Project "ACT" [Attendance, Career Awareness (Work Experience), and Tutorial Assistance] is basically designed to keep American Indian students involved in school by helping them to experience success in school and giving them a tangible reason for completing their education. Project objectives, which were determined from a needs…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO GATHER AND EVALUATE PERTINENT INFORMATION CONCERNING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN METROPOLITAN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. INFORMATION WAS GATHERED BY QUESTIONNAIRE FROM EIGHTH GRADERS, NINTH GRADERS, 12TH GRADERS, 1963 GRADUATES, DROPOUTS, PARENTS, LABOR UNIONS, APPRENTICES, AND BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS. STUDENTS IN THE EIGHTH…

During academic year 1976-77, the State of Mississippi provided educational and/or supportive services for 4,811 migrant students ages 5-20 through 16 migrant projects. This was 938 more students than the previous year. Of these, 3,021 students received screenings for visual imparities, 538 received immunizations, and 1,242 received complete…

Fiscal reductions as well as growing conservatism may have a profound impact on many university programs, including Chicano Studies programs, which are expanding into research, publications, and other areas. To frame the issues of greatest concern to Chicano Studies programs, a small research effort at the University of New Mexico involved the…