This publication contains ten papers designed to show relationships between job creation and vocational education. Information is presented regarding three areas: (1) national and state perspectives of job creation, (2) examples of how specific vocational education disciplines impact in the job creation process, and (3) case studies of job…

The institutional administration of student financial aid programs is examined in this first of a two-volume study on program management procedures in the Basic Grant and Campus Based assistance programs. Sections I and II begin by sketching the background and context of the subject of student aid with emphasis on institutional practices, i.e.,…

WITH THEIR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE, EDUCATIONAL LEADERS AT EVERY LEVEL BEAR A MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY IN ACHIEVING REALISTIC SCHOOL DESEGREGATION THROUGHOUT THE NATION. THE EDUCATOR MUST PROVIDE A COMMON MEETING GROUND FOR THE YOUNG NORTHERN NEGRO WHOSE LIFE IS CIRCUMSCRIBED WITHIN A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK GHETTO AND THE WHITE…

THE MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES PROGRAM, A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECT FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, IS EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. THE BASIC DATA IN THE FIRST SECTION DESCRIBES THE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT'S PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS, PROJECT PERSONNEL, DROPOUTS, STUDENTS CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE…

THIS REPORT CONTAINS A GENERAL EVALUATION OF KANSAS'S 455 TITLE I COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS. IN ONE SECTION GENERAL INFORMATION IS GIVEN ABOUT OPERATION AND SERVICES, DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, EVALUATION, PROBLEMS AND MISCONCEPTIONS, COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS, INTERRELATIONSHIP OF TITLE I WITH OTHER TITLES OF THE…

VOLUME IV, A STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT TO AN EVALUATION REPORT OF NEW ENGLAND'S 1966 TITLE I PROJECTS, PRESENTS PROJECT DATA WHICH COMPARE THE STATES AND PROJECT TYPES. (LB)

PROGRAMS DEVELOPED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 ARE REPORTED FOR EACH STATE, GUAM, PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. EACH REPORT INCLUDES INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION AND THE OCCUPATIONAL AREAS IN WHICH TRAINING IS BEING OFFERED. A LARGE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS ARE GETTING SUBSTANTIAL RESULTS IN REDUCING SCHOOL…

This guide provides information for developing a teacher center. Materials, publications, and supplies are identified for the use of participants and directors charged with the responsibility of opening and operating a teacher center. Checklists for necessary materials and sources of information or aid include: (1) equipment, furniture, and…

Through August, 1979, approximately 63,000 low-income youths in 17 areas across the country had been enrolled in Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects that guaranteed them a part-time job during the school year and a full-time job during summer months on the condition that they remain in, or return to, a secondary school or enroll in an…

Using a "Knowledge Development Plan" prepared as a blueprint, the Office of Youth Programs of the Department of Labor has undertaken various demonstration projects and large-scale evaluation and complementary research studies. The Office is experimenting with alternative employment and employability development approaches for…

This report summarizes the past, present, and future activities of the Knowledge Development Plan for Youth Initiatives, which is being developed and implemented as part of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA). First, a framework for the plan is given, covering the aims of the fiscal 1978 and 1979 activities which stress…

Task force activities in three states regarding Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and education collaboration activities on three policy issues are summarized. Focus is on three specific issue areas in three states: academic credit for work experience (Maryland), educational components of CETA (Louisiana), and administrative…

This report presents a case study of programs that provide either formal or informal training for economically disadvantaged youth from fourteen to twenty-one years of age at six community action agencies in the state of Ohio. The following programs involving the six agencies were examined: inschool public sector programs funded by the…

This report summarizes Ohio's Federally funded assisted educational programs for the 1977-78 academic year. Reviewed are the size and scope of the following: (1) basic programs for disadvantaged youth; (2) special programs for migrant children; (3) special programs for handicapped children in State-operated schools; and (4) special programs for…

A total of 180 projects supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education under its 1979-80 Comprehensive Program are described. The Comprehensive Program is viewed as the core of the Fund's activities providing improved access and quality in postsecondary education by addressing a broad range of educational needs. Project…