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Download full textPiesco, Judith Josephson; Podell, Lawrence – 1977
A study of the retention and graduation experience of City University of New York senior college students who have entered since 1970 focused on three groups: (1) SEEK (Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge program)students; (2) students who were eligible for SEEK but were rejected by randomization procedures; and (3) ineligible students.…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Rate
Healy, Margaret I. – 1974
This summary report examines the findings of a home-based early childhood education enrichment program designed to make it possible for educationally disadvantaged children to cope effectively with the demands of American schools and society. Background information on the development and implementation of the program and a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Child Development, Data Analysis, Early Childhood Education
Furter, Pierre – 1973
The study is a description of the activities undertaken within the framework of the work-oriented adult literacy pilot project in Iran, an evaluation of its first measurable results, and an examination of the problems of functional literacy in the light of the Iranian experiment. The first chapter traces the efforts of the Iranian authorities over…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Peer reviewedDemuth, Katherine A.; Smith, Nathaniel B. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
A new program at Boston University that identifies students who would have great difficulty fulfilling their foreign language requirement is described. This program offers an alternative sequence of courses designed to help these students achieve foreign language learning success. (LMO)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Course Content, Course Organization
Tisdel, Linwood E. – 1976
The Piedmont Schools Project (PSP) was one of the Experimental Schools Projects awarded grants by the National Institute of Education (NIE). The PSP is located in the Piedmont region near Greer, South Carolina and serves approximately 5,000 K-12 students from eight schools. The students in this region have historically performed at one or more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationDavis, Barbara Gross – 1976
The Berkeley Experimental Schools Project (BESP) consolidated the existing elementary and secondary educational alternatives with promising new programs in the Berkeley Unified School District of California. The program goals involve the elimination of racism, acquisition of basic skills, affirmation of cultural pluralism, and shared decision…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Basic Skills, Cultural Pluralism, Decision Making
Battle (Mark) Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
This volume is one of the products of the knowledge development effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. It is a report of an assessment study designed to determine the status and results of the implementation of mixed income experiments at 47 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Crim, Roger D. – 1974
Reasons for the present emphasis on all-year operation of schools differ from those prevailing 30-40 years ago. During the depression emphasis was on economy. Recently, a more sensible reason for an extended school year is coming into focus--the year-round school has educational value. It is not just something to be considered in order to save…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration, Curriculum Development, Educational Facilities
