The concepts of sovereignty and trust form the core of the American Indian Policy Review Commission's final report. The commission's responsibility, derived from PL 93-580, was to conduct a comprehensive review of historical/legal developments underlying the Indian/federal government relationship and to recommend necessary policy revisions. After…

This document is a study of the characteristics of selected Asian American communities in low-income urban areas and those populations' need for and use of health, education, and welfare services. Five groups in three cities were surveyed: the Chinese in New York City, the Philipinos in San Francisco, and the Japanese, Koreans and Samoans in Los…

Examining the trends and issues in vocational education, this speech focuses on the historical basis for vocational education, the current situation in vocational education, vocational education in the 1980's, the role of vocational education in economic development, and research related to these topics. Issues which are currently being discussed…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on community consumer resources is the second in a set of four core curriculum modules on consumer approach to homemaking education. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see…

The purpose of this report is to provide insight into the accomplishments of community colleges in serving minority populations. Observations are drawn from the literature in relation to open admissions, the extent to which minority educational needs are met, actions that would help community college programs benefit the individual and the…

The fall of 1977 marked the midway point for implementation of the Maryland plan for completing desegregation of state postsecondary institutions. An assessment was made of the state's progress in enrolling black students. As a result, four areas were identified in which the state has achieved a degree of progress: (1) proportionally, the state…

This manual was developed to provide a comprehensive curriculum guideline for post-secondary programs to train and upgrade teacher aides in reading. The manual's seven chapters deal with (1) an introduction to the North Carolina reading teaching technician program and a definition of terms used in the field; (2) an outline of the purposes,…

Examined in this paper are the characteristics that distinguish successful schools from unsuccessful schools. Particular attention is given to the instructional success of schools with poor children. An extensive review of related literature illustrates the wide range of opinions held by educators and researchers on the subject. Reference is made…

In order to reveal trends in community college enrollments in Washington, student demographic and enrollment data for academic year 1977-78 were compiled and compared with figures for previous years. The report provides annualized averages for full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollments for the system for the years 1967 to 1977, and for FTE students by…

The objectives of this study of the county colleges in New Jersey were to: (1) examine their mission, governance, and financing; (2) determine whether philosophies and operating mechanisms of a period of expansion would provide sufficient support and direction for the future; and (3) make recommendations based upon the study. In addition to…

This final report on Project GIVE (Guidance in Vocations and Education) consists of a report by project staff and a third-party evaluation report. The staff report summarizes major activities undertaken to achieve the project's eight basic objectives, anticipated changes and problems, and dissemination and special activities. The evaluation report…

This manual examines components of a non-traditional adult high school program. It is intended to aid districts interested in establishing similar programs. The first of five parts defines the role of the weekend non-traditional high school as designed to meet the needs of undereducated adults who are unable to participate in evening high school…

This two-part learning module, designed to acquaint teachers with the affective domain of Bloom's Taxonomy, provides a methodology for identifying the attitudinal and motivational problems of non-traditional students. Part I discusses the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains considered in Bloom's Taxonomy and presents possible learning…

The vast majority of American Indian students are educated in public school districts controlled by locally elected school boards. If Indian parents are to influence the education of their children they must become knowledgeable in political methods of influencing local school boards. The process of Indian influence in educational decisions was…

Three project teams, with three teachers, a counselor, and a school-community coordinator on each, developed sex-fair experience-based career education programs and activities for junior and senior high school students in three Arkansas schools. Team members visited community learning sites, offered orientation and exploratory courses to students,…