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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1983
These Congressional hearings contain testimony reviewing the vocational rehabilitation program for service-connected disabled veterans that originated as a result of legislation passed in March 1943. Included among those agencies and organizations represented at the hearings were the following: the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans'…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Federal Legislation
Ayers, Douglas; And Others – 1980
The University of Victoria Program offers university-level courses mainly in the humanities and the social sciences to prisoners at Matsqui and Kent Institutions. Within this liberal arts approach there is a structural developmental thrust to promote cognitive and moral development and not simply to provide a general education or job skills.…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Education, Affective Behavior, Citizenship Responsibility
Buttram, Joan L.; Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1977
A follow-up of ex-offenders five to six months after release from prison was conducted to determine the extent to which those who had participated in educational programs prior to release benefitted differentially with respect to employment and social adjustment, as compared with those who had not participated in such programs. Data were gathered…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Attendance, Correctional Education
Mellon, Thomas A. – 1983
A project was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the Cambridge/Kentucky Educational Television General Educational Development (GED) Video Series as a tool for providing adult basic education (ABE) instruction to institutionalized drug addicts and alcoholics at Eagleville Hospital in Eagleville, Pennsylvania. After the integration of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Alcoholism, Basic Skills
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1981
The seven papers in this volume address three topics: the economic effects of vocational education, occupational projections, and coordination among institutions providing training. The first paper analyzes high school vocational education from an economic viewpoint, while the second examines the effects of vocational training coupled with the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adults, Articulation (Education), Cost Effectiveness
Giesen, J. Martin; And Others – 1985
This study was designed to assist vocational rehabilitation agencies serving blind and visually impaired persons to identify client characteristics and agency factors and resources associated with the following four client employment outcomes: competitive employment, sheltered workshop employment, homemaking, and non-working. For the study, 469…
Descriptors: Counselor Characteristics, Employment Level, Employment Potential, Homemakers
1976
The full texts of all prepared statements and supplemental materials presented during five days of oversight hearings held on rehabilitation of the handicapped programs and implementation of these programs by agencies under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are contained in this document. Statements are made by (1) State and local directors and other…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Disabilities, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation. – 1982
Presented in one volume, this 12th annual report to Congress provides program-by-program summaries of evaluation information on federally funded education programs as of July 1982 (including programs closed out under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act). Introductory sections present the secretary's summary, listing important findings…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Categorical Aid, Disabilities
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
Four hearings were held during 1979 by the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education (NACVE) to determine the status of vocational education in correctional institutions. Testimony from 106 witnesses from 27 states led to the overall conclusion that the current level and quality of correctional vocational education is not adequate to…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Finance
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation. – 1983
This 13th annual report to Congress provides program-by-program summaries of evaluative information on federally funded education programs for fiscal year 1983. The format for each program description has been revised to make it responsive to the reporting requirements of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA). Accordingly, each entry is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Categorical Aid, Early Childhood Education
Missouri State Dept. of Corrections and Human Resources, Jefferson City. – 1984
An educational research and demonstration program was implemented in learning centers at five correctional institutions across Missouri. Included in the demonstration project were the following programs: a prescriptive learning system that served 253 students; a program in attitude, basic, and life skills; an ex-offender program that involved 20…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attitude Change
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation. – 1984
This 14th annual report to Congress provides program-by-program summaries of evaluative information on federally funded education programs for fiscal year (FY) 1984. Each entry is divided into three major sections: (1) program profile, covering legislation, recent funding history, purpose, eligibility, and other information on requirements; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Block Grants
