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Upton, James N. – 1982
The College Educational Opportunities Program (CEOP) is a feature of the Black Studies Community Extension Center, located in an inner-city area of Columbus, Ohio, conducted through The Ohio State University (OSU). It provides disadvantaged adults with an opportunity to take fully accredited basic courses in mathematics, English, black studies and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Black Community, Black Education, Black Students
Noble, Cynthia – 1982
To accumulate the data necessary for making recommendations for the improvement of middle school reading programs in Massachusetts, such programs were assessed by computer searches, informal interviews, and random questionnaires. "TRANS," Teaching Reading Acquisition Natural to Subject Areas, embodies the kind of program needed to meet…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Assessment, Instructional Improvement
Download full textAmerican Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1984
Four major topics are addressed in these papers presented at the Hispanic Roundtable meeting: current staffing patterns at community colleges, transferability trends among Hispanic students, employment barriers, and legislative issues. Introductory comments by Maria Barrera are followed by Mary Jane Garza's paper, "Current Staffing…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Transfer Students
Wisconsin Univ., Green Bay. School Services Bureau. – 1985
A study of Michigan's Copper Country Intermediate School District was undertaken to identify ways nine small secondary schools with declining enrollments could increase educational opportunities for students by cooperative sharing. The 6-month study included analyzing data on each school, identifying factors which might constrain cooperative…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Community Support, Cooperative Programs
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Bureau for Vocational Education. – 1985
This publication provides an overview of the Vocational Education Act (VEA) of 1984 and guidelines for compliance and proposal development. Section I describes why the legislation was enacted and the five titles of which the Act consists. Funding is compared for fiscal years 1984-85 and 1985-86, and funding priorities and eligibility for VEA…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Hubbell, Ruth; Barrett, Barbara – 1984
A short-term descriptive assessment, this study provides summary data on the Parent-Child Center (PCC) comprehensive early childhood intervention programs initiated in 1967 and operated by the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families. PCCs provide low income families with children under three with social service, health, and educational…
Descriptors: Administration, Delivery Systems, Health Services, Infants
Sewall, Timothy J. – 1984
Adult college students and nonstudents were surveyed to determine their preferences for class schedules, course offerings, and special services. A questionnaire was sent to 151 adult students (22 years of age or older), with 112 usable questionnaires returned. These students provided the names of nonstudent cohorts who were also sent the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Adults, College Programs
Henderson, Patricia; Williams, Freddie L. – 1985
This module is intended to help guidance personnel in a variety of educational and agency settings increase their skills in (1) choosing a theory-based practical program development model that will promote the conceptual framework for the entire planning, supporting, implementing, operating, and evaluating cycle; (2) analyzing needs and priorities…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Competence, Competency Based Education, Counseling Theories
Brooks, Ian R., Comp.; Moore-Eyman, E., Comp. – 1977
The Native Students Services (formerly the Indian Students University Program Services) provided support and tutorial services and outreach programs to Indian students. During the 1976-77 program year, the basic plan of operation developed during the preceding four years was continued. Students came from all parts of the province, from north of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, American Indians, Canada Natives
McCage, Ronald D. – 1978
In examining how one state (Illinois) approaches the development of a comprehensive state capacity for program improvement in vocational education, it is helpful to review federal legislative action. Research and development (R & D) did not become an official legislative element of vocational education until the 1963 Vocational Education Act…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Research, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Tarr, Rodney F.; Lewis, James P. – 1977
Conducted to assist vocational educators in planning programs for handicapped students, the project examined selective aspects of the vocational education program, adjustments, and present status of the physically handicapped vocational graduates and the views of the employers and parents towards the training of the graduates. The project was…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Educational Programs, Employee Attitudes, Graduates
Tisdel, Linwood E. – 1976
The Piedmont Schools Project (PSP) was one of the Experimental Schools Projects awarded grants by the National Institute of Education (NIE). The PSP is located in the Piedmont region near Greer, South Carolina and serves approximately 5,000 K-12 students from eight schools. The students in this region have historically performed at one or more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
The Public's Perception of Secondary Vocational Education in Indiana. Technical Report Number Three.
Sawyers, Betty A. – 1977
A study was done to define the general image of vocational-technical education in Indiana as represented by a statistical sampling of respondents from a variety of categories of the general public, including junior and senior high school students, elementary and secondary teachers and school personnel, parents, and employers. A stratified random…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Moore, Susan C.; Hole, F. Marvin – 1978
A review of the literature on continuing education was done to identify the literature related to practical nursing instructors, analyze the literature to see how it affects the practical nursing instructor, and make recommendations for a long-term plan of staff development for practical nursing instructors in Pennsylvania. The literature revealed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Needs, Faculty Development, Health Occupations
Educational Operations Concepts, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. – 1979
A study to evaluate Career Guidance Centers (CGCs) in Illinois resulted in both objective evaluation and in the provision of technical assistance for the regional centers. An epiphenomenon of the study activity was the development of a model for the evaluation of pilot site (exemplary) projects with the potential of its being transported to…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Resources
