A review of literature between 1942 and 1967 on the use of nonprofessionals in elementary and secondary education indicates that authors somehow involved with teacher aide projects tend to be favorably impressed, while those lacking such involvement are critical. Difficulties in class management, supervision, and evaluation have been cited by…

The survey was conducted for the following purposes: (1) to provide a sampling of successful vocational special needs programs throughout the country that were developed as the direct result of the motivation and support provided by PL-90-576 and (2) to make available to educators and other interested parties examples of vocational programs that…

In inner city community colleges, problems of improving student achievement and enhancing positive attitudes toward learning are compounded by lack of adequate training in basic academic skills. A pilot project was undertaken at Kennedy-King College (Illinois) to assist instructors in developing individualized learning courses. Following a review…

Forty-two of 47 public community colleges in Texas currently offer developmental/compensatory programs. Programmatic goals fall into two categories: (1) the improvement of cognitive skills to the extent that students can progress into credit courses; (2) affective development to improve student self-concept, provide motivation and a successful…

This Local Education Agency (LEA) Self Analysis Instrument for ESEA Title I is one of the products developed and validated by the SEA (State Educational Agencies) Management of Compensatory Education, a multistate project funded through ESEA Title V-505. An additional product of the project was a LEA Process Model said to support the…

This address focuses on the topic of open admissions and its implications for policies and procedures. A discussion, defining terms like excellence, equality, and open admissions, initiates a brief examination of issues such as institution-based and individual-based barriers to posesecondary schooling, the organization of college admissions--its…

Based on the recognition that educationally deprived children can achieve at a "normal" rate when provided comprehensive, innovative program services by a competent staff, compensatory education under the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I (ESEA Title I) aims to increase the academic achievement of eligible project…

The author discusses the appropriateness of open education for educable mentally retarded (EMR) and educationally handicapped (EH) children, pointing out that the philosophy of individualized instruction basic to open education allows for the inclusion of handicapped children. Noted are benefits of open education for the handicapped (such as an…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 450 educationally disadvantaged students, grades one through six, at five public schools. Also served are about 100 students at three private schools. The students live in a small city, are mostly white, and come from low-income families. Participating students are those…

Section 1 of this report on programs for the disadvantaged in the Oregon State System of Higher Education defines the term disadvantaged and summarizes the barriers to higher education experienced by them. The next section reviews briefly the values that underlie the development of these programs and suggests some issues that must be considered in…

The critical need for greater numbers of trained technicians provided the general impetus for developing this approach to teaching the math skills which are needed for basic science and technology. This instructional system, which has been developed over a 4-year period, focuses on the average and below average students who enroll in industrial…

Described as one of 34 booklets in a series of promising programs on childhood education, the report provides information on the Dubnoff School for Educational Therapy (California). Aspects of the program designed for the educationally disadvantaged are discussed including its origin, nature of the population, parental involvement, objectives and…

A semantic differential based on three factors: evaluation, potency, and activity was administered to 278 freshmen in 11 communications sections at a state college to study attitudes toward selected college related stimuli (Black students, professors, Glassboro State College, Afro-American courses, white students, me-myself). Students were…

Evidence presented in this paper indicates the existence of both general intellectual potential and differential abilities of Eskimo and Indian-Metis pupils in contrast to White classmates. A factor analytic technique is described which was used to treat data obtained from a sample of more than 1,800 students. One conclusion of the study is that a…

The Federal Government, through its Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, has served approximately 80,000 rural youth through its various training programs. The Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) and the "Concerted Services Approach" are 2 programs which have had particular impact on rural areas. The need for these programs is readily…