This document is the third volume of a three-volume state-of-the-art report based on a study conducted to identify and analyze the effective mechanisms for facilitating coordination of vocational education programs with Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Title IV youth programs. Included in this volume is an analysis of the…

The community mental health movement started with the purpose of providing services dealing with problems and issues specific to individual communities. As the movement grew, it took on the responsibility of delivering services to the "underserved" populations of this country, including children, the elderly, minority groups, and rural-area…

A directory of doctoral programs in nursing lists programs alphabetically by state and institution, indicating private or state control, the name and title of the program administrator, available study emphases, and degree type offered (Ph.D., D.N.S., Ed.D., etc.). Twenty-one programs in 15 states are included. Also listed are federal agencies…

Presenting a brief overview of federal aid to education, this paper approaches the equity issue by first detailing the unique characteristics of rural school districts and then examining rural program needs in terms of the appropriateness, sufficiency, and manageability of federal aid for rural schools. Emphasizing the diverse nature of rural…

This final report includes information concerning the Iowa-UPSTEP Program, a preservice teacher education project first funded in 1970. Contents of this report include a discussion of the initial program outline; descriptions of general education and science program requirements that arose out of the Program; a history of the major phases of the…

Presenting testimony on bills that would amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, this volume contains the texts of H.E. 8777 and H.R. 8374 and the statements of numerous representatives from Appalachian states. The amendments are proposed to extend the period of assistance for the Appalachia Regional Commission (ARC) child…

DURING THE DEPRESSION OF THE 1930'S RECOGNITION WAS GIVEN TO THE PLIGHT OF MIGRATORY WORKERS. AS A RESULT OF THE STUDIES OF SEVERAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, A FARM LABOR CAMP PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE HOUSING, MEDICAL CARE, CHILD CARE, AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES FOR SEASONAL FARM WORKERS. DURING WORLD WAR II THE DEMAND FOR SEASONAL FARM WORKERS…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE 8-WEEK PROJECT WERE TO CLARIFY AND FURTHER DEFINE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING NEEDS OF CORPSMEN IN RURAL JOB CORPS CENTERS, UNDERSTAND AND DESCRIBE ONGOING GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROCEDURES IN RURAL CENTERS, AND IDENTIFY WAYS IN WHICH GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING COULD BE IMPROVED. INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED THROUGH SITE VISITATIONS TO…

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATES SELECTED ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CAUSED BY MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. THE MEANING AND EXTENT OF DISABILITY, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISABLED, AND THE EFFECTS OF DISABILITY ON SOCIETY ARE DISCUSSED. A CHAPTER ON VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION IN THE UNITED…

ALTHOUGH ONLY 36 PER CENT OF OUR POPULATION LIVE IN RURAL AREAS, 52 PER CENT OF OUR POOR RESIDE THERE. RURAL INFANT MORTALITY AND RURAL DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND RURAL MIGRATORY FARM WORKERS HAVE SIMILARLY HIGH MORTALITY RATES. RURAL AREAS HAVE SUBSTANTIAL SHORTAGES IN ALL HEALTH SERVICES.…

THE DECENTRALIZED ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL HAS TENDED TO REINFORCE SEGREGATION WHEN THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN MISUSED TO FURTHER LOCAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES. HOWEVER THE NATIONAL COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ANTIPOVERTY EFFORTS REQUIRES THAT THERE BE A REASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO…

THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC PROGRESS HAS PLANNED A COMPENDIUM OF PAPERS TO PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO PROGRAMS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THIS OUTLINE FOLLOWS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S INVESTIGATION, A SURVEY OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS REPORTED IN "FEDERAL…

THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (NYC), A PART OF THE WORK-TRAINING PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964, FIRST ENROLLED YOUTH DURING THE LATTER PART OF DECEMBER 1964. THIS REPORT COMPARES SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FIRST 50,000 ENROLLEES AND THEIR HOUSEHOLDS TO THE GENERAL CATEGORY OF POVERTY-STRICKEN HOUSEHOLDS…

The ways that Wisconsin colleges, technical institutes and high schools award credit for learning acquired through work experience are described. This guide was written after a statewide study of the policies and procedures of both postsecondary and secondary schools. Data were gathered in interviews with nearly every postsecondary school in…

A study was conducted to develop a theoretical framework for unbiased estimation of the dynamic net impact of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs on participants' earnings. (The possibility of selectivity bias arises from the non-random nature of participation in the program. That is, if participation is a function of…