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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1991
This report describes the activities of the Higher Education Opportunity Programs (HEOP) at the independent colleges and universities in New York State for the 1990-91 academic year. HEOP is a program that helps academically and economically disadvantaged students earn college degrees. Highlights of the report include the following: (1) in 1990-91…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, College Students, Economically Disadvantaged
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1984
The 1983-1984 annual report of the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) at New York independent colleges and universities is presented. Information is provided on program administration, eligibility and student characteristics, campus programs, student achievement, and program financing. The state appropriated almost $11.5 million to serve…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Developmental Studies Programs, Disadvantaged
Olsen, Robert; Seftor, Neil; Silva, Tim; Myers, David; DesRoches, David; Young, Julie – US Department of Education, 2007
To help address continuing disparities in academic achievement and under-representation of disadvantaged groups in math and science majors and careers, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) established a math and science initiative in 1990 within Upward Bound, a federal grant program known as Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS) designed to provide…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Program Effectiveness
Knitzer, Jane; Page, Stephen – 1996
In the past decade, there has been a sharp increase in awareness of how interventions that address multiple risk factors and target both children and their families can help ensure that children grow up healthy and able to learn. In 1995, the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) undertook a project to "map" state initiatives…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Child Health, Child Welfare
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This fact sheet summarizes responses by 49 states (Massachusetts did not respond) to the General Accounting Office questionnaire on state efforts to integrate human services programs. The questionnaire focused on low income families. Responses to the questionnaire indicate the following: (1) 23 states have integrated all their service delivery…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
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Wilson, Jackie – 1979
Project EPIC (Educational Preparation for Involvement in Careers) was conducted to study the best methods and techniques of infusing career education into the curriculum in five schools with high proportion of low-income children in the Jefferson County School System (Kentucky). The project had five basic goals: (1) provide low income children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Education, Community Involvement