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Resources on Supporting People with Extensive Health Needs in the Community.
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Syracuse Univ., NY. Center on Human Policy. – 1988
The document is intended to help states and local communities locate resources to support children and adults with extensive health needs in the community. An overview article, titled "Supporting People with Medical and Physical Needs in the Community," by Bonnie Shoultz and Julie Ann Racino, identifies principles for community…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Health Services, Information Sources, Normalization (Handicapped)
Racial Bias in the MMPI: A Methodological Review.
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Pritchard, David A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Concludes that there is no evidence for differential validity in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) between racial subgroups and that black norms for the MMPI are premature. Criticism of these findings is also presented. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Blacks, Methods Research, Personality Measures, Predictive Validity
The New Liberal Learning: Technology and the Liberal arts.
Lisensky, Robert P.; And Others – 1985
The need to integrate technology and liberal arts in the undergraduate curriculum is addressed in this collection of two articles and a bibliography. The monograph resulted from a project by the Council of Independent Colleges on the response of the liberal arts college to technology. In "Technology and the Liberal Arts," Allan Pfnister considers…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, College Curriculum, Computers
Free Speech Yearbook 1982. Volume 21.
Ewbank, Henry L., Ed. – 1983
The six articles in this collection deal with theoretical and practical freedom of speech issues. Topics covered are (1) freedom of expression and the Mormons for the Equal Rights Amendment (R. J. Jensen); (2) the U.S. Supreme Court and the First Amendment (W. A. Linsley); (3) antipornography campaigns (R. McGaffey); (4) the human rights advocacy…
Descriptors: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Communication Research, Community Problems
Mexican American Education Fact Sheets and Mini Reviews.
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McKinnon, Linda T.; And Others – 1980
This collection of fact sheets and mini reviews deals with various problem areas in Mexican American education. "Mexican Americans in Higher Education" identifies the major factors (primarily money and language) which affect low enrollment and high attrition of Mexican Americans in institutions of higher learning, and suggests that…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Mathematics Education in Secondary Schools and Two-Year Colleges. A Sourcebook.
Campbell, Paul J.; Grinstein, Louise S. – 1988
The changing role of mathematics in society may require a different mathematics curriculum in the schools. Curriculum builders work constructing pieces of the new mathematics curriculum. To last, this new curriculum must be based on a foundation of experience and research. This book provides access to that foundation for secondary schools and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, College Mathematics, Computer Software
School Expulsions, Suspensions, and Dropouts: Understanding the Issues. Hot Topics Series.
Gallegos, Arnold, Ed. – 1998
This collection of papers examines the causal and contextual issues surrounding the emerging rash of student expulsions, suspensions, and dropouts; discusses legal restrictions that school personnel must consider when establishing and implementing student codes of conduct; and presents promising programs and practices to reduce the number of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Anger, Block Scheduling