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Rock, William – 1978
The result of a program audit requested by the Office of Education (OE), this report addresses all major elements affecting the operation of the Title I Migrant Education Program and includes recommendations of the Migrant Branch Chief and of key OE advisors for the program. Following a discussion of background legislation, of recommendations…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Peterson, Richard E. – 1980
This executive summary sets forth the findings from a study of adult education opportunities and policies in industrialized countries. Focus of the project is on programs for workers, older persons, women entering the labor force, parents, and undereducated adults in nine countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Federal Republic of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Comparative Analysis
McLawhorn, Kay B. – 1981
A study compared the educational performances and personal goal attainments of the Adult High School Diploma (AHS) and General Educational and Development Program (GED) graduates from the 1977 through 1979 classes at Southeastern Community College in Whiteville, North Carolina. A questionnaire, designed to elicit GED graduates' reasons for their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Followup Studies
Darnell, Richard E.; And Others – 1982
A three-year project involving 27 participants was conducted to develop and apply a model vocational rehabilitation service program for cerebral palsied individuals; the project included assessment, work adjustment training, and placement. Included in the project were the following activities: (1) demonstrating a service delivery model of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Cerebral Palsy
Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City. – 1981
This report presents the results of an evaluation on a program-approval basis of the College of Education at Brigham Young University (Utah). During the approval visit by a team organized by the Utah State Office of Education, each teacher education program leading to certification was evaluated according to the Standards for State Approval of…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Business Education, Counseling, Distributive Education
Groves, D. L.; Merski, J. E. – 1981
Two methods were used to identify important operational constraints and their potential impact on special education camps: a review of current literature and programs using content analysis and the development of day and resident camping experiences. In the content analysis, a process of evolution through trial and error was seen as leading to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Modification, Children
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1980
This report is an evaluation of a Title VII Bilingual Program conducted for Spanish speaking and Italian speaking high school students in 1979-1980. A section devoted to the program's description discusses: (1) the school district demography; (2) characteristics of the program participants; (3) personnel and administration; and (4) program goals…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Curriculum Development, Dropout Rate
Miguel, Richard J.; Jipp, Lester F. – 1980
This document reports the results of an exploratory study designed to create a typology of programs based on the normative and personalistic dimensions of experiential education. This preliminary typology is unique in that it represents a break-through in providing researchers a classification system theoretically based and empirically tested. It…
Descriptors: Classification, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Education Work Relationship
Thomas, Susan; Hogeland, Elizabeth – 1980
A study surveyed county vocational directors in Florida to determine their equity concerns as well as their perceptions of the potential success of various program strategies. Results indicated that urban and rural districts had different equity concerns. Urban vocational directors perceived a greater degree of overall concern with all ten equity…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Vocational Education, Change Agents, Change Strategies
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1980
This is an evaluation report of a Title VII Bilingual Program conducted at five New York City High Schools in 1979-80. The report contains a program description and information on the schools' demographic context and student characteristics. Instructional components of the program discussed include: (1) student placement, programming, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Chinese Americans, Curriculum Development
Rex, Buck R. – 1981
This is an evaluation report on a Title VII bilingual program that was conducted in Community School District 30, Queens, in New York City during 1980-81. The report states that the program served pupils of limited English capacity whose native languages were Greek, Chinese, Italian, and Spanish. The program's goals, activities and structure are…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Chinese Americans, Class Organization
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
Illinois-funded Project IMPACT was designed to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirement of Public Law 94-482, with regard to the effect of vocational education research and development on vocational education programs. The study addressed itself to three problem areas: (1) how to define impact, (2) how to assess…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Definitions, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of the Illinois Occupational Curriculum Project (IOCP). The top-down study traced the IOCP from its developers to its users and documented measurable changes in the 1971 versus the 1979 curriculum…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Community Colleges
Marson, Arthur A.; And Others – 1978
Through an analysis of the economic costs and benefits of five vocational-technical programs, it was shown that the benefits of a vocational-technical education outweigh the costs. Four programs showing greater benefits than costs were auto body (courses at two technical institutes), materials management, and electronic servicing. Clothing…
Descriptors: Accountability, Attitude Change, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Attitudes
Hull, William L.; And Others – 1978
Through an examination of the background and current status of programs at the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, one can identify many research problems and issues. Some of these current National Center programs include a diffusion program (combining five U.S. Office of Education-sponsored projects), research and development…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Communication (Thought Transfer), Demonstration Programs, Diffusion
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