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Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
Following up on the first two phases (1976-82) of the "District Practices Study" of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as presented in a resource book and seven special reports, this report is devoted to the study's third and final phase. During phase III (1982-83), researchers visited 14 sites to describe their…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board of Education Policy, Case Studies, Compensatory Education
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Keatley, Catharine – Learning Languages, 2004
In this paper, the authors review all the Federal programs that support, at least partially, foreign language education for non-government language students, and they calculated the maximum amount that these programs spend on foreign language education. The Department of Education (ED) receives the most funding for these projects with total…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Resource Centers, Budgets, Expenditures
Mace-Matluck, Betty J.; And Others – 1984
This eight-volume final report of a federally-funded longitudinal study on the teaching of reading to bilingual children provides information on and insight into characteristics of a favorable learning environment for Spanish-speaking children, instructional sequences and events that promote successful and efficient learning of literacy skills,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Classroom Techniques
National Urban Indian Council, Denver, CO. – 1982
A source document on American Indians and Alaska Natives in urban areas, produced by the National Urban Indian Council, provides historical background on relocation to cities, comments on the trust relationship for off-reservation American Indians, discusses urban Indian organizations, and gives statistical information on American Indian…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian History, American Indians, Eskimos
Kennedy, Kerry J. – 1984
This paper reports the results of a study of the implementation of multicultural education policy initiatives in Australia. An outline of the study's methods follows brief discussions of the emergence of multicultural education as a policy issue and the context of multicultural education in Australia. To assess the impact of multicultural…
Descriptors: Community Control, Cultural Context, Decision Making, Educational Policy
Washington Consulting Group, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
The eighth module in a 17-module self-instructional program on student financial aid administration (designed for novice student financial aid administrators and other personnel) focuses on need analysis. It provides an introduction to the management of federal financial aid programs authorized by the Higher Education Act Title IV. After…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Computation, Educational Finance
Saavedra, Pedro; Kuchak, JoAnn – 1980
An error-prone model (EPM) to predict financial aid applicants who are likely to misreport on Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) applications was developed, based on interviews conducted with a quality control sample of 1,791 students during 1978-1979. The model was designed to identify corrective methods appropriate for different types of…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Dependents, Disclosure
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1982
This report presents the findings of research and public hearings on the development of racial isolation in Miami, Florida. Maintaining that Miami's black community is isolated from the city as a whole, and that the sense of black isolation and frustration precipitated the civil disturbances in Miami in May of 1980, the report examines the causes…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Black Community, Blacks, Community Characteristics
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1981
By request of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the General Accounting Office (GAO) verified the number of full-time equivalent Indian students reported as attending 12 tribally controlled community colleges during the 1980-1981 academic year and obtained college officials' opinions on the benefits of the Tribally Controlled Community…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, American Indian Education, American Indians, College Students
Longanecker, David; And Others – 1980
The task of designing future postsecondary education policy in fiscal year 1981 is discussed in relation to two unique conditions. First, the federal role as a provider of student assistance was increased dramatically in 1978 by passage of the Middle Income Student Assistance Act, and the full costs of implementing MISAA are coming due. Second,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Nebraska State Dept. of Education, Lincoln. – 1967
THE MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES PROGRAM, A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECT FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, IS EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. THE BASIC DATA IN THE FIRST SECTION DESCRIBES THE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT'S PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS, PROJECT PERSONNEL, DROPOUTS, STUDENTS CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Compensatory Education, Coordinators, Curriculum Development
CANTOR, MARJORIE H. – 1967
VISTA, OR "VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICAN," IS A PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964 TO DEAL WITH POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES. VOLUNTEERS ARE TRAINED FOR SIX WEEKS AND ASSIGNED TO LOCAL AGENCIES WHO SERVE AS SPONSORS AND PROVIDE SUPERVISION AND INSERVICE TRAINING. A STUDY HAS FOLLOWED 126 VOLUNTEERS,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Evaluation, Federal Programs, Interpersonal Relationship
MCGOWEN, DEWEY, JR. – 1967
A SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURAL MIGRANT CHILDREN WAS IMPLEMENTED IN CONNECTICUT DURING 1967. EIGHTY CHILDREN IN 4 SCHOOL DISTRICTS PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM WHICH WAS SUPPORTED UNDER TITLE I OF ESEA. SPECIAL EMPHASES WERE PLACED ON INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND SELF EVALUATION BY THE STUDENTS. TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Programs, English (Second Language), Evaluation
MILLER, W.G. – 1967
OUTLINED IN THIS REPORT ARE STATE AND LOCAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, SPECIALIZED PERSONNEL, DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS, AND STABILITY OF ADMINISTRATION AND FUNDING. AMONG THE PROPOSALS FOR DEALING WITH THESE PROBLEMS ARE SUGGESTIONS FOR REGIONAL OFFICES TO ADMINISTER AND EVALUATE…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth
Freeman, Stephen A.; And Others – 1965
NDEA Title VI fellowships are evaluated in terms of (1) the selection, quality, and trends in competition of fellows, (2) the results of the fellows in completion and use "f training and their placement, (3) the impact on the educational community with respect to curriculum, interdisciplinary cooperation, and teaching staff and techniques, (4) the…
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Fellowships
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