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Wilson, Harriett – 1979
This brief note, prepared for the 1979 International Congress on Children in the Fourth World (UNESCO), discusses effects of poverty on children. It is suggested that inadequate incomes prevent attainment of culturally prescribed levels of social experience or performance. Families subjected to long-term poverty tend to develop adaptive patterns…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Child Rearing, Disadvantaged Youth
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1979
This report reviews the activities conducted in independent (non-SUNY, non-CUNY) institutions under the New York State Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) in the 1978-79 academic year. Information and statistical data regarding program administration, student eligibility and socioeconomic status, on-campus program structure, student…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educationally Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Organization of American States, Washington, DC. Dept. of Educational Affairs. – 1979
This atlas supplies data on the educational situation of Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Santa Lucia, Dominican Republic, Surinam, and Trinidad and Tobago. Chapter 1 shows a global panorama consolidated at the regional level of the illiteracy problem for the population from ten years of age and over and of the groups without…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Census Figures
Eddy, Esther M. – 1979
The Alternative Services To Raise Achievement (ASTRA) program at the Greater Hartford (Connecticut) Community College is designed to supply developmental and other services to students with academic potential who are in need of such services to complete their education. The program's structure is intended to meet the diverse needs of students;…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Developmental Programs
Download full textMCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
TO HELP DISADVANTAGED INMATES WITH LOW READING LEVELS AND THOSE CONSIDERED FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE, THE DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN ALABAMA EXPERIMENTED WITH VARIOUS READING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. MOST SUCCESSFUL WAS THE READING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM USING THE PERCEPTOSCOPE. ALL APPLICANTS WHO SCORED BELOW THE SEVENTH GRADE READING LEVEL IN THE…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Media, Educationally Disadvantaged
HILLEARY, LOUIS F.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS REPORT BY A COMMITTEE OF THE FACULTIES OF THE LOS ANGELES JUNIOR COLLEGES OFFERS SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FOR EDUCATING THE DISADVANTAGED STUDENT. INSTRUCTORS MUST APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULTIES OF REACHING THE NON-ACHIEVER, WITH HIS FRUSTRATION, APATHY, AND REBELLION AGAINST EDUCATION, AND THEY MUST UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY OF ENCOURAGING HIM TO…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
LORETAN, JOSEPH O. – 1964
THE CURRICULUM SHOULD ATTEMPT TO RAISE ALL CHILDREN TO A LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO FUNCTION WITH EQUAL CHANCE OF SUCCESS. THIS PROCESS SHOULD BEGIN AMONG CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AT THE AGE OF FOUR. BEGINNING IN THE FIRST GRADE, THE CURRICULUM SHOULD GIVE ALL CHILDREN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR CIVIL…
Descriptors: Achievement, Civil Rights, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
Salinger, Terry S.; Payne, Emily Miller – 1980
A study skills program is proposed to help students in developmental programs acquire the real learning process required for success in an academic setting. Based on a developmental, personalized theory of instruction, the program has a general planning and instruction procedure that contains the following three steps: (1) The study skills task is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education
Halloran, Karyn J. – 1978
The writing course described in this paper is designed to utilize the existing listening, reading, and speaking skills of educationally disadvantaged students to teach writing skills on the college level. The paper discusses the rationale of the course, describes the content briefly, outlines the language skills employed in a typical week's…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
Harris, Susan L.; And Others – 1979
This paper reports on technical assistance provided to 21 exemplary Title I projects participating in a special dissemination strategy to improve educational services for disadvantaged students. The dissemination strategy is outlined, and descriptions are given of the participating projects. The types of technical assistance and support services,…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
HANSEN, CARL F. – 1963
THREE HYPOTHESES WHICH DOCUMENT THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION ARE INVESTIGATED IN THIS ARTICLE. THE FIRST HYPOTHESIS IS THAT BOTH WHITE AND NEGRO PUPILS NOW ENJOY EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES SUPERIOR TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE UNDER A POLICY OF SEGREGATION. SECONDLY, ON OBJECTIVELY MEASURED SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Educational Opportunities
Southern Education Foundation, Atlanta, GA. – 1968
The pamphlet contains a list of public and private programs that offer educational opportunities and financial support for low-income and minority group students, particularly Southern Negroes. Summer activities, designed to prepare students for college, include intensive study of several subjects, individual and group tutorial services,…
Descriptors: Black Students, Educational Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Aid
SHAFER, ROBERT E. – 1967
"ENGLISH AND THE DISADVANTAGED," EDITED BY EDWARD FAGAN (TE 000 504) IS THE PRODUCT OF A 1965 NDEA SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN ENGLISH FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. THE BOOK REPRESENTS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN TEACHERS ARE ALLOWED TO WORK WITH A VARIETY OF UNIVERSITY SPECIALISTS TO DEVELOP NEW ATTITUDES, PLANS,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment
MARTIN, WALTER TRAVIS, JR. – 1966
IN 1964, NORTH CAROLINA ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM OF "FUNDAMENTALS LEARNING LABORATORIES" WHERE ADULTS MIGHT OBTAIN PROGRAMED SELF-INSTRUCTION AT MINIMAL COST (A $2.00 REGISTRATION FEE). IN A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THE 17 LABORATORIES OPERATING IN 1965, DATA WERE GATHERED BY QUESTIONNAIRES AND INTERVIEWS. FINDINGS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING-- (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Carlisle, Donald – 1968
Graduate-level support programs for disadvantaged students in predominantly white institutions either make awards directly to students who then choose the university of their choice, or administer funds within an institution to support students for the study of one discipline. Since 1963, some Schools of Business Administration, Law, Education,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Counselor Educators, Disadvantaged Youth, Doctoral Degrees
