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Wolters, Virginia; And Others – 1969
The New Careers concept involves helping the disadvantaged to help themselves, by offering them entry level jobs with the opportunity for advancement to the professional level. A definite hierarchy is established, with specific tasks and educational requirements defined for each level, and with the necessary training made available during the work…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Teaching and Learning Research Corp., New York, NY. – 1970
The purpose of the Benjamin Franklin Urban League Street Academy Program is to help students stay in school, help dropouts to return to school, or help students enter the job market. The program was evaluated in three categories: East Side Cluster Service, summer enrichment, and educational programs. The major evaluation objectives were to…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1970
A description of the Follow Through program at Oraibi, Arizona, was prepared for the White House Conference on Children (December 1970), as were papers on 33 other selected model programs. In the Follow Through program, approximately 400 Hopi children (grades 1 to 3) are building proficiency in reading, mathematics, and handwriting via the Kansas…
Descriptors: American Indians, Behavioral Objectives, Federal Programs, Handwriting Skills
Hamburger, Martin; LoCascio, Ralph – 1969
A study of the process and product of Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) programs was conducted from May 1968 to June 1969. Data were collected by surveying the multi-centers, extensive staff reviews, mail followup, a review of related literature, and consultations. Results of the study include: (1) a survey of the feasibility and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1968
Educational development centers were established to identify needs and behavior patterns of exceptional and migrant children and to initiate procedures which would reduce educational and cultural deprivation. Activities included seven special instructional, vocational, leisure time, and media programs. Also provided were four pupil personnel…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Education Service Centers, Exceptional Child Services, Federal Aid
National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, Washington, DC. – 1966
This document is the first annual report of the Advisory Council on the operation and administration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I. Discussed are the implementation of the act, the projects which are enabled by grants under the act, and problem areas. An evaluation section notes that it was too soon to obtain evidence of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation
Krieghbaum, Hillier; Rawson, Hugh – 1968
The first dozen years of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Summer Institutes Program, 1954-65 are reviewed. The full report entitled "An Investment in Knowledge" is scheduled for publication in 1969. The forerunner of NSF Summer Institutes was held during July and August of 1954 at the University of Washington. Fifty-three high…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Institutes (Training Programs), Program Descriptions, Science Education History
Richmond Public Schools, VA. Dept. of Human Development Programs. – 1966
Described are three components of community-school programs in Richmond, Virginia, public schools. The document presents the general guidelines for development and implementation of these programs which operate with Office of Economic Opportunity funding. Discussed are the remedial reading, early childhood education, and school-community…
Descriptors: Community Action, Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs, Guidelines
Evans, Rupert N.; And Others – 1969
The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 have the potential for a major breakthrough in all education, vocational and otherwise. The Vocational Education Act of 1963 established broadened objectives and enlarged appropriations but did not tie funds to performance. Lacking that tie, no effective leverage existed to entice federal, state and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy, Federal Legislation
Erdman, Joyce M. – 1966
Due to the changing status of Indians in Wisconsin, the 1966 handbook provides a new study of their present day situation. Leadership from among the Indians has generated new interest in Indian conditions. Although their economic position has not improved significantly, their psychological climate is now characterized by optimism. Questions of the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Economic Factors, Educational Needs, Federal Programs
Pings, Vern M. – 1969
The Regional Medical Library (RML) is a federal program created to aid in the equalization of access to information for the health professionals of the nation. The purpose of this paper is to relate the sequence of events in the establishment of the Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRML) and how they influence the present…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Health Personnel, Information Dissemination, Interlibrary Loans
Jablonsky, Adelaide, Ed. – 1970
The second of a series of five reports of selected literature included in the ERIC system (three of which have been completed), this bibliography carries extensive annotations, and a brief review of program descriptions and evaluations relating to the school dropout. The bibliographical listing is in four sections: state and city reports, programs…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Counseling Services, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth
Cox, Lanier; Harrell, Lester E. – 1969
This study examines the state administration of each of the following state-coordinated federal programs: the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963; Title I, Community Service and Continuing Education Programs, and Title VI, Part A, Equipment for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction, of the Higher Education Act of 1965; and the State…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Planning, Federal Aid
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Public Service Careers Program. – 1973
The handbook describes the design and specifies the operating procedures for new careers projects funded by the Department of Labor. Such issues as the program and sponsor standards, eligibility requirements, contracting, reporting and self-appraisal systems, jobs in the human services and technical assistance are explained in detail and specific…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
National Board on Graduate Education, Washington, DC. – 1974
This report explores Federal policy options regarding student, research, and institutional support in the environment of graduate education. Emphasis is placed on a brief history of Federal support for graduate education and research, pressures and problems facing graduate education, graduate student support, Federal policy toward academic…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Educational Research
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