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Download full textFuller, Gerald R.; Phipps, Lloyd J. – 1968
Project REDY (Rural Education-Disadvantaged Youth) was initiated by the University of Illinois on June 1, 1965, and is scheduled to terminate June 30, 1970. The objectives of the project were: (1) to study in depth a depressed rural area and to identify conditions and trends that typify the area; (2) to develop and conduct a model…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Experimental Programs
Fuller, Gerald R.; Phipps, Lloyd J. – 1968
One aspect of Project REDY (Rural Education-Disadvantaged Youth) was to explore the degree of upward social and occupational mobility which society might realiztically expect from residents of a rural economically depressed area. Social class structure was identified as a related factor and examined in a rural, Southern Illinois county. It was…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Experimental Programs
Opportunities Industrialization Center of Oklahoma City and County, Inc., OK. – 1968
The goals of the Opportunities Industrialization Center organization in Oklahoma City include providing hope for impoverished and hard-core unemployed in the form of job preparation by providing adult education, prevocational training, skills training, counseling, job development, placement and followup. Another primary goal of OIC is providing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Counseling Services, Demonstration Programs
Fuller, Gerald R.; Phipps, Lloyd J. – 1968
One aspect of Project REDY (Rural Education-Disadvantaged Youth) was to identify elements of family living which were satisfying to residents of an economically depressed rural area in Southern Illinois. McVoy's Wants and Satisfaction scale was administered to 115 family heads to determine the degree to which certain wishes and interests of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Experimental Programs
Alaska Office of the Governor, Juneau. – 1966
During the first phase of this project, from June 1964 to November 1965, the effectiveness and feasibility of centralized training in offsetting the employment problems of rural Alaska were tested. Recruitment was handled through mail contacts with village councils and subsequent recruitment trips to the villages. Training at a state vocational…
Descriptors: Cooperatives, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
WIRTZ, W. WILLARD – 1966
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 1965, THE PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED, AND THE NEW DIRECTIONS THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA) PROGRAMS ARE TAKING TO MEET THE MANPOWER CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD ARE THE SUBSTANCES OF THIS REPORT. CONTENTS INCLUDE (1) PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS, (2) EXAMPLES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Correctional Institutions, Demonstration Programs
Arthur, Patricia, Comp.; Budke, Wesley E., Comp. – 1980
This annual report contains resumes of research projects, exemplary and innovative projects, and curriculum development projects. Projects were administered by state departments of education through research coordinating units (RCUs) in fiscal year 1978 and funded under sections 131, 132, and 133 of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 as revised…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs
