In 1986, it was reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that nearly one-third of U.S. commercial farmers were economically threatened. This monograph presents effective adult education programs developed in eight Midwestern states (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Dakota) in response to the farm…

An inventory is provided of the programs offered in Florida's 28 community colleges during 1980-81. First, the programs are listed, by Information Classification Structure (ICS) code, for each college and campus. Included in this listing is information on the program's title; whether, in the case of occupational programs, it prepares graduates for…

This directory is a guide to schools with microcomputer programs. The selection of programs to be listed was accomplished by telephoning every ESEA Title IV-C director in the country to identify current or on-going IV-C projects in his/her state. If there were no existing IV-C efforts, minigrants for micros or Title IV-B activities were included.…

To help educators and community members improve elementary and secondary educational practices, the Phi Delta Kappa Commission on Discipline assembled this directory of over 500 public and private schools reported to have exemplary discipline. Recommendations for schools to be included came from commission members' personal networks, organizations…

The Department of Defense's system of overseas elementary and secondary schools, called Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS), established to provide educational services to dependents of department personnel, is described by the school's' director. DoDDS includes 273 schools in 20 countries serving almost 140,000 students. The document…

This booklet contains descriptions of 34 sex equity projects in Oregon. Project descriptions contain such information as a contact person and the project's audience, procedures, outcomes, and funding sources. The projects are organized under three headings--displaced homemaker projects, support services/special needs projects, and women in…

This directory of programs updates earlier studies and provides a comprehensive source for persons interested in instructional technology careers. Sixty-one institutions responded to surveys which were sent to the president of each state instructional technology association affiliated with AECT, each program identified in the 1969-71 study, and…

This report, the result of questionnaires sent to superintendents of Catholic schools across the country, describes alternative approaches to the provision of Catholic education in the wake of Supreme Court decisions limiting the public aid available to private schools. Shared-time, dual enrollment, and ecumenical schools were some of the…

This manual is designed to help community mental health workers to intervene effectively in community crises, particularly school desegregation. The rationale for involving mental health personnel in community crises is explained. The need for expertise among such workers is emphasized, and strategies for gaining this expertise are outlined. Also…

Intended to provide current information about graduate programs in speech communication in the United States to prospective graduate students, teachers, administrators, and counselors, this directory is also useful to those people seeking summary data on the state of the profession and to those evaluating or expanding their own speech…

Many National Diffusion Network facilitators have expressed the desire for an expanded source book on Developer/Demonstrator projects that they can use in conjunction with "Educational Programs That Work" and the "Materials Inventory" in planning awareness and training activities and negotiating adoptions. This directory is a…

The third edition of this directory describes 296 current environmental education programs and projects in the United States. It is representative of an extensive array of efforts in environmental education, with an emphasis on school programs. The directory is divided into three parts; however, there is some variation in format from the preceding…

The primary function of this directory is to serve prospective graduate students, teachers, administrators and counselors who desire current information about graduate programs in speech communication. A secondary function is to provide a comparative analysis of the information presented. Many of the fundamental questions that a student might ask…

The Servicemen's Opportunity College is a network of educational institutions providing military personnel with adult continuing education. The catalog for the SOC begins with a description of student-servicemen and their educational needs, the service response, financial benefits, the development of SOC, the types of SOC schools, and related…

Financial aid sources available to visually handicapped students for postsecondary educational, vocational, or technical programs are outlined. Sources include national and state blindness agencies, colleges and universities, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, and the federal government. (Author/JDD)