This review of reading research literature deals with three major areas. First, 10 problems that inhibit the educational development of disadvantaged learners are identified and discussed. Secondly, programs designed to aid these students are reviewed. They include reading programs for preschool, elementary school, and secondary school age groups…

This discussion outline develops the argument that there is significant dissonance between present efforts to promote the professionalization of teaching and the demands which societal expectations place on teacher education now and for the future. To develop this argument, an attempt is made to (1) identify some of the social conditions and…

The report summarizes the activities of the transitional program at Mount Holyoke College during the summer of 1966. The precollege educational program for girls, grades 9 through 11, was structured to enhance the academic, social, and cultural expectations of disadvantaged youth and to increase their chances for a college education. The program,…

This annual bulletin offers digests of research in intergroup relations during the period of September, 1964 to April, 1965. The reported studies are grouped under the rubrics of: (1) research in attitudes; (2) studies in the characteristics, structure, and position of ethnic, racial, religious, and national groups; (3) patterns of discrimination,…

The purpose of this bibliography is to present a comprehensive catalogue of the academic and nonacademic literature on the causes, effects, and responses to urban civil disorders. Most of the works were published since 1954 although earlier literature is also represented. Each citation is placed in one of nine categories and arranged according to…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter discusses the role of mass media in school crime. Media culture--the knowledge, techniques, and assumptions used by people who construct media messages--is shown to contribute to public definitions of and beliefs about the nature of "youth." It is suggested that…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter presents a model of negotiation as a means to resolve school conflict. The assumption is that school conflict is inevitable, but student delinquency is not. Delinquent behavior results from the way that the school deals with conflict. Students resort to…

In spring 1978, a survey questionnaire designed to elicit demographic information on the student population as well as subjective data to form a clear picture of the typical student and identification of student needs, was administered throughout the De Anza College extended campus operation. College administrators were particularly interested in…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter, by utilizing ethnographic data, develops an understanding of the interrelationships among administrative styles, deterrence, commitment, and disruption. The effect of change in administrative styles on the character of order and disruption in a desegregated…

As the second assessment study of developmental education programs at state-assisted higher education institutions, this 1978 study reviews reports from 27 of 57 programs receiving funds from the Ohio legislature. Reports dealing with attitudes and opinions of the programs indicated that the responses of the majority of students were strongly…

This booklet is one of a set of five booklets which comprise the basic curriculum for "Mathematics Laboratories for Disadvantaged Students," a nationally validated Title III ESEA project. This publication provides evaluation materials and student materials related to fractions. Topics included in this booklet are meanings of fractions,…

This booklet is one of a set of five booklets which comprise the basic curriculum for "Mathematics Laboratories for Disadvantaged Students," a nationally validated Title III ESEA project. This publication provides evaluation materials and student materials related to number theory. Topics included in this booklet are prime and composite…

These two volumes bring together writings on technical and scientific problems such as distributional justice, the impact of government policy on equality between generations, and the viability of economic policies. Volume 1 encompasses four areas. Area 1 is composed of background papers including the major policy issues of education, inequality…

The handbook, designed for use by career advisors and counselor aides working with disadvantaged students in regular Los Angeles Unified School District vocational programs, provides information for the classification of counselor aide (job definition, typical duties, and qualifications), guidelines for effective utilization of aides, and…

This study is considered to represent an attempt to examine conditions which inhibit the education of many minority group college students, by pursuing three specific objectives. They are: (1) to identify common indicators of the lack of self-discipline among minority group college students and analyze them in terms of their nature and magnitude;…