Information is given on Johnson-O'Malley funds provided for education of Montana's Indians during 1969-70. After a summary of such Johnson-O'Malley activities as provision of foster homes, special transportation, and home-school liaison, excerpts from Johnson-O'Malley project reports are presented (by reservation). The number of Montana Indian…

After a 2-page history of the Johnson-O'Malley Act, which provides funds for Indian children attending public schools, basic objectives for educational programs, the problems encountered in developing these programs, and accompanying recommendations are discussed. Tabular reports of Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) expenditures are then presented in…

Fifty-eight persons participated in an institute designed to provide the opportunity of sharing ideas and experiences in relation to innovative school systems and vocational programs for the disadvantaged and the potential dropout. Participants heard and reacted to the following presentations: (1) "Educational Programs and Career Opportunities As…

These guidelines for developing a model for an integrated comprehensive career education program in North Carolina at the elementary and secondary levels include a mission statement, a career education rationale, a wide range of educational objectives, and key considerations for statewide implementation of the career education concept. An advisory…

The Production Workshop Project was designed to promote the educational rehabilitation of selected ninth-grade students. Programs in block-scheduled academic instruction were integrated with vocational training in a Production Workshop setting. The 1971-72 Project activities served a total of 243 students--117 boys and 126 girls. Approximately 68…

This material, a tentative guide for the teaching of prevocational homemaking, was compiled in consideration of the needs of industry for trained and semi-trained youths and the needs of the youths themselves for job training. The units included in this guide are as follows: (1) Getting acquainted; (2) Organization and use of equipment; (3)…

The purpose of the project was to find ways to bring about the implementation of more career education and occupational information in all levels of education. Specific objectives of this project include: (1) broadening occupational orientation at the elementary and secondary levels, (2) preventing dropouts, (3) developing opportunities for work…

This is the third in a series of annual publications providing information on the adult basic education programs sponsored by the United States Office of Education under Public Law 89-750. These publications have been based upon data compiled from annual reports on adult education filed with the Office of Education by each State, the District of…

This paper reports a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of out-of-school Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) programs in four cities (Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and St. Louis) in enhancing the employability of their enrollees. In 1970, when the study was undertaken, the NYC had just been redesigned to place more emphasis on education, skill…

While some attrition is normal, it has been high at the Federal service academies in recent years. The rates, although down from their peak levels, are still above normal at several academies. Those who drop out, while scoring slightly lower on some tests than those who stay, are still of high quality, and GAO believes some would make good…

The first and principal enclosure of the study of attrition at the five federal service academies provides a detailed, technically-oriented account of the methods, procedures, findings, and interpretations of the General Accounting Office's study. The study involved extensive surveys of more than 20,000 current and former students. The survey…

This report of a 1972 study designed to provide insights about people and activities in the changing areas of adult education is the second in a series of reports on participation in adult education. (Information for this report, developed in the Adult and Vocational Education Surveys Branch of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES),…

In order to determine the extent of attrition at Essex County College, all students registered for the fall semester of 1975 who did not return for the winter semester were identified and were surveyed by mail (n=2,000) to ascertain their reasons for not returning. A total of 546 questionnaires were returned for a response rate of 27.3%. Analysis…

A study was conducted for the purpose of determining the impact of cooperative education (CE) on the experiences of community college students subsequent to their graduation. Comprehensive normative data on graduates and non-completers of LaGuardia Community College, which has a universal CE program, were collected by means of surveys.…

The Kansas City School Behavior Project was an experiment intended to enhance the social-emotional development of individual pupils through treatment of mild behavioral disturbances and primary prevention programs, utilizing the teachers in their roles as group leaders. The teachers in the experimental group received summer training in the methods…