The author deals with the education of Turkish migrants' children and the handicaps existing for equal access to all educational opportunities. (Editor)

Focuses on how to develop and manage an Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) for black youth arguing that the systems approach is a way for program directors to better structure and account for their program operations. The EOP cycle has six components: Program Planning, Input, Treatment, Output, Research, and Feedback. (Author/JM)

Notes that black people in the U.S. have not developed a history of achievements in the natural sciences that can be readily built upon by their offspring, and thus the problem of motivation of black children at an early age is a significant factor in determining whether they decide to pursue a career in the natural sciences. (Author/AM)

"Responding to the Crisis in College Opportunity" proposes short-term emergency measures and long-term priorities for governors and legislators to consider for funding higher education during the current lean budget years. This policy statement, developed from discussions of education policy experts at Lansdowne, Virginia, finds that in 2003 in…

The emergence of wireless technology is already evident in many ways: as an important delivery format for off-site access to campus learning resources and services, such as online student registration; in course management systems used to facilitate online courses; in the skyrocketing use of e-mail and online communications among and between…

South Dakota's Department of Education aims to put kids first. In order to do that, efforts are focused on promoting leadership and service among administrators and educators, who touch the lives of children on a daily basis. The department has identified seven goals for 2004-05 to ensure that South Dakota students have the best educational…

One of the consequences of recent changes in Czech society and education is that schools are more than ever expected to be able to gain support for their activities, searching for them over and above the regular extra-school grant resources. It seems that today's opportunities of grant and foundation support to Czech schools are quite varied. The…

Extra learning opportunities (ELOs) help to ensure that children are successful in school and in life. Although before- and after-school programs have been around for decades, much is being learned about how the hours outside of school can be critical determinants of student achievement. With many forms and purposes, extra learning opportunities…

This paper looks at changes to the student body and student living standards since the introduction of the Canada Student Loans Program in 1964. Overall, it is clear that since the Canada Student Loans Program was launched 40 years ago, there has been a significant widening of educational opportunity. (Contains 5 footnotes, 5 figures and 8 tables.…

This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) presents an overview of the role and efficacy of group therapy in substance abuse treatment. TIPs are best-practice guidelines for the treatment of substance use disorders that make the latest research in substance abuse treatment available to counselors and educators. The content was generated by a panel…

The report provides an overview of distance education, as developed by a task force for the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges. The report presents the history of distance learning and views supporting it, and identifies students who can benefit from distance education. It discusses mediums for distance learning, such as print,…

Asserting that there is so little understanding of what "opportunity" means within the context of access to higher education that use of the word may cloud rather than clarify policy debate, this concept paper served as a resource document to aid participants at a 1999 seminar sponsored by the Council for Opportunity in Education. The paper…

This report constitutes the first part of the project undertaken by the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) and AEL, to investigate strategies for the recruitment and retention of teachers in rural schools. The "highly qualified teacher" requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has spotlighted the urgency and…

Discusses experience of conducting a project designed to interest and train women in physics, involving student recruitment, course design, laboratory work planning, and counseling services. Included are surveyed faculty and graduate student comments and participants' attitudes toward the project. (CC)