To attack the problem of reading deficiencies of inner-city school children, the investigators designed an intensive reading program. Thirty-two low-achieving sixth-grade children were assigned to experimental and control groups for 9 weeks. Materials were selected not only on the basis of their instructional usefulness but with regard for the…

The report outlines the basic administration and program of the special education early childhood project for children aged 2-5 years whose behavior suggests potential learning problems. The rationale of the program is presented, including a special education model. Objectives listed include identification of such children, instructional program…

This paper examines the present efforts of colleges and universities to offer educational opportunity to disadvantaged students, briefly reviews some of the studies in this area, and recommends guidelines for planning and implementing educational opportunity programs. The Coleman study clearly documented the problem of educational deprivation;…

This report focuses on the goals, agenda, and policies for access and success within higher education for an increasingly diverse student population. Studies show that access to higher education is often determined by parental income, ethnic origin, proximity to an institution of higher education, and quality of early education. The Commission…

The effects of the aural-impress and the creative-literary methodologies in teaching reading to 104 educationally retarded and disadvantaged third graders were investigated. The 52 experimental-group pupils received instruction for three 40-minute periods weekly for 16 weeks. Aural-impress procedures were used for 15 minutes each period, followed…

The President's Task Force on Higher Education was asked to submit a statement on priorities for higher education and to suggest how the federal government might assist higher education. This report presents the priorities and divides them on three levels: (1) immediate federal priorities, to include: financial aid for disadvantaged students,…

This paper considers 5 positions on federal aid to higher education with particular reference to the groups which support or oppose these positions and the apparent political viability of each. The 5 positions are: (1) fuller funding of present programs, both for student aid and institutional support; (2) substantial new programs for student aid,…

This document describes financial aid opportunities for minority students interested in attending collegiate schools of business. It also discusses special programs that certain of the business schools have undertaken to (1) recruit minority students to their campuses; (2) offer specialized courses designed to acquaint the student and businessman…

Student personnel departments need to examine their role critically in terms of reforming higher education for "new" minority group students. These students' problems are threefold: those related to the college; those personal in origin; and those with social or psychological cause. Five specific deficiencies of student services are: (1) failure…

The Los Angeles City College Peer Counseling Project report is the second in the Urban Community College Project Series. The project was based on two assumptions: (1) peer counselors from the same ethnic and socio-economic background as the counselee can uniquely contribute to behavioral growth in meeting student needs; and (2) the result of such…

This document contains nine research abstracts and five progress reports of projects, complete and incomplete, initiated in 1967-1968 by the Michigan State University Head Start and Evaluation Center. The table of contents lists 14 projects under two subheadings (1) Research Abstracts, 1967-1968 Report, and (2) Progress Reports, 1967-1968 Research…

This newsletter describes various programs developed by SMSG with particular emphasis on mathematics instruction for disadvantaged children. In particular, "Mathematics for the Elementary School - Special Editions" and "Secondary School Mathematics - Special Editions," are described including their inception, writing, testing,…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether participation in the activities of a library resource program would improve the psycholinguistic abilities of a group of disadvantaged first grade pupils from an urban community. Twenty-five children for the experimental group and 25 for the control group were selected randomly from one school in…

The Speech and Language Development Project, funded under ESEA Title I, was designed to improve the verbal skills of economically disadvantaged children in the primary grades in the Milwaukee public schools, and was later expanded to include older (7-13) educable mentally handicapped youth. The 325 participants worked regularly with six speech…

Evaluated is a summer project, funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I in New York City. A group of musically talented high school students from the city's poverty areas prepared a program stressing the musical contributions of minority groups. This program was presented at elementary school assemblies. Assessment of…