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Rhode Island State Dept. of Education, Providence. – 1989
This draft report describes the Rhode Island state plan to implement Section 772(e) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (the McKinney Act) under Title VII, Subtitle B of the Act, which provides for education for homeless children and youth. The plan addresses the following issues: (1) school placement; (2) dispute resolution; (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1981
An article and descriptions of programs for first-year college students are presented. In "As Freshmen First," John Orr Dwyer recounts the history of the word "freshman" and outlines some of the characteristics of the 1980s first-year student. Recognizing the problems that face students entering college for the first time, he…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, College Programs, Higher Education
Download full textGreener, Jean W.; Thurlow, Martha L. – 1982
The extent to which 148 teachers felt that their training programs prepared them to teach students with special needs was examined. A questionnaire was developed to ascertain whether teachers were able to carry out reponsibilities mandated through the passing of Public Law 94-142. Respondents were asked to rate their overall preparation and…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Curriculum Evaluation, Education Work Relationship, Educational Quality
Hunter, Russell; Sheldon, M. Stephen – 1981
As the fourth in a series of reports on a longitudinal study of over 7,000 students who entered 15 California community colleges in Fall 1978, this eight-chapter report profiles the students as of Spring 1980 in terms of: (1) demography, academic progress, and employment status; and (2) their distribution among 18 "prototypes," defined…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, College Role, College Transfer Students
Plotsky, Frances; Ohm, Susan – 1976
The office of Services for Returning Students (SRS) at the University of Texas (U.T.) at Austin conducted a follow-up study of men and women students who had visited the office from February 1969 to the end of 1971. The study ascertained the average interval between periods of formal education, the fulfillment of educational goals, and the use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Career Choice, Employment
Fresno City Coll., CA. – 1978
The results of a five-step curriculum analysis of the licensed vocational nursing program at Fresno City College, California, are provided in this booklet. (An analysis of four other vocational programs are provided in CE 019 817-820.) The products of step 1 include a definition of the employment opportunity for this area and a statement of the…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Ryan, Monnie – 1980
Based on activities at the Trumbull Campus of Kent State University, this guidebook presents suggestions for the implementation and operation of a series of informational workshops designed as a vehicle for the recruitment and orientation of adults who are considering enrolling in college. The guidebook first gives a rationale for the workshops…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adults, Educational Needs, Information Dissemination
Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior Coll., Perkinston. – 1980
As a contribution to the statewide Mississippi Student Information System (MisSIS), Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (MGCJC) conducted two surveys to determine: (1) the reasons students cited for withdrawing from courses during Fall 1979, and (2) the reasons students cited for withdrawing from college during that semester. Survey participants…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Attendance, Counseling Services, Dropout Research
Hatlen, Philip H. – 1980
The importance of providing adequate support systems in educating the visually impaired (VI) child is explored in this sourcebook. It is presented as a guide for the regular classroom teacher. It explains the evolution of various contemporary support systems, pros and cons of various placement systems, and problems of ineffective support systems…
Descriptors: Children, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Itinerant Teachers
Hill, Lorraine – 1979
Descriptive data about mature, full-time students enrolled in three postsecondary nonuniversity institutes in Saskatchewan, Canada, were gathered. Information was sought about the personal characteristics of these students, about the decision making process they followed when deciding to return to school, and about the difficulties and benefits…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries
Cantu, Norma E. – 1979
To spur English teachers to change their attitudes and methods in dealing with nonnative English speaking students, this autobiographical account by a Chicana woman describes how English teachers caused her to feel insecurity, frustration, and embarrassment about her use of language. Among the problems the author describes are her suffering at…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Dropout Prevention, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Nelsen, Edward A.; Uhl, Norman P. – 1976
A questionnaire describing 87 environmental characteristics of schools is administered to entering freshmen at a predominantly black university to study the relationships of racial composition to various dimensions of school environment and social climate. Both racial and nonracial aspects of school environments are examined. Correlation of the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Environment, College Freshmen, Discipline Problems
Sherr, Paul C. – ADE Bulletin of the Association of Departments of English, 1969
A discussion of suggested techniques to be used by college department chairmen in handling teacher problems that develop annually during the second week of the semester, just before the release of the mid-semester grades, and prior to and following the final grading period, treats a number of real or imagined difficulties involving students in the…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, College Administration, College Faculty
COGSWELL, JOHN F.; EGBERT, ROBERT L. – 1964
THE APPLICATION OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS TO EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRESS PLAN HIGH SCHOOL WAS DESCRIBED. THIS SCHOOL SCHOOL PLAN INVOLVED A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM THE TRADITIONAL CURRICULUM AND AN EXTENSIVE USE OF NEW MEDIA. ALTHOUGH NO FULLY IMPLEMENTED CONTINUOUS PROGRESS SCHOOL EXISTED AT THE TIME OF OF THIS REPORT, THE BRIGHAM YOUNG…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Continuous Progress Plan, Educational Facilities Design, Experimental Curriculum
Direct linkAdelman, Howard S.; Taylor, Linda – Corwin Press, 2005
Barriers to learning and teaching interfere with students' ability to participate effectively and benefit fully from classroom instruction and other educational activities. For school improvement efforts to succeed in ways that truly improve student achievement and student test scores, systemic changes must be made in how schools provide learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Activities, Educational Improvement, Intervention
