This report outlines the activities of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University, for the year ending June 30, 1986. Progress was made in expanding and enhancing the policy research program, which comprises four divisions. The natural resources and conservation program participated with the Soil Conservation…

A program for adult learners with special needs has been conducted in Salem County, New Jersey, for five years. The program was created under a Public Law 94-482 grant and since has been supported by a Department of Human Services grant, by various services clubs, and by the local board for vocational education. The program has three phases. In…

The Family Day Care Check-In Program is designed to offer working parents convenient, affordable after school care for their children aged 10 to 14. It provides children with flexible supervision by caring, trained adults and gives them opportunities to grow into responsible, independent teens by planning and participating in activities on their…

With the aid of single parent grant money, the Highlands County (Florida) School Board surveyed the needs of adolescent single parents in three high schools and three middle schools. Dropout students also were contacted. Survey results identified the barriers to adolescent single parents obtaining marketable skills. The need for occupational…

A project was conducted in Broward County, Florida, to help students ranging in age from 14 to 25 to become more openminded in regard to career options for women and to encourage them to participate in nontraditional vocational programs. Because of their generally accepted openmindedness, students in middle schools received additional emphasis.…

Using a collaborative approach in three York County (Maine) school districts, representatives from special education and vocational rehabilitation implemented a model program of transition services for specific learning-disabled (SLD) individuals, aged 16 to 22 years old. The experimental group consisted of 32 SLD individuals and the control group…

These collected conference papers, which originated from diverse campus child care centers across the United States, provide guidance for day-to-day decision-making about campus day care. Contents concern: (1) campus child care's mission and challenges; (2) campus child care in relation to the national picture, an in-depth look at campus child…

The College of Marin Women's Program implemented a project to provide comprehensive support, instructional, and advocacy services to disadvantaged women seeking information and/or future employment in nontraditional career fields. Areas of emphasis were the apprenticeable trades and other blue-collar work. The goal of the project was to assist 50…

On March 6, 1984, Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander signed into law the Comprehensive Education Reform Act, which its supporters have called the nation's most ambitious statewide teacher career-ladder and incentive-pay program. In its final version, the legislature set up a five-step career ladder with annual salary incentives ranging from $500…

This document contains reports of the members of three committees of the Council of Europe who made on-site visits to experimental adult education and community development projects throughout Europe in 1982 and 1983. The 14 reports describing the projects cover the following topics: (1) National Federation of Women's Institutes (United Kingdom);…

The data collection process is described for a new facet of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)--the state-level assessment of eighth-grade mathematics in 1990 and 1992 to determine the feasibility and validity of state assessments. For this Trial State Assessment, the NAEP will work with a State Coordinator from each of the 41…

This draft report describes the Rhode Island state plan to implement Section 772(e) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (the McKinney Act) under Title VII, Subtitle B of the Act, which provides for education for homeless children and youth. The plan addresses the following issues: (1) school placement; (2) dispute resolution; (3)…

A Teachers Corps staff development project involved the collaboration of a school district, the community, and a college of education in a variety of activities designed to improve school climate and to reduce teacher stress. Descriptions are given of the needs assessments conducted among school staff, students, and community members from the…

A project proposed to organize and teach a series of training programs on nontraditional jobs for adults over age 55. Nontraditional was defined as any work situation other than full-time, historically-typical jobs in a community. Project staff developed four training classes in small appliance repair, plant care, mother's care, food preparation…

An inservice training program was implemented at the Erie County Technical School in Pennsylvania to familiarize school shop teachers with the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) so they could use it as a tool to develop relevant competency-based vocational education (CBVE) programs. Addressed during the inservice were the following topics:…