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Veres, Helen C. – 1979
A study was conducted to (1) identify continuing education needs and barriers to adult participation in New York State (excluding New York City); (2) collect information about adult education services and staff development priorities in programs sponsored by public schools, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services, and two-year state colleges;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Basic Skills
Download full textGORDON, EDMUND W. – 1967
AS NOTED IN THE PREFACE TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY WHICH MAKES UP THE BULK OF THIS BULLETIN, NEGROES RECEIVE THE GREATEST SHARE OF ATTENTION IN THE EXTENSIVE LITERATURE ON DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS. THE LITERATURE IS PRIMARILY DESCRIPTIVE AND POLEMICAL AND LACKS INTENSIVE ANALYSIS AND ATTENTION TO SPECIFIC SUBGROUPS. DISADVANTAGED GROUPS ARE SEEN AS AN…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bibliographies, Blacks, Book Reviews
OHANNESSIAN, SIRARPI – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENT STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE LEARNING AND TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY BIA SCHOOLS AS WELL AS IN ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND SELECTED PUBLIC SCHOOLS ENROLLING AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENTS. THE MAIN PROBLEM AREAS STUDIED WERE--(1) ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOLS, (2) THE PERFORMANCE,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Cultural Differences
FISCHER, JOHN H. – 1966
THE STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY DEMANDS DIRECT CONFRONTATION OF THE PROBLEM, DETERMINED AND ABLE LEADERSHIP BY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, AND COORDINATION OF COMMUNITY AND AGENCY SUPPORT. THE LACK OF FIRST-RATE SCHOOLS IN NEGRO COMMUNITIES AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT UPON THE INDIVIDUAL ATTENDING A SCHOOL WHERE EVERY PUPIL RECOGNIZES THAT HIS…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Citizen Participation, Community Support, De Facto Segregation
GODARD, JAMES M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS STATEMENT BY THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION BOARD'S COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY RECOMMENDS THAT EDUCATIONAL LEADERS IN THE REGION AIM FOR PROVIDING EQUAL HIGHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEGROES IN THE SOUTH. THREE MEASURES ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE REALIZATION OF THIS GOAL--(1) IMMEDIATE STEPS TO HELP NEGRO COLLEGE STUDENTS…
Descriptors: Administration, Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Adult Programs
MCKEE, JOHN M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS EMPHASIZING PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE MOTIVATION THROUGH CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK COMPLEMENT THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING GIVEN EACH INMATE PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT THE DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER. A REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM FOR ALL TRAINEES SCORING BELOW 7TH GRADE INCLUDES PHONICS…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Conferences, Correctional Institutions, Delinquent Rehabilitation
Wayne, Gayle – 1980
The Demonstration Programs in Reading and Mathematics were initiated in California in an effort to improve the reading and mathematics performance of secondary school students from neighborhoods characterized by high poverty levels, transiency, and low test scores. The programs have operated in California schools for the past 11 years. Each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Centers, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1978
This document contains testimony, prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials submitted during field hearings held one day in Lexington, Kentucky, and another day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in February, 1978. Under consideration was a bill to extend for five years a number of programs authorized in the Education Amendments of 1974.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educational Legislation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Overly, Norman V., Ed. – 1979
Focusing on lifelong learning and its relevance and importance to American education, this yearbook examines goals, obstacles, and suggested approaches. The first two of three parts are presented in an expressionistic style--a collage of musings, vignettes, and headlines intended to raise questions and reflect the diversity of views in our…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, American Culture, Attitude Change
Lisack, J. P. – 1979
This final report contains results of a three-part needs assessment conducted in Indiana on the following topics: (1) Support services needed to allow women to enter vocational education programs designed to prepare them for jobs traditionally limited to men; (2) day care services needed to afford students who are parents the opportunity to…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Ancillary Services, Career Counseling, Career Development
Crowe, Michael R.; Adams, Kay A. – 1979
This report is a composite of the evaluation methods and findings derived from national evaluations of experiential education programs. Section I, an overview of assessing experiential education, has two chapters: an introduction which discusses the origins and current trends of experiential education and identifies the purpose of the study; and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Assessment
Martin, John Henry – 1968
Recommended are a series of educational changes which would enhance the schooling of poor children in slum schools. (1) The most important factor requiring change is teacher expectation of slum children. (2) Primary school levels should be upgraded. (3) Specialists should be grouped into a diagnostic treatment team led by a reading specialist who…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Diagnosis
Martin, Peter B. – 1967
Results of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test are used as a screening device for selecting students for remedial work in the Reading and Study Skills Center (R-S) at New York Community College (NYCC). A descriptive analysis of the fall 1967 day session freshmen showed that the average freshman at NYCC was reading at the 12.6 grade level, or .4 grade…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Local Norms
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1977
Organized in September, 1975, to facilitate the vocational training of limited English-speaking Latinos, the Minnesota Bilingual Vocational Training Project (MBVTP) was centered at St. Paul Technical-Vocational Institute. Staff included director, job specialists in charge of recruitment, programming, counseling retention, and job placement, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission (School), Bilingual Education, Career Awareness
Herd, Ruby H. – 1978
A national study on Adult Functional Competency, conducted by the University of Texas, determined that less than one-half of the adult population (46%) was proficient in handling the demands of modern living. Educators have never done even an adequate job of educating the country's people. If the primary goal of the teaching profession is to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education
