This document contains a listing of schools of nursing and public health throughout the U. S. that offer professional nurse traineeships for full-time academic study. The institutions are listed by state, and the address of the institutions accompanies the listing. Also included is information on the type of program or programs offered by the…

Nearly 2 million handicapped children will be leaving school by 1977 without skills necessary for productive participation in society. This paper considers some of the problems which have arisen in implementing a commitment to vocational education for the handicapped, and reviews the relevant Federal laws. The discussion of the laws points out…

THE EFFECTIVENESS WAS STUDIED OF A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT, CONDUCTED DURING 6 WEEKS OF A SUMMER, ON THE MOTIVATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND LEARNING ENHANCEMENT OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH (UNEMPLOYABLE AND UNDEREDUCATED). THE 100 PARTICIPATING MALE YOUTHS, AGES 16 TO 21, WERE EACH ASSIGNED TO COUNSELORS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND TO…

THIS REPORT ON RECRUITMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN PUERTO RICO EXAMINES, IN PART 1, THE DIMENSIONS OF THE EXPANSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SOME OF ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CHARACTER OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND FOR THE PATTERN OF RECRUITMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY. PART 2 DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE PATTERN OF RECRUITMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION AS IT EXISTED IN…

Analysis of the income distribution of students enrolled in New Jersey's colleges and universities was structured to yield results that would help develop policy recommendations, especially in the areas of access and equity. Major findings include: (1) New Jersey families are more affluent than families in the U.S. in general, but families with…

Almost from the beginning of the junior college movement, its educational leaders emphasized the desirability of maintaining a no-tuition policy in order to extend free public education through the first two years of college. However, at no time in the 75 year history of public two-year colleges has there been widespread acceptance of the no- or…

Coastline Community College (CCC) is a comprehensive community college without walls, committed to the basic philosophy that every individual shall have the opportunity for appropriate quality education up to the limits of his or her potential and that access to diverse educational opportunities shall be available to all interested adults. Its…

The new Youth Act passed by the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1974 assumes that the interests of young people concur with the interests of their socialist society and state, for it reforms the rights and conditions for the further development of young people and defines their duties and responsibilities in terms of…

Questionnaire data related to Macalester's program to Expand Educational Opportunities (E.E.O.) were obtained from trustees, alumni, faculty members, administrators, clerical staff, and students. Data are presented that assess: (1) the perceived success the college achieved in relation to 12 objectives outlined in the original 1968 Faculty…

A review of three experimental projects implemented by Unesco in the late 1960's to improve the status and equal educational opportunities of women includes: (1) Upper Volta, education for rural women; (2) Nepal, training primary school teachers; and (3) Chile, access of women to technical education. (LH)

The effectiveness of education as an intervention strategy for the upward mobility of poor and minority group children is examined. It is hypothesized that if the general education intervention strategy is not successful, then the full potential of bilingual programs will not be realized. (Author/GC)

Today, Native Americans rank lowest in every measure of health, income, schooling, and achievement. A separate amendment to the Title VII Act is needed for bilingual-bicultural education for American Indian children based upon the unique status of the Indian peoples in order to improve this situation. (Author/GC)

The position of immigrant workers' children in the West German schools is detailed in this article. Inequalities arising from conflicting educational and language policies, economic and cultural factors, and the selective and hierarchical nature of the educational system are described as they affect the immigrant child's chances for academic…

This review of Aboriginal education suggests that until all social and political institutions adopt self determination policies, education will lack motivation for the vast majority of the Aboriginal people. (Author/AM)