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Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1992
This document suggests the following eight model indicators of quality in adult education programs: (1) learners demonstrate progress toward attainment of basic skills and competencies that support their educational needs; (2) learners advance in the program or complete program requirements that allow them to continue their education or training;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Indicators
Guetzloe, Eleanor C. – 1991
This digest summarizes information on incidence in and identification and intervention of potentially suicidal children and youth with disabilities. Estimates suggesting that some categories of exceptional youth have higher suicide rates than the general population are cited. Suicide risk factors and signs that a student is potentially suicidal…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Identification
Gray, Maryann J.; Ondaatje, Elizabeth H.; Fricker, Ronald; Campbell, Nancy; Rosenblatt, Kathy; Geschwind, Sandra; Goldman, Charles A.; Kaganoff, Tessa; Robyn, Abby; Sundt, Melora; Vogelgesang, Lori; Klein, Stephen P. – 1998
This report addresses impact of the Learn and Serve America Higher Education (LSAHE) service learning initiatives on communities, higher education institutions, and students, and is based on 3 years (1995-97) of data collection and observation at 27 institutions. LSAHE has awarded grants to higher education institutions and community organizations…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Extracurricular Activities, Federal Programs, Higher Education
Barringer, Donald; Johnson, Dorothy – 1993
This monograph reports achievements of the SKI*HI project, a 3-year outreach project to improve access and development of services to presently unserved or underserved infants and young children with hearing impairments as well as to provide leadership and technical assistance to agencies implementing the SKI*HI model. The project provided direct…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Early Identification, Early Intervention, Hearing Aids
Utah State Univ., Logan. Dept. of Communicative Disorders. – 1993
This final report describes activities of Project INSITE, a 3-year home intervention program delivering services to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with deaf blindness or other multidisability sensory impairments. The family centered model features the use of early intervention professionals known as parent advisors who visit homes weekly to…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Early Intervention, Hearing Aids
Weaver-Meyers, Pat; And Others – 1989
A dramatic increase in interlibrary loan (ILL) in academic and research libraries in the last five years, combined with a changing office environment, is forcing reassessment of the relationship between the volume and cost of loans to service quality. In the spring of 1988, a survey was sent to 116 member libraries of the Association of Research…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Guidelines
Guthrie, Larry F. – 1987
In 1986, the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development was contracted to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the California State University's (CSU) Summer Bridge and Intensive Learning Experience (ILE) programs. These new remedial/developmental programs are designed to provide basic skills instruction, orientation, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Enrollment
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1989
This guidebook was developed to assist local school districts in Kentucky with the implementation of the program improvement section of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, Chapter 1. The emphases of the reauthorization of Chapter 1 are accountability and program effectiveness. Each local district must now identify Chapter 1 schools…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal), Educational Change
Blanchard, Bryan – 1985
The Enrollment Management Plan proposed in this report was developed in an effort to provide a comprehensive framework for organizational analysis, planning, and evaluation for the Off-Campus Program of the Community College of Rhode Island. The introductory sections of the report offer background information, define enrollment management, and…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Demand, Enrollment
Plato, Kathleen C.; Rasp, Alfred, Jr. – 1984
Washington's program for migrant education during 1982-83 identified 18,142 children as eligible for program services and enrolled on the Migrant Student Record Transfer Systems (MSRTS). Of this number 15,038 students were enrolled in regular school programs, 520 in the Secondary Credit Exchange (SCE), and 2,584 in the Early Childhood program.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Credits, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Earle, Janice; And Others – 1987
Few researchers have studied the female dropout and too few dropout prevention programs are specifically designed to help girls complete high school. This paper describes programs and state policy initiatives that show promise in helping young women complete their education. They are used by schools and outside organizations to serve and encourage…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Educational Policy
Cotton, Kathleen J.; And Others – 1988
This directory is a compendium of 108 outstanding Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1 compensatory education projects selected for recognition by the United States Department of Education in 1987. It is the fourth volume in the "Effective Compensatory Education Sourcebook" series. Volume 1 consists of a review of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs
De Bevoise, Wynn, Ed. – R & D Perspectives, 1983
This issue focuses on support and cooperation among various components of the educational community, specifically as this has been achieved by the Willamette Valley (Oregon) Education Consortium, a research-based organization of school districts, educational agencies, and an institute of higher education. The first article describes how schools…
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Educational Cooperation, Educational Policy
Lawton, Stephen B. – 1984
The decision to extend the public funding of Roman Catholic schools to include grades 11 through 13 carries with it both minor and major implications for the finance and organization of elementary and secondary education in Ontrario. If the school grant plan is to be successfully adopted, the following issues need immediate attention: (1) the…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Little, Judith Warren; Haley, Frances – 1982
The importance of following prescribed principles in the implementation of an effective law-related education (LRE) program is emphasized. Based on research findings that law-related education is a delinquency-prevention technique, the fact sheet lists six prescriptions for providing effective law-related education programs: (1) the use of…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Delinquency Prevention, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
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