Guidelines for developing strategies and policies that ensure equal access to education for Maine's homeless children and youth are provided in this document. The first part outlines factors that place students at risk for homelessness. The second part focuses on developing effective school policies and strategies to help homeless children gain…

Issues in the national school choice debate are examined in this paper. Proponents of school choice have included the last two Republican Presidents, the Education Commission of the States, and many state governors and business community leaders. Gallup polls conducted during 1989-91 indicate that school choice (among public schools) is a popular…

This document provides information and ideas intended to assist the ministers of education and those responsible for economic planning in the Arab States in deliberations and the formulation of recommendations. After an introduction, chapter 1 briefly reviews the achievements of the first four conferences, summarizes developments, and outlines…

The Ad Hoc Working Group on Special Needs of the Literacy Workers' Alliance of Manitoba met monthly from September 1991 to January 1992 to discuss ways of meeting the special needs of adult literacy program participants who have been identified as having learning difficulties, specific needs due to mental or physical disability, or…

The inconsistency between norms prescribed by international agencies and the educational strategies suggested to put these norms into practice has created problems as is evident in the case studies of India and Egypt and the general aims of educational development in these two countries. In Egypt a policy of basic education had the support of…

This resource paper is intended to assist students with disabilities who wish to enroll in postsecondary education via distance learning opportunities. It describes the process of enrolling in a distance learning program (including selecting a program and obtaining financial aid); means of earning credit toward a degree (such as proficiency…

This document reports on a conference that focused on the problems and rewards encountered by overseas students studying in Britain. The conference aimed to explore the cultural and educational benefits, both within institutions and the society as a whole, of having overseas students present in British institutions of higher education. Papers…

This directory provides information on 1,800 postsecondary study programs that take place in countries other than the United States during the academic year, ranging in length from 1 week to 1 year. An introductory section describes the organization of the listings, which provide program sponsor and name, location, dates, fields of study offered,…

Designed to assist disabled students and professionals working with them to become aware of the Vocational Rehabilitation Services, the fact sheet details how to access and utilize the education-related services of this federal-state funded program. Following a description of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), the fact sheet provides information on:…

Argues that the issue is not a matter of opening the suburbs to blacks or revitalizing their current central city locations, as both processes are required. Urban and suburban schools must be flexible enough to meet the needs of those who either stay in city or move to suburbs. (Author/AM)

Data on educational opportunity for U.S.A., Seden, Spain and Germany are used to portray diverse status profiles of students. Then changes in rates of attendance for three status categories in Sweden from 1950 to 1970 are measured in three ways. Results show a strong tendency toward social "democratization" in Sweden. (Editor/JT)

Reviews the literature on black colleges in the light of functional analysis, focusing on their latent functions and proposing that black colleges and universities are step-children, both second class to those of the majority and performing several functions not performed by the latter. Discusses several alternatives. (Author/JM)

A survey of 1971 black law student enrollment and a discussion of the need for more financial aid to minority law students are included. This journal is available from the American Bar Center, Law Student Division, 1155 E. 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637. (Author/DE)

In response to the question of what role the courts will play in higher education in the next decade, three broad areas of litigation are discussed: allocation of resources, access to the benefits of higher education, and participation in the making of academic decisions. (JT)

Exploring the contribution of the home, apprenticeship, and evening schools, the analysis suggests that while sex bias apparently favored males in quality and quantity of educational opportunity, women's education in Colonial America was richer than popularly conceived. (Author/MW)