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Redwood, Diana; Provost, Ellen; Lopez, Ellen D. S.; Skewes, Monica; Johnson, Rhonda; Christensen, Claudia; Sacco, Frank; Haverkamp, Donald – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
This article presents the results of a process evaluation of the Alaska Native (AN) Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Family Outreach Program, which encourages CRC screening among AN first-degree relatives (i.e., parents, siblings, adult children; hereafter referred to as relatives) of CRC patients. Among AN people incidence and death rates from CRC are the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Cancer, Outreach Programs, Screening Tests
Rieben, Cynthia Wootton – American Education, 1976
Through their Small Business Institute, University of Alaska students get practical experience while helping businessmen solve management problems. (Editor)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business, Learning Experience, Program Descriptions
Irany, James – 1977
Presented is the program performance report of a project to train paraprofessionals in working with preschool handicapped children in Alaska. Accomplishments and attainments as well as slippages are reviewed for each of the program's three objectives: development of competency based training materials for paraprofessionals, training of…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Programs, Handicapped Children, Material Development
Daugherty, Ronald D.; Lehrman, Raymond H. – 1978
This dissemination booklet identifies and describes outstanding vocational and career education practices which are operating in Alaskan public schools. The sixteen programs are arranged in the following format: overview of the program; special facilities and/or equipment needed; instructional materials developed/used/adapted; key ingredients for…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Equipment, Educational Practices, Guides
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
This report examined state tuition prepayment programs (STPPs) in Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming, focusing on how the programs operate and the participation rates they have achieved. It also assessed the income level of program participants, options for increasing the participation of lower-income families, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment, Higher Education, Income
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Booker, John M.; Riedl, Richard E. – Research in Rural Education, 1987
Finds most successful students in University of Alaska-Fairbanks rural field-based teacher-education program over a three-year period show worst performance when conventional standards for course completion are applied. Reviews implications for innovation and change in higher education. (NEC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Evaluation Criteria, Field Experience Programs
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1978
In 1976-77 a total of 5,917 students participated in Title I programs in the State of Alaska. Program emphasis continued to be on supplementary instruction in the basic skills from the preschool through the elementary and secondary levels. The most obvious trend in the Title I programs and their greatest strength over the past several years is…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Programs
Miller, Sue, Comp. – 1974
Provided is information on the gifted and talented program for children K-6 in Juneau, Alaska, and included are steps in identification, program implementation, and evaluation. It is explained that the enrichment program is intended for students with high intellectual ability, creative or thinking skills, leadership ability, ability in the visual…
Descriptors: Art, Check Lists, Creativity, Elementary School Students
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1980
The goals of the Indian Education Project were to identify and discuss the involvement of federal, tribal, and state governments in the education of Indian children and to assist states in fulfilling their responsibilities in Indian education. A task force and other interested legislators, educators, and tribal representatives met regularly…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indian Education, American Indians, Community Control
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Barquist, Rose; Lewis, Mary S. – Children Today, 1990
Describes changes in Head Start programs in the remote bush villages of Alaska over the past 25 years. Emphasizes the custom-designed teacher and staff training program. (BB)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Cultural Context, Curriculum Design, Health Services
Pulu, Tupou L. – 1975
The Bilingual Education Project for the Yup'ik Eskimo was funded under Title VII (ESEA) and in fiscal year 1975 operated in seven Alaskan villages. Some 425 children in grades K-3 received bilingual instruction in the village schools of Aleknagik North Shore, Atmautluak, Bethel, Kongiganek, Manokotak, Togiak and Twin Hills. Materials were…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Annual Reports, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers
Thomas, Monica, Ed. – 1983
Award-winning economic education projects devised by Alaska teachers included three elementary (K-6) projects and three second level (7-12) ones. Faith Greenough's students (Chinook Elementary School, Anchorage) compared Tlingit traditional and market economies in Alaska, so economics became an integrated part of elementary instruction. Marie…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Budgeting, Conservation Education, Course Objectives
Christian, Donna; Mahrer, Cindy – 1992
The first annual supplement to the 1991-1992 directory of two-way bilingual education programs in the United States profiles new and some existing programs in which language-minority and language-majority children are instructed in and through both languages. this volume contains data on 25 programs in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Johnson, Mike – 1979
The manual provides information to assist administrators in deciding whether to adopt and implement the STARS program, a grade 9 and 10 science, math, and language arts curriculum designed to provide Kodiak Island, Alaska, students with academic skills, vocational training, and village skills to be successful whether they choose to go to college,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Alaska Natives, Curriculum Development