Describes four major federal programs supporting the education, recruitment, and professional development of minority dental faculty; the Association of American Medical Colleges' project to support minority health occupations faculty training; and an ongoing West Virginia University faculty affirmative action program. Also offers personal…

This Kids Count fact book describes services that are designed to protect the health, education, and safety of children in each county in Texas. It begins with a brief overview of each service program, describing the services, giving eligibility requirements, and analyzing regional differences in service provision across the state. The overview is…

This is the third annual report on Tennessee's progress toward meeting statewide higher education goals delineated in the 1989 "Tennessee Challenge 2000" program. The report outlines the six goals, specific benchmarks for each goal, and the progress toward such goals and benchmarks accomplished over the last several years. The goals…

This is the fourth annual report on Tennessee's progress toward meeting statewide higher education goals delineated in the 1989 "Tennessee Challenge 2000" program. For the first time it also includes data on independent colleges and universities within the state. The report outlines the six goals, specific benchmarks for each goal, and…

This report provides a summary and assessment of the results of the 1993-94 Priorities, Quality, and Productivity (PQP) initiative undertaken by the Illinois State Board of Higher Education and makes recommendations for consideration by the board to set directions for 1994-95. The first section describes state-level PQP activities in 1993-94. The…

This report describes the activities and results of three programs instituted under Connecticut's Minority Advancement Program (MAP) to promote racial and ethnic diversity in Connecticut public higher education. The Connecticut Collegiate Awareness and Preparation Program (ConnCAP), which enrolled 1,585 students in 1993-94, is designed to give…

Act 619 of the 1984 Louisiana legislative session initiated the State-Funded Program for High-Risk Four-Year-Olds, which is intended to improve the school readiness of preschool students. This document is the program evaluation report for 1990 and 1991. Part 1 of the report is a comprehensive program description which provides information on: (1)…

This report presents the detailed results of the compilation of an overview of state activities related to measuring the outcomes of postsecondary vocational education. Chapter I provides background to the study. Chapter II describes the methodology used for the development of the overview, including discussions with experts, the information…

This volume contains the second half of part 1 of a 4-part compendium of information about low income assistance programs plus the remaining 3 parts of the compendium. Part 1 contains detailed information about 59 major federally supported public assistance programs, each of which annually spent over $20 million in fiscal year 1985, and applied a…

This report provides information on the Texas State Library's fiscal year 1991 Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) state-administered program. Standard Form 424, "Application for Federal Assistance," is followed by specific requirements for resource allocations under LSCA and a summary of funding sources by LSCA priority. The…

This volume of an annual journal explores the problems and opportunities confronting young people attempting to find employment and the challenges faced by employment and training professionals trying to assist them along with some possible solutions. The 16 articles are divided into three parts concerned respectively with defining the problems,…

This document contains 34 abstracts that describe sex equity projects operating in Virginia during fiscal year 1986-87 with federal funding through the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. The abstracts are organized in the following eight categories: (1) centers to serve single parents and homemakers; (2) programs to serve teenage…

The economic and political forces behind recent calls for excellence in education are pointing to necessarily dramatic changes in the nature of the teaching profession. Members of the business community, state political leaders, and teachers are working together--with substantial private and state monies--to implement a radical reform agenda that…

Information on educational equity in California is presented in this supplementary report. Issues in the state, resources, proposals, and areas for action are addressed. Areas of analysis include: income for men and women by race and years of education; the numbers of Black and Hispanic students that graduate from high school, enroll in college,…

This report presents an evaluation of the effectiveness of vocational-technical education programs, services, and activities carried out during fiscal year 1983 in accordance with the program goals set forth in the Maryland Five-Year Plan, 1983-1987, and FY 1983 Annual Program Plan. The report is based on information obtained from a number of…