The General Accounting Office's recommendations to the Congress and the Office of Indian Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is derived from a review of 16 projects funded under Title IV of the Indian Education Act of 1972 and designed to meet the special needs of American Indian children (operative during 1974-75 in Arizona,…

Thirty-three programs categorized according to their program structure are described. Sixteen programs listed under school within a school category include a bilingual-multicultural program, contemporary learning center, ecology and outdoor education, fine arts academy, career institute, music academy, literature and art, aero-dynamics,…

Project Success, a program of modified interdisciplinary instruction coordinated with special services, is considered to be consistent with the theory of individual differences and individualized instruction which is inherent in the philosophy of Bloomington Public School's educational goals and objectives. The project, which began as an…

This annotated bibliography includes 127 selected research articles and reports on teacher-pupil interaction which have appeared in the literature from 1968 to 1972. The entries are numbered and are arranged alphabetically by author in the body of the bibliography. Code letters identify descriptor categories by which each item is classified. A…

This annotated bibliography is the ninth in the Doctoral Research Series. It encompasses doctoral research on special programs and their effects on minority children and youth reported in "Dissertation Abstracts International" from 1965 through June 1973. The citations are arranged in the following categories: early childhood (Head…

Although planned as a comprehensive listing of special programs for minority group members several decisions were made which significantly expanded its scope, and hopefully, makes it even more useful to candidates, counselors, and employers. A number of programs for "disadvantaged" persons were included. Some general programs, open to all persons,…

Graduate education of administrators for mental retardation and developmental disability programs are defined under the umbrella of Health Services Administration. These programs have in common the delivery of health care. From the administrative standpoint, the broad area of human services must be brought down to manageable, functional segments,…

The University of Minnesota's Special Education Administration Training Program (SEATP) is a competency-based education program, developed from a systems orientation model, and used for continuing education of professional administrators. The report presents an overview of the SEATP program under the following topical areas: (1) background…

In this longitudinal study at the University of Minnesota General Extension Division, four groups of registrants in evening classes were compared on credits and grade point averages earned. Comparisons involved 1964-65 evening class registrants only, persistent registrants, and those also participating, or not participating, in day classes.…

The report of the Title VI Program in Oregon presents an overview of the summer 1969 activities which consisted of 24 projects designed for the areas of trainable and educable mentally handicapped, speech handicapped, deaf, visually handicapped, deaf-blind, and emotionally disturbed. The bulk of the text presents summary abstracts of each project…

The second of a series of four, this research brief lists and indexes materials on State education legislation and activity by subject and State. The information was obtained from newsletters and bulletins on State legislation and from answers to questionnaires sent to State education agencies, legislative service agencies, teacher organizations,…

This bibliography presents materials for research and application of open admissions policies in higher education. Sections cover: open admissions; factors influencing high school graduates to attend college; disadvantaged and minority students; precollege and special programs; English and reading skills; general compensatory programs; dropouts;…

A committee was formed to explore ways of helping school districts develop more effective programs for disruptive students. Committee findings revealed the need for the development of local guidelines to satisfy each school district's needs and for reliable feedback. Therefore, this report reflects efforts to sample various local approaches to the…

Reporting on a college program whose goal is to help individuals with psychological handicaps, the criteria for program evaluation were that, by the end of the term, at least 66 percent of the students: (a) will have determined the validity of their attending college as a means of pursuing a realistic career goal; (b) will have determined a…

This study was undertaken to determine whether students who had received less adequate instruction and were less able in scholastic aptitude test performance than the subjects in previous studies might benefit more from special instruction. Specially prepared linear programed materials were developed in the verbal and the mathematical areas.…