 1,100 leaders in related fields. More than 200 programs were identified. Approximately 60 programs distributed among almost 50 colleges and universities were found to contain…

The Ypsilanti Curriculum Demonstration Project's language training curriculum for three- and four-year old disadvantaged children, using the Bereiter Engelmann program, is provided. The purpose of the curriculum is to effect a behavior change in the child to enable him to achieve in the traditional education environment. Emphasis is given to the…

This report briefly describes a preschool and elementary school program for children who suffer from economic deprivation, cultural disadvantage, and emotional disturbance. During the five years of operation, the program combined funds from the Federal government, teachers from the District of Columbia public schools, and The Episcopal Center for…

An economically disadvantaged population of 60 white and 60 Negro males (ages from nine years to 14 years) were given an 150-item opinionnaire containing seven measures of alienation, six measures of achievement motivation and five measures of attitudes toward school. As expected, Negroes exhibited greater degrees of alienation and more negative…

This book, written for practicing psychiatrists and social workers, presents approaches to understanding the results of longitudinal studies of black and white adolescents. The author discusses various methods of investigation that he utilized; however, the body of the books concerns the question of identity formation in lower-class adolescents…

This report on the first year's operation of a program providing group counseling and placement services for disadvantaged youth in Houston, Texas, outlines the development of relationships with schools, business, labor, students, and other agencies. It includes an overview of materials presented to the students and techniques used in the…

The Georgia Talent Search Project FAIT (Find and Inform Talent) was established in 1966 to identify academically able but financially needy students in Georgia secondary schools. Students identified by guidance counselors were informed by FAIT personnel of the availability of funds for higher education. A source book containing pertinent…

Included are instructional materials designed for use with disadvantaged students who have a limited reading ability and poor command of English. The guide is the first volume of a two volume, one year program in life science and contains these three units and activities: Measurement, 7 activities; Ecology, 12 activities; and Energy Processes, 24…

Included are instructional materials designed for use with disadvantaged students who have a limited reading ability and poor command of English. The guide is the second volume of a two volume, one year program in life science and contains these two units and activities: Reproduction and Development, 21 activities; and Genetics, 10 activities. A…

The Diagnostic Reading Tests were designed to assess the reading skills of college students enrolled in reading centers. To assess the reliability of the Diagnostic Reading Tests, Survey Section, Form E (DRTE), a study was conducted with university freshmen as subjects. The DRTE was administered to 31 students in an Educational Opportunity Program…

Originally designed to improve the education of disadvantaged children in the public schools, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was amended in 1966 to include children in state institutions who are handicapped, orphaned, neglected, or delinquent. In this collection of brief essays, educators from programs in various parts of…

The educational opportunity programs of the State University of New York (SUNY) were initiated (1) to seek out disadvantaged but talented youngsters and present them with an opportunity to enter a program of higher education; (2) to help each of these students complete satisfactorily the educational program in which he has enrolled; and (3) to…

This paper summarizes the features of the City University of New York's (CUNY) open admissions plan and briefly describes its accompanying research component. Its major features are: (1) a system of 4 and 2 year colleges, with students eligible for the 4-year institutions if their high school average is 80 or better or if they rank in the top half…