Tutoring programs are viewed as being among the most successful of the several programs designed to provide academic support in postsecondary educational institutions for students who have weak formal educational backgrounds. Peer-tutoring programs designed specifically to serve students from educationally deficient backgrounds in postsecondary…

This paper argues that teachers of remedial students must make their students create their own order and meanings which may be at variance with the established order around them, but are valid nevertheless. Current research stresses the need to develop a positive self-concept, particularly in remedial students and in those whose cultural values…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate both the relative effectiveness of different instructional personnel and the effect of differences in group size upon oral language acquisition for educationally disadvantaged first grade children. Involved in the treatment program were 23 classes in eight schools, all serving lower class areas of a…

This report is divided in four parts. Part I deals with the effects of federal aid to higher education on class inequality, racial inequality, inequality of opportunity, social mobility and the distribution of degrees. Part II proposes a strategy of cross-commitment to three developments: (1) a year of national service; (2) greater protection of…

School administrators, teachers, and businessmen will find this work-study guide useful in developing courses to teach the disadvantaged to be operators of automatic data processing equipment. Fourteen course units cover fundamental principles of programing, specific programs such as FORTRAN and COBOL, and the skills required for the position.…

The Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) of New York State provides grants to institutions of higher learning for the recruitment and education of economically and educationally disadvantaged students who, though not admissible by traditional criteria, have potential for successfully completing a college degree program. This report…

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is specifically designed to help educationally deprived children. It was amended in 1966 to include the children of migratory agricultural workers. Today more than 235,000 migrant children receive educational and special supplementary services under Title I. This booklet is designed to…

This paper examines the present efforts of colleges and universities to offer educational opportunity to disadvantaged students, briefly reviews some of the studies in this area, and recommends guidelines for planning and implementing educational opportunity programs. The Coleman study clearly documented the problem of educational deprivation;…

This report focuses on the goals, agenda, and policies for access and success within higher education for an increasingly diverse student population. Studies show that access to higher education is often determined by parental income, ethnic origin, proximity to an institution of higher education, and quality of early education. The Commission…

The document is a compilation of 34 articles by Mexican American educators discussing the historical and cultural perspective of Aztlan (lands to the north, the dwelling place of Mexican Americans in relation to Mexico). These educators present diagnoses and theories for change in the schools, with emphasis on bilingual-bicultural programs for all…

Devoted to the "Disadvantaged," this issue of CAPS Capsule features an interview with Dr. Edmund Gordon, Director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on the Disadvantaged. In response to questions, Dr. Gordon discusses disadvantagedness, those behaviors characteristic of disadvantaged populations, problems involved in standardized objective testing of such…

This report deals with preschool, kindergarten, and elementary grade efforts for disadvantaged children in Kalamazoo County, Michigan in 1966. The findings, based primarily on conferences with elementary school personnel, are presented under the headings of continuous growth concept, preventive and remedial programs, staff specialists and special…

Educational policy of the future must place the role of education within the broad context of societal goals. The urban slum condition will not be eliminated by individual programs which focus on special problem areas viewed in relative isolation. The Model Cities Program is a unified approach. First, neighborhoods are asked to fully analyze their…

Since the migrant family has unique economic and educational problems which substantially influence the children, this annotated bibliography was compiled to present literature which is directly related to these problems. More than 50 entries, published from 1957 through 1967, comprise the bibliography. The document is appended with evaluations of…

One of the first educational institutions funded for the establishment of a training program for Viet Nam veterans was Oscar Rose Junior College at Midwest City, Oklahoma. The developmental program began in September 1972, with 112 veterans in the original training phase. The present study was conducted during the spring semester of 1972-73, with…