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Pillette, Kate – Grantee Submission, 2019
The purpose of this research brief is to summarize the literature on the career development needs of college students with disabilities, highlight exemplary models of support, and provide recommendations on best practice and future efforts to support positive employment outcomes for persons with disabilities. Four key career development areas are…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Employment, Career Development
Shulman, Murray S.; Doughty, James F. – 1983
The manual is intended to help school administrators regionalize special education services. The procedures described are modeled after those of a regional effort in Maine to address the needs of moderately and severely handicapped students. Four major steps are outlined: (1) establishing communication to clarify issues, gather information, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Administration, Program Development
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Bernstein, Melvin H. – 1986
A report on the 3-year regional project, sponsored by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), on the public investment in higher education and its importance to economic development for the six state legislatures of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont is presented. During the years…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Economics, Grants
Glantz, Larry – 1988
The final report documents activities and presents recommendations of the 2-year demonstration phase of a project to coordinate school-to-community transition services at the state and local levels for students with disabilities. The critical importance of the transition period and passage by the Maine Legislation in 1986 of the Transitional…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Regional Programs
Vachon, Claude – 1981
Maine's State Division of Adult Education began setting up a regionalized Adult Basic Education (ABE) program in rural Franklin county in 1974 to serve the area's functional illiterates. Located in the building housing the Franklin County Community Action Program (CAP), linkages were developed with a large number of agencies; initially the 10 CAP…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, County Programs, Delivery Systems
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Shulman, Murray S.; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1987
A survey conducted to identify changes over a five-year period of operation for a regional provider of special education services included questions about number of handicapped students served, number and type of educational personnel, rooms used for special education, and services needed to comply with Public Law 94-142. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Educational Demand, Educational Supply, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends
Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA. – 1996
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a 2-year federal project to provide support services for deaf-blind children and youth in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Objectives and their accomplishments are divided into two major sections: activities of the New England Center (NEC) for Deaf-Blind Services…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs, Deaf Blind
Maine Committee on Problems of the Mentally Retarded, Augusta. – 1967
Developed in conjunction with the plan for comprehensive state and community action to combat mental retardation, the Maine Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Plan is designed to be integrated with other health facilities and to serve the needs of the mentally retarded. The advisory council and the state agency in charge are described. The…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Construction Programs, Exceptional Child Services
Burns, Jeanne M., Comp. – 1977
Enrollment statistics for the 1976-1977 academic year in the New England Regional Student Program are presented. At both undergraduate and graduate levels, the regional program allows eligible students to receive preference in admission among out-of-state applicants in participating states, and to be charged only the in-state tuition upon…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Allied Health Occupations Education, College Applicants, College Students
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Washington, DC. – 1990
This two-page flyer briefly describes Maine's Support Network for Rural Special Educators, which provides content-related information and support to special education teachers and related service personnel. Initiated in 1986 to combat the high turnover rate of special education staff in Maine's rural schools, the program stresses the role of…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Networks
New England Board of Higher Education, Wellesley, MA. – 1976
Data on enrollment for the 1975-1976 academic year in the New England Regional Student Program is presented. At both undergraduate and graduate levels, the regional program allows eligible students to receive preference in admission among out-of-state applicants in participating states, and to be charged the in-state tuition upon admission.…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Allied Health Occupations Education, College Students, Eligibility
University of Southern Maine, Gorham. – 1998
The Casco Bay Partnership includes the University of Southern Maine (USM) and seven businesses in greater Portland, Maine, that range from large multinational corporations to small, family-owned businesses. During a 3-year project funded by a National Workplace Literacy Program grant, the partnership designed and delivered workplace basic skills…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy