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Pasch, Marvin; Oakley, Nancy – 1985
A study examined the characteristics and attitudes of tutors and students involved in Project LEARN, an adult literacy program affiliated with the Interchurch Council of Greater Cleveland, Ohio. Data for the study were obtained from several sources, including a mail questionnaire administered to all 183 tutors involved in the project, a longer…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Literacy Education
Download full textUnger, Donald G. – 1987
Most evaluative research focuses on the outcome of programs, giving little attention to differences in clients' utilization of the programs' services. This study explored factors which were predictive of teenagers' participation in the Resource Mother Program, an educational support intervention program for pregnant and parenting adolescents.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Early Parenthood, Family Influence
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
This report describes dislocated worker programs operating in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The findings presented are based on the following sources: two National Alliance of Business (NAB) surveys of state administrators of federally funded Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs (conducted in 1987 and 1988), data on JTPA…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Rehnke, Mary Ann – 1982
A practical guide and checklists for planning a conference concerning strategies for the advancement of women in higher education administration are presented. The guide is based on the planning of two conferences in Kentucky. Checklists are provided for each of the following 15 planning/implementation steps: determine the size and characteristics…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Ladders, Check Lists, College Administration
Frazer, Linda H. – 1987
Evaluations of two Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) programs are contained in this report: (1) The School-Community Guidance Center (SCGC); and (2) The Transitional Academic Program (TAP). SCGC is a program serving incorrigible and delinquent students at two locations: the F. R. Rice Secondary School and the Travis County Juvenile…
Descriptors: Attendance, Delinquency, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Granville, Arthur C.; And Others – 1979
Presented in this report are results from a study conducted to evaluate the impact of Project Developmental Continuity on children's development and academic achievement. Following the first chapter's introductory overview of the study's objectives and organization, chapter 2 documents the data collection methods and summarizes the analysis…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education
Catlin, Dennis W.; Anderson, William A. – 1982
A study was conducted to determine why judges voluntarily choose to participate in continuing judicial education programs, and to identify relationships between the factors and selected personal and professional characteristics of judges. Two instruments measuring participation reasons and personal characteristics were developed, validated, and…
Descriptors: Court Judges, Education Work Relationship, Enrollment Influences, Goal Orientation
Snow, Charles W. – 1982
The purpose of this study was to assess the characteristics of inservice day care training programs in the United States. The study covers programs which were partially or totally supported with federal funds. Questionnaires were sent to 161 programs which were in operation during the 1980-1981 fiscal year. Responses were obtained from 70 programs…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
This report deals with the effect of the new federalism on family planning programs and considers the impact of a shift from federal categorical funding to block grants. Testimony from Department of Health and Human Services officials outlines the experience and insights gained through administrations of the Title X program. The materials deal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Contraception, Cost Effectiveness, Family Life
Piper, Barbara – 1982
The 198 teacher centers listed in this directory comprise a network of teacher center practitioners who communicate with the Teachers' Centers Exchange (Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, California). Centers in the United States and Canada are listed alphabetically by state. Information on each center…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
McMillan, Samuel H., Jr. – 1980
A study examined the attitudes of employers who provided jobs for 37 of the graduates and a number of the dropouts from the University of Texas Competency-Based High School Diploma (CBHSD) Program for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) clients that was implemented at five sites in Texas. Because of the restraints imposed on employers…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Followup Studies
Esau, Helmut; Poth, Annette – 1981
Details of conversational behavior can often not be interpreted until the social interaction, including the rights and obligations of the participants, their intent, the topic, etc., has been defined. This paper presents a model of conversation in which the conversational image a person presents in a given conversational situation is a function of…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, Interaction, Language Styles
Coballes-Vega, Carmen; And Others – Bilingual Education Paper Series, 1979
The purpose of this study of the Title VII (Bilingual Education) Fellowship Program was to verify the projected need for bilingual teacher trainers and to assess prior program effectiveness. A 6-item survey instrument was constructed and sent to project directors of 49 institutes of higher education (IHE) that had participated in the fellowship…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Dropouts, Employment Level, Enrollment Projections
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC. – 1978
The second in a series of four, this report describes part of a national study commissioned by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to investigate audience awareness of public radio, reaction to on-air fund raising and programing on public radio, and audience reactions to on-air fund raising by public television stations. Specifically, reaction…
Descriptors: Audiences, Demography, Educational Radio, Financial Support
Laffey, James M. – 1980
This paper reports on a study of the involvement of high school students with instructional activities. It was hypothesized that student involvement depends on expectations for success, importance of the action to the achievement of success, and confidence that the action is appropriate for the achievement of success. Eighty-eight students…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Expectation, Goal Orientation, High Schools
