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Lindskoog, Wayne – 1987
This final report details the activities of a project called VECTOR (Vocational Education, Community Transition, Occupational Relations). VECTOR sought to increase the employability of severely to mildly mentally handicapped students (aged 18-21) in transition from school to work in the greater Minneapolis, Minnesota, area. VECTOR's objectives…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Romer, Lyle T.; And Others – 1987
This compilation brings together various conference papers and a working group report on the topic of residential services for people with deaf-blindness and other profound disabilities. The title paper by Lyle T. Romer describes three measures for evaluating residential programs: capacity, progress, and lifestyle. Valued outcomes of a residential…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deaf Blind, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Maeroff, Gene I. – 1983
Cooperation between colleges and schools is considered in seven chapters. Attention is directed to academic standards, accelerating students, teacher preparation, experiments in transition, minorities, and special models. The analysis is intended to illustrate the great diversity of partnership activities in progress. In an introduction by Ernest…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acceleration (Education), Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement
Hadis, Benjamin F.; And Others – 1983
Project Effective Transition of the Bilingual and Bicultural Student to Senior High School (ETBBS) at Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, New York, provided additional administrative and instructional staff in order to offer instructional services to 165 foreign born students, mostly from Puerto Rico and Haiti. The program was designed to…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Clark, Florence; And Others – 1988
A needs assessment determined the need for independent living skills for high school students with severe disabilities, as perceived by the students (n=45), their parents (n=38) and their teachers (n=7). Results revealed that the students believed that their lives were steadily improving, that they were more satisfied than dissatisfied with the…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, High School Students, High Schools, Interpersonal Competence
Palace, Donna; Whitmore, William – 1988
School districts and community agencies located within Los Angeles County (California) were surveyed to determine the level of transition planning from school to the world of work and community living for "students at risk." Twenty-five school districts and 10 community agencies/private schools receiving supported employment funds are…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Cooperative Planning
Clesca, Monique; Schulman, Robert – 1984
This multisite project, in its third and final year of funding, served approximately 350 recently immigrated Haitian students of limited English proficiency at three New York City high schools in Brooklyn and Queens. The students varied in their proficiency in Creole, French, and English. The major program goal was to expedite English and native…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Awareness
Gill, Wanda E. – 1985
A Bowie State College program to prepare black students for careers as physicians and dentists is described. The program will recruit seniors from predominantly black Maryland high schools to participate in an intensive summer program prior to college entrance, and will provide continuing services during the college years. Six phases of the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Black Colleges, Black Students, Career Counseling
MISSALL, ELLSWERTH – 1966
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A 1964-66 PROJECT TO BRING HIGHLY MOTIVATED DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO FULL MATRICULATION AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE. THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM OFFERED STUDENTS IN-DEPTH COUNSELING, ENROLLMENT IN SOME OF THE COLLEGE'S REGULAR COURSES, AND INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION. FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS CLASSES WERE LIMITED…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth
Pennington, Hilary; Vargas, Joel – Jobs for the Future, 2004
To thrive in the 21st century economy, all young people will need some education beyond high school. Whether in two- or four-year colleges or in programs granting credentials for employment in family-sustaining careers, obtaining postsecondary education and training has become imperative---all the more so in an era when employers now require the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropouts, Credentials, School Restructuring
Shelton, Carla F.; James, Edward L. – Corwin Press, 2004
The recent wave of accountability reform movements has largely overlooked the needs of middle and high school counselors, yet has generated daunting pressure for guidance programs to be standards-based and data-driven. Written from the perspective of a practicing, certified counselor, this guide contains essential information needed to implement…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Comprehensive Programs, Career Education, Stress Management
Hughes, Katherine L.; Karp, Melinda Mechur; Fermin, Baranda J.; Bailey, Thomas R. – US Department of Education, 2005
This report examines the ways that credit-based transition programs (CBTPs) may help middle- and low-achieving students enter and succeed in college. It highlights promising practices used by CBTPs to help students who might have been considered noncollege-bound prepare for college credit course work. The report also discusses the challenges that…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Case Studies, Dual Enrollment, Advanced Placement Programs
Wehman, Paul – 2002
This book is a guide to the development of Individual Transition Plans (ITPs) for students with disabilities. It includes 37 sample ITPs for students with a wide variety of disabilities. The first four chapters describe the formatting necessary for designing the transition planning document and then describe each of the 10 goals, which range from…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Emotional Disturbances, High Schools
Crimmins, Daniel B.; Durand, V. Mark; Theurer-Kaufman, Karin; Everett, Jessica – 2001
This publication provides Autism Program Quality Indicators (APQI), intended as a self-review and quality improvement guide for schools and programs serving students with autism spectrum disorders. The APQI were developed by the New York Autism Network at the request of the New York State Education Department. The APQI promote the goal that all…
Descriptors: Accountability, Autism, Behavior Problems, Curriculum
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Moore, Robert E.; Pitts, M. Melinda – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 2005
This paper applies a standard treatment effects model to determine that participation in Freshman Learning Communities (FLCs) improves academic performance and retention. Not controlling for individual self-selection into FLC participation leads one to incorrectly conclude that the impact is the same across race and gender groups. Accurately…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence
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