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Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Smydra, Martha; Kochenour, Edith – 1978
In order to assess the needs and determine the demographic, educational, employment, and enrollment characteristics of the 60-70% of the students attending Jefferson Community College (JCC) who were over 24 years of age, surveys were conducted of faculty and a random sample (N=302) of the 3,160 adult students enrolled during 1976-1977. Response…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Students, Age, Black Students
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1975
This packet provides information for classroom teachers who will be working with Vietnamese students. Among the subject matter discussed in the history and general information section are the Republic of Vietnam, family loyalty, professional man, politeness and restraint, village life, fruits and vegetables, meat dishes, festivals, and religion.…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Educational Resources
Berry, Gwen; Mellard, Daryl – 2002
From the fall of 1998 through fall of 1999, visits to 9 community colleges in 3 states were conducted to investigate current practices regarding students with disabilities. Approximately 1 year later, 6 additional community colleges were visited in the same 3 states and similar data were collected. Through a series of interviews, questionnaires,…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, College Preparation
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2004
Properly conceived and implemented new initiatives are essential to improving schools and communities. Such new initiatives usually are pursued as projects, pilots, or demonstrations, with temporary funding and staffing. When the funding ends, more often than not much of what has been developed disappears. Sometimes this is appropriate (e.g., when…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Marketing, Educational Change, Formative Evaluation
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Dare, Mitzi; Durand, Sonya; Moeller, Lorraine; Washington, Mary – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated an intervention program to reduce disruptive behavior interfering with students' academic growth. The targeted population consisted of students in four primary classrooms in a large urban center in central Illinois. The problem of disruptive behavior was documented by means of a behavior…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies
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Ackerman, Sara; Hughs, Leah; Wilder, Ronda – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated an intervention for increasing student academic and social responsibility. The targeted population consisted of kindergarten, 1st, and 5th grade students in a growing middle-class community in central Illinois. The problems of irresponsible academic and social behavior were documented through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment
Hoffman, Nancy, Ed.; Vargas, Joel, Ed.; Venezia, Andrea, Ed.; Miller, Marc S., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
"Minding the Gap" argues that in today's highly competitive, global economy, all young people need a postsecondary education. Yet only one in ten students from the lowest economic quintile in the United States currently earns a postsecondary credential. This timely and instructive book from Jobs for the Future explores policies and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, First Generation College Students, Postsecondary Education, High Schools
Black, Macknight – 1989
This report is a reference tool devoted to minority student education for planners, researchers, policymakers, and reporters covering all levels of education. The following broad minority issues are defined and related in a matrix to all National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) surveys containing racial/ethnic data collected from 1969: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain- Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
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