In two studies, children rated infant pictures on an "unhappy-happy" scale after being told how adolescent male models (black or white) had allegedly rated them. The subjects in Experiment 1 were black and white females and males (ages 9-12 years) attending inner-city schools in Des Moines, Iowa. Those in Experiment 2 were white females and males…

The Federal Bonding Program, providing fidelity bonding for individuals excluded from insurance policy bonding and thus ineligible for certain types of employment, is analyzed. The first section of the document contains a brief history of the program, a discussion of the data analysis approach, a series of 36 summary findings, conclusions, and…

The "open-door" policy of community colleges has resulted in the three interrelated problems of student recruitment, student retention, and student placement. In order to identify and analyze factors which cause the separation of "new" students from the community college, a one-day seminar was conducted at Southern University in May of 1973.…

From April 1971 to December 1974, a career education project for elementary and secondary grades was conducted in a lower income area of urban Chicago. The general objectives involved the development of a guidance program, integration of occupational information into the classroom, skills training, placement, and attitude adjustment. Career…

Three alternatives for education in the future are presented in the paper, which was initially delivered as a university graduate school lecture. The author first describes three groups of children with different life environments--the advantaged, the silent majority, and the disadvantaged. The significance of possible educational alternatives is…

The implications of the 1968 federal Vocational Education Amendments have prompted local programs to create the position of Local Special Needs Administrator (LSNA). The investigation reported here was carried out as the basis for proposing that a training program be developed for Special Needs Administrators. The coordinator or administrator for…

The effectiveness of a special South Carolina rural youth project was evaluated. Initiated in 1972, the project was designed to improve the quality of life of rural youth from low income families via community clubs for youth between the ages of 9 and 16. In order to measure the attitude changes (aspirations and expectations) of club members, a…

By recounting findings from three studies, it is shown that the ecological approach to education has the potential of promoting understanding of relationships between society, schooling, and life opportunities. The ecological approach means that one must attempt to see whether and how the organization of schools, school districts, or national…

A rural, economically depressed parish in Louisiana has attempted to establish in two elementary schools, one junior high school, and three high schools a program in career education. The project directed its focus on three particular areas: in-service training of teachers and administrators; public awareness and involvement; and teacher/student…

Provided are 13 appendixes to a report on the Ability Development Project to identify 4-year-old learning disabled Mexican American children and develop appropriate curricular materials for them. Included are a list of references; a list of external consultants; background and rationale of the Bilingual Early Childhood and Bilingual Kindergarten…

Faced with a frustrating lack of ability to solve the problem of providing educational opportunities for inner city children, many have turned, in frustration and despair, to the creation of myths about the whole enterprise, including achievement testing. Three myths about educational achievement testing and inner city children that are addressed…

Fifty disadvantaged couples are compared with a cross-sectional norm group from a previous study in order to determine if socio-economic status is a significant variable in the difficulty experienced in adjusting to first time parenthood, and to determine if there is a statistical significant difference between selected variables such as sex, pre-…

This report narrates the attempt carried out in Puerto Rico to study the differential characteristics of juvenile delinquency by way of an exhaustive and meticulous research into the living conditions, family history, social, economic, educational circumstances, and physiological and psychological variables of 101 matched pairs of delinquent and…

The Bilingual Vocational Curriculum and Instructional Center Program, initiated in the Los Angeles City Schools in 1975, was established to provide supportive services for limited English speaking students enrolled in district vocational programs. The program provides instructional aides to assist disadvantaged students in vocational classes in…

The final report describes the generally successful development and use of two new instructional models for adult basic education (ABE): a peer instruction model and an instructional system for consumer decision making. Section 1 examines the two year application of the peer instruction model, first developed for the military, in various adult…