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Pearson, Willie, Jr., Ed.; Bechtel, H. Kenneth, Ed. – 1989
Blacks are severely underrepresented in the American scientific community; fewer than two percent of all scientists with doctorates in this country are black. Despite civil rights legislation and integration of schools, school systems still fail to encourage black students to consider and prepare for careers in the sciences. In this book, eight…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blacks, Career Awareness, Career Counseling
Adult Education and Development, 1985
This journal issue contains 18 solicited articles on two major topics: adult education and the elderly, and the literacy debate. The articles on adult education and the elderly include "A Ripe Old Age," republished from a newsletter of the British aid organization OXFAM; "Special Programme for Retirees: A Model Project in Cali, Colombia," by…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Download full textAscher, Carol – 1988
Recent research shows no significant educational benefits from providing summer schools, extended school years, or year-round schooling to disadvantaged students. However, the severe educational difficulties faced by these students, combined with the many practical reasons for deviating from the traditional school year, are strong reasons why…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Problems, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Problems
Suzuki, Warren N.; And Others – 1984
This project was conducted to enable vocational teacher trainees and vocational practitioners and support personnel (e.g., special education teachers, developmental education specialists, counselors) to meet the special vocational needs of disadvantaged and handicapped learners in Oregon schools and colleges. To accomplish this objective, the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Disabilities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Exceptional Persons
Keimig, Ruth Talbott – 1983
Learning improvement programs for underprepared postsecondary students are reviewed, and a Decision Guide for Effective Programs, which summarizes knowledge needed for decision making, is presented. Research data are analyzed to identify features of learning improvement programs associated with improved grade point average and retention.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, College Students
Baylor, Tondelaya Kateri – 1982
Characteristics of 521 Mansfield State College students participating in Pennsylvania's Equal Education Opportunity Program were studied during 1978-1982. The program, which was enacted by Act 101 in 1971, is designed to provide opportunities to educationally and economically disadvantaged populations. Findings include the following: 79 percent of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Career Counseling, Developmental Studies Programs
Garfield, Joan B.; Romano, John L. – 1983
A 3-year followup evaluation of the Personalized Education Program (PEP) of the General College, University of Minnesota, is presented. The program, which is designed to improve the academic retention and achievement of underprepared, freshman minority students, has served 273 students since the fall 1979 quarter, including 86 American Indians, 72…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Blacks
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1979
In its fifth annual report for 1979, the National Commission for Employment Policy recommended that the nation make a new commitment to improving the employment prospects of disadvantaged youth. In preparing its findings and recommendations on youth unemployment, the commission received information from the Youth Task Force; academic consultants;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1983
This curriculum guide, one of 15 volumes written for field test use with educationally disadvantaged industrial education students needing additional instruction in the basic skill areas, deals with helping students develop basic reading and writing skills while studying auto mechanics. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists
Amiotte, Lowell; Allen, Tom – 1988
Drawing from the experiences of Oglala Lakota College (OLC) in South Dakota, this paper points to the philosophical and operational changes colleges and universities must make if they truly desire to recruit and retain significant numbers of minority students. The first section discusses the philosophical bases of tribal colleges, arguing that one…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Miner, David; And Others – 1988
The Transition Instructional Program was designed to provide transition services to a culturally insulated group of dropout, migrant, bilingual youth of ethnic minority origin, a significant number of whom were adjudicated, handicapped, or limited English speaking. The project utilized experiential instructional techniques to promote the subjects'…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Students, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Differences
Palmateer, Robert – 1988
This executive summary describes an evaluation study of a program which provided transition services to a culturally insulated group of dropout, migrant, bilingual youth of ethnic minority origin, a significant number of whom were adjudicated, handicapped, or limited English speaking. The project utilized experiential instructional techniques to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Students, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Differences
Levin, Henry M. – 1987
This paper outlines the types of schooling programs that will build on the strengths of educationally disadvantaged students to bring them into the educational mainstream as well as to prepare them for economic, political, and social participation. Without intervention on behalf of the disadvantaged, the following results may occur: (1) a dual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Change
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1989
The testimony presented in this report addresses the effects of recent reforms on the achievement of disadvantaged students, their dropout rates, and their enrollments in vocational education. An evaluation of programs in four large-city school districts revealed that educational reform has been neither a disaster nor a boon for the performance of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Dropout Rate, Educational Change
Darling-Hammond, Linda – 1985
This report attempts to remedy the neglect of educational equality in recent educational reports by discussing both the educational status of black Americans and recent policy trends as they affect black students. Following an overview, trends in income and employment, family characteristics, and the degree of social mobility are discussed as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Access to Education, Black Students
