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McCune, Allen D. – 1980
During the 1979-80 academic year the Vocational Guidance Program at Halstead High School, a rural school with an enrollment of 225 students, placed over half the juniors and seniors in work-study positions, helped 24 seniors secure $38,000 in scholarship awards, and provided some type of career materials and information to students in all grades…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, College Bound Students, Counseling Services
Download full textFlorida State Univ., Tallahassee. – 1978
Summaries are included here for all vocational research projects in Florida from 1965 to 1976 as well as a few 1977 projects which have been completed. The format for the entries is informative data (title, organization, project director, expenditures, project duration, and project number), problem to be addressed, objectives to be met, procedures…
Descriptors: Administration, Agriculture, Business Education, Career Education
BUENAVENTURA, ANGELES – 1967
REPRESENTATIVES OF SPANISH-SPEAKING FORMER MIGRANTS (FARM WORKERS) AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, NEGRO AND WHITE, PARTICIPATED IN A PROGRAM, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT UNSKILLED PERSONS WITH LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION AND LIMITED COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COULD BE SUCCESSFULLY TRAINED AND PLACED IN OCCUPATIONS FOR WHICH THERE WAS LOCAL DEMAND AND…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Blacks, Career Counseling, Demonstration Programs
SMITH, MAX S.; AND OTHERS – 1965
DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR A PROGRAM OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION STUDIES FOR ADULTS AND TEENAGERS IN MICHIGAN. THE BACKGROUND AND THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE DROPOUT PROBLEM ARE REVIEWED, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS (PRINCIPALLY ACCREDITATION AND FINANCIAL POLICY) PRESENTED BY EXISTING PROGRAMS IN MICHIGAN AND CERTAIN OTHER…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Adult Students
Syracuse Univ., NY. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1968
THE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECENT (MOSTLY 1966-67) CLEARINGHOUSE ACQUISITIONS IN HIGHER ADULT EDUCATION ARE LOOSELY ARRANGED BY GENERAL REFERENCES, COMMUNITY TYPES, STUDENT SERVICES, AND PARTICULAR PROGRAM AREAS. GENERAL REFERENCES INCLUDE ARTICLES ON EVENING COLLEGES, CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL, COMMUNITY, EXTENSION, AND MILITARY EDUCATION.…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Annotated Bibliographies
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1967
A 1967 PILOT STUDY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, EXAMINED ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS, PROGRAM COMPONENTS, PARTICIPANT CHARACTERISTICS, RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, AND OTHER PERTINENT COMMUNITY GROUPS AND AGENCIES, AND THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM'S SELF-HELP PHILOSOPHY…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Blacks, Community Relations
CRUICKSHANK, WILLIAM M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
IN THIS REVISED EDITION, ILLUSTRATED WITH 98 FIGURES AND TABLES, SOME ORIGINAL CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN EXPANDED, AND NEW CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED. CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS ARE LISTED, AND INCLUDE EDUCATORS, CLINICAL WORKERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS IN THE FIELD OF CEREBRAL PALSY. REFERENCES AND NOTES CONCLUDE EACH CHAPTER, AND SEVERAL CHAPTERS HAVE SECTIONS ON…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Cerebral Palsy, Clinical Diagnosis, Community Attitudes
COHEN, AUDREY C. – 1967
THE WOMEN'S TALENT CORPS, ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT POSITIONS IN COMMUNITY AGENCIES AT A NEW ENTERING LEVEL, HAS DEVELOPED AN ACTION-CENTERED APPROACH TO THE TRAINING OF WOMEN FROM GHETTO AREAS FOR PRE-PROFESSIONAL JOBS IN HOSPITALS, WELFARE AGENCIES, AND SCHOOLS. THE CORPS NOW SEEKS TO PUT ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON A PERMANENT BASIS AS A…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, College Faculty, Community Services, Core Curriculum
COHEN, AUDREY C.
WOMEN'S TALENT CORPS, FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, WILL MEET TWO SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN NEW YORK CITY--JOB SHORTAGES IN COMMUNITY SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT AND LACK OF TRAINING AMONG THE POOR. WOMEN WILL BE RECRUITED FROM LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND TRAINED AS PRE-PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANTS IN SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND SOCIAL AGENCIES…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Opportunities, Community Services, Curriculum Development
Arwardy, Joseph W.; Chafin, Carl K. – 1980
The Transitional Curriculum Program at Virginia State University, which is designed to develop underprepared, dependent learners into independent university students, is described. After distinguishing several types of underprepared learners, the following variables are considered: learner success, role of the instructor, and instructor…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Faculty, College Preparation, College Students
Sutherland, Lee W. – 1980
As a prerequisite to developing an undergraduate weekend college for the School of Management at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts, a literature review and correspondence with institutions providing a weekend college were undertaken. The study objective was to discover which institutions offer such a program, how they operate, the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Students, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Knold, John, Comp. – 1980
This report contains summary descriptions of twenty-nine projects which have been implemented during 1978-80 in the state of Washington. By their design, they address the need for vocational equity. The projects received funding from one of several sources including the Washington State Commission for Vocational Education's Research Coordinating…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Genesee Intermediate School District, Flint, MI. Vocational Education and Career Development Services. – 1979
To serve career development needs of secondary, postsecondary, and handicapped/disadvantaged students and adults, Project COMPASS (Center for Occupational Management, Placement, and Systematic Services) developed a comprehensive computer-assisted guidance, counseling, placement, and follow-through program. Project activities revolved around use of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Forbes, Norma – 1975
Information obtained from parents, students, school personnel, and community members was the basis for determining the special educational needs of Indian students in the context of the Haines School District as a whole. Assessment methods included standardized tests, observations, interviews, and an educational priorities questionnaire…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alaska Natives, Career Education, Counseling Services
Flood, John; McCabe, Beth – 1979
The successful Wilderness School functions as a broad youth serving agency attempting to have a permanent impact on the self-concept, behavior, and attitudes of its students by affecting their feelings and sense of self-worth as well as the major components of their environment (family, living situation, school, job potential), and by providing…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Agency Role, Contracts, Correctional Rehabilitation
