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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: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Conrad, Rowan W. – 1976
This third document in a three-volume summative evaluation report submitted to the National Institute of Education presents a portion of the internal evaluation conducted by the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Education, Child Care, Child Rearing
Backman, Margaret E. – 1974
The Fundamental Achievement Series (FAS) is designed to cover a range of ability from basic literacy to approximately the eighth grade. These tests are used in the employment or educational placement of adults and adolescents who have not been exposed to formal education, or the educationally disadvantaged. The FAS contains a Verbal and a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adults
Ministry of Education (Sierra Leone). – 1977
The report on educational development in Sierra Leone describes plans and policies set by the Ministry of Education to quicken the pace of social and economic development. In line with its objectives of eliminating illiteracy and providing primary education to every child of school age, the government has allocated a high proportion of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Business Education, Comparative Education
Raaheim, Kjell; Wankowski, Janek – 1981
Perspectives on university-level studies and factors that affect student performance are considered, based on experiences and research conducted at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the University of Birmingham, England. Topics include the following: student goals; the use of lectures for larger groups; the importance of early feedback;…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Articulation (Education)
Hixson, Bruce, Ed. – General College Newsletter, 1981
Three programs in the General College of the University of Minnesota that provide direct social services as well as education to special populations are described: The INSIGHT Program available at Stillwater State Prison; and the Upward Bound and University Day Community programs both offered on the Minneapolis campus. According to Daniel F.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bachelors Degrees, Basic Skills, Behavior Modification
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1981
This Job Function Booklet (Using Information about the Environment) is one of the 14 components (see note) of the Career Alert Planning (CAP) program, a set of individualized materials designed to help participants find out about themselves and about the kind of work for which they are suited. In this program, participants become acquainted with…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1981
This Job Function Booklet (Working with Numbers and Symbols) is one of the 14 components (see note) of the Career Alert Planning (CAP) program, a set of individualized materials designed to help participants find out about themselves and about the kind of work for which they are suited. In this program, participants become acquainted with…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Quay, Richard H., Comp. – 1980
Nearly 3,600 articles and essays covering a wide spectrum of postsecondary educational issues for the period 1960-1978 are indexed in this anthology. The essays, found in more than 200 anthologies, are arranged under 31 topic headings such as: History of Postsecondary Education; Economics of Postsecondary Education; Planning and Policy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anthologies, College Administration, College Admission
Stabler, Brian; And Others – 1981
This study tested the effects of two group-oriented supportive and educational approaches on the parents of children with cystic fibrosis (CF). Thirteen families were randomly assigned either to a group which received information on medical and technical aspects of CF or to a group which received instruction in communication skills in addition to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis
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LeVine, Elaine; Franco, Juan – 1980
To evaluate the significance of matching Hispanic "consumers" to Hispanic "experts," a series of three studies investigated counselor preferences among lower division Hispanic and Anglo students, students' preference for counselors' directive, non-directive, or neutral communication styles, and patterns in students'…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Attitude Measures, College Students, Communication Research
Tallmadge, G. Kasten; And Others – 1981
The Career Intern Program (CIP) is an alternative high school designed to enable disadvantaged and alienated dropouts or potential dropouts to earn regular high school diplomas, to prepare them for meaningful employment or postsecondary education, and to facilitate their transition from school to work. CIP components are instruction, counseling,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention
Watson, Rose T.; Hogges, Ralph – 1978
The manual, for faculty advisors at Florida International University, provides information regarding policies and procedures relating to the academic advisement process. The introduction includes an academic advisement policy statement and the philosophy of the School of Health and Social Services. Part 2 provides an overview of the four phases of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Planning
Mohrman, Kathryn, Ed. – 1978
This bulletin focuses on liberal education for adults and includes an article on the topic and descriptions of seven institutional approaches. In "Creating Successful Liberal Education Programs for Adults," Carol Stoel points out that many adults are seeking a greater understanding of themselves and their world through liberal education…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Annotated Bibliographies, Bulletins
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