The paper discusses the education of mildly handicapped students who will be able to live and work independently, but who will be unable to profit from a traditional high school program, postsecondary vocational training, or college. Three types of mildly handicapped adolescents are considered--students who lack adequate basic academic skills in…

Continuous progress education (CP) provides for the individualization of all significant aspects of learning, including materials, content, objectives, methods, pacing, and student-teacher relationships. It is based on the proposition that no general prescriptions are equally appropriate for all students. A brief description of Hood River Valley…

Information concerning accreditation in higher education--a process of quality control and evaluation of institutional program development, effectiveness, and improvement that is based on established criteria and standards--is presented. Thirty-three questions and answers on accreditation are provided to clarify many concerns regarding the status…

If interpretations of data compiled during a five-year demonstration of alternative educational programing in the elementary schools of California's Alum Rock School District are correct, the nature of, the size of, and the parental choice exercized over alternative programs have no significant effect on students' reading achievement, social…

Accessibility to postsecondary education for adults depends on solving problems of distance, scheduling, advising, and financial aid. Diverse motives and developmental differences in adults must be accommodated in order to provide accessibility. Educational quality also depends on standards that recognize wide-ranging differences among these…

The major purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics, problems, and recommendations for developing and improving open-entry/open-exit systems of individualized, competency-based vocational instruction for Florida high school students. A survey instrument was developed to collect relevant data. Those surveyed in the descriptive…

This third in a series of monographs on refining the career education concept contains six occasional papers: (1) "Psychosclerosis and Career Education" identifies the kinds of attitudinal change career education seeks to accomplish toward infusion, collaboration, education, and American youth; (2) "Youth, Work, and Schooling"…

In this report the speeches, workshops, and panel discussions of the National Youth Worker's Conference of 1978 are abstracted. Topics covered include educational alternatives, drug abuse, youth employment, juvenile delinquency, counseling and program planning, sexuality, management of community based agencies, and therapy techniques. Films shown…

American Indian high school students have a number of alternative schools available to them: they may attend public schools, or schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, churches, or the tribes themselves. At both elementary and secondary levels Indian students avail themselves of the various alternative schools. One survey indicates that…

A project-wide evaluation of the Houston, Texas magnet school program indicated that it successfully implemented four court-defined desegregation goals: (1) fewer schools which are 90% or more white or combined black and Mexican-American; (2) fewer students who attend such schools; (3) free transportation for magnet school students; and (4) an…

Job creation properly researched and developed can help vitalize vocational education for educators, their students, and the community. The migration of employers from the inner cities to outlying areas over the past few years has created a wasteland within our cities. To help rectify this situation, vocational education needs to start preparing…

Thirteen alternatives to using competency based tests should be considered when diagnosing student competency in writing: teacher-made or departmental tests, teacher-student conferences, contractual grade agreements between student and teacher, student self-evaluation, individualized goal setting, keeping files or portfolios of student work,…

This telecommunications program planned and initiated by the Alaska Department of Education is designed to (1) provide basic communication capability to the state's 52 school district headquarters, (2) examine and report the results of making research and instructional information collections which exist outside Alaska available to educational…

An individualized, undergraduate degree program at Central Michigan University offers a variety of instruction options to students whose career and personal circumstances limit their access to more traditional forms of higher education. The program, sponsored by the university's Institute for Personal and Career Development, is designed to accept…

This bibliography of over 170 items on proprietary postsecondary education contains 10 sections: accreditation, adult and vocational education, general bibliographies, books and articles, dissertations and theses, encyclopedias, government reports, nontraditional education, research studies, and miscellaneous. The miscellaneous category contains…