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Adams, Susan B.; Taylor, Stephaine P. – 1980
This report describes two complementary projects: a technical assistance project to also provide information and resources to Kentucky vocational program serving limited English proficiency (LEP) students and a research project involving those programs. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 focuses on the technical assistance project. It reports…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Vocational Education, Databases, Educational Research
Appignani, Georgianna, Ed.; And Others – 1981
With the passage of the Schools of Education Assistance Act as part of the reauthorized Higher Education Act, institutions of teacher education have a long awaited federal mandate for their own redesign and redirection. This legislation provides a principle: that schools, colleges, and departments of education represent a valuable resource for the…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Ewert, D. Merrill – 1980
Education has long been a development priority in Africa. The failure and limitations of formal education have led to the emergence of nonformal alternatives of various types. They include extension education, training programs, multipurpose educational programs (for middle-level professionals), cooperative self-help programs (community…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Development, Community Involvement
Martin, Robert A. – 1980
A study tested the effects of two systems of supervisory techniques--product specification and process specification--on the success of beginning teachers of vocational agriculture. (Product specification is based on supervision-by-objectives, a student-centered emphasis. Process specification is based on management of the teacher and his/her…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Evaluation, Agricultural Education, Beginning Teachers
Copa, George H.; Maurice, Clyde F. – 1978
In 1977 approximately 17% of Minnesota's population aged 16 and over (478,000 people) felt that they definitely needed more job-related training in the next year. Another 9% felt that they perhaps needed more training. Of those indicating training interest, 40% were interested enough to pay a non-refundable course fee; 85% were willing to read…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Age Differences
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Hammond, Peirce – 1979
Questions and issues about research on postsecondary education currently being considered at the National Institute of Education (NIE), NIE's major interests from previous years, and the evolving organization of NIE as it pertains to postsecondary research and development are examined. Over the six year period from funding year 1975 through…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Black Colleges, Clearinghouses
Brown, Charles I., Ed. – 1977
Proceedings from the fifth annual meeting of the North Carolina Association for Institutional Research (NCAIR) focus on issues affecting higher education and the relationship of these issues to the institutional research function. Included are general session addresses by Charles A. Lyons and Dick Robinson that discuss the implications of Judge…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission (School), College Administration, College Desegregation
Rubinstein, Sherry; Sorce, Patricia – 1978
The document describes an instrument used to measure citizenship social studies achievement and skills for 9-, 13-, 17-, and 26 to 35-year-olds in Connecticut. Based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (ED 049 113), objectives were to collect baseline data for future use in determining knowledge, to compare results with national…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adults, Age Groups, Attitude Measures
Meier, John; Brudenell, Gerald – 1968
This final report of the 1967-68 experimental training program for teachers of young disadvantaged children details the objectives and operation of remote microteaching. Communication techniques emphasizing personal contact between the Institute staff in Colorado and trainees teaching in home schools across seven states are described and in part…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Continuous Progress Plan, Decentralization, Disadvantaged Youth
Goodman, Elizabeth M. – 1969
Information is provided regarding programs for the education of handicapped children in the U.S. Office of Education. Arranged by administrative agency, these programs include 13 in the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, 13 in the Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education, six in the Bureau of Adult, Vocational, and Library Programs, 11…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Educational Facilities
BERELSON, BERNARD – 1960
A BRIEF INTRODUCTORY HISTORY OF GRADUATE STUDY IS FOLLOWED BY AN ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT STATE OF GRADUATE EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. PURPOSES OF GRADUATE STUDY, INSTITUTIONS, STUDENTS, AND PROGRAMS ARE EXAMINED. ALSO CONSIDERED ARE TEACHER SUPPLY AND DEMAND, INSTITUTIONAL GROWTH AND DECENTRALIZATION, AND STUDENT'S PREPARATION AND BACKGROUND.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Degree Requirements, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations
Dickson, George E.; And Others – 1968
This second volume (SP 001 927 is the first volume) contains a list of 818 educational specifications for the development of a comprehensive program of elementary teacher education, as compiled by a consortium of the 12 State Universities of Ohio with support from several cooperating school districts. An introductory chapter delineates the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Educational Games, Educational Innovation, Educational Media
Bowman, David L. – 1968
The initial phase (1967-1968) of a longitudinal study designed to provide more teachers of the disadvantaged by (1) recruiting education students who have withdrawn from college for academic reasons but have greater scholastic potential than they have demonstrated and (2) modifying teacher education programs to train these individuals as teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, Attitude Change, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1968
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act Amendments of 1967 legislate financial a sistance for the education of children from low-income families, appropriations for school library resources and other instructional materials, and funds for supplementary educational centers and services. Also covered are grants for cooperative educational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, American Indians, Bilingual Students, Compensatory Education
Guggenheim, Fred – 1967
The relationship between self-esteem, academic expectations, and ethnic group membership was studied in a New York City elementary school which had an approximately equal enrollment of Negro, white, and Spanish-background pupils. Subjects were 162 sixth-grade students who were tested with two projective tests and one specifically designed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Achievement Tests, Black Students
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