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Armitage, Peter – Higher Education Review, 1973
The new policy for higher education is bound to bring about a deterioration in opportunity, but assessment is difficult because the paper itself is too vague argues the author. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational History, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy
Murphy, Thomas J.; Cagle, Bernadene G. – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1973
Describes the new meaning of Special Education as it applies to a wide range of students with exceptional needs. (RK)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Honchalk, Dave – Outdoor Communicator, 1981
Outlines the steps a motivated educator can pursue to obtain a grant. Covers forming a preliminary plan of attack, researching funding sources and qualifications, identifying major sources of grant money, determining the project, forming a nonprofit corporation, publicity, and writing the proposal. (CM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Grants
Kleinberg, Jeffrey L. – Vocational Guidance Journal, 1976
Vocational Contingency Planning (VCP) offers three alternate strategies for achieving the individual's primary occupational choice, in the event that the choice is currently inaccessible. The alternate strategies allow the individual to work in an area related to the primary goal until opportunities in his chosen field are available. (KRP)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Opportunities
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Ban, John R. – College Student Journal, 1976
This article recommends that a community-based teacher education (CBTE) program be recognized as an important component of teacher training in schools of education, especially those located on urban, regional or branch campuses. Presented are a rationale, criteria and the machinery for such a program. (Author)
Descriptors: Campuses, College Programs, College Students, Community Services
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Hozman, Thomas L.; Froiland, Donald J. – Family Coordinator, 1976
The authors present a model designed to facilitate counseling with preadolescent children whose parents are experiencing a divorce. The model, based on a standard loss model, is followed by techniques used in helping the child work through each phase of his feeling regarding the divorce. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Divorce
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Bensen, M. James – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1977
A proposal is presented which attempts to order the eclectic curriculum developments of the late 1960's and early 1970's into an articulated curriculum that reflects technology content and responds to the needs of individuals and of society. (Editor/TA)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Horn, Wade F. – Children Today, 1990
Presents an overview of the challenges and initiatives that will influence expansion of the Head Start program. These include state Head Start collaborative projects, social services, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs for parents, research, adult literacy, and children's transition to public schools. (BB)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Family Programs, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Petrick, Irene Johnston; McKee, John R. – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1992
The Cost Proposal System, a menu-driven computer program designed to help Pennsylvania State University faculty and staff prepare proposal budgets, accommodates novice and experienced computer users and requires users to provide only basic information. It calculates personnel costs, tuition, indirect costs, and cost sharing automatically and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Budgeting, Case Studies, College Faculty
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Tarr, Julie E.; Barnett, W. S. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2001
A study involving 44 New Jersey early intervention programs estimated the cost of services. Variables affecting cost were: types of staff providing services, time allocations of providers, services setting and type, wage rates, and staff-child ratio. A fee-for-service system is discussed as a way to increase incentives for efficiency. (Contains…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
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Bogenschneider, Karen – Family Relations, 1996
Proposes a risk/protective theoretical perspective grounded in ecological and developmental contextualist theories. Principles extrapolated from the theory are illustrated with the success of Wisconsin Youth Futures, a campus/community partnership that has built 18 community coalitions to promote positive youth development and prevent behavior…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Problems
Perry, Emma Bradford – Computers in Libraries, 2000
Explains a team approach to writing grants that was developed at the Southern University (Louisiana) library to meet their need for updated technology. Discusses the need for outside funding sources for academic libraries; team responsibilities; the library director's role; and the role of the Internet as a source of information. (Contains 2…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Grants, Grantsmanship, Higher Education
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Cothran, Donetta – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2005
The current educational reform movement is full of proposals for improving schools. Physical education is not immune to these reform efforts as new pedagogical strategies and curricular frameworks are proposed. Many of the proposals that have been put forth are excellent, but proposing change is easier than implementing change. To promote change…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Physical Education, Program Proposals, Educational Improvement
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Coll, Richard K.; Taylor, Neil; Nathan, Subhashni – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2003
The pragmatist model of experiential learning in the form of work placements in industry provides opportunities for tertiary institutions to produce well-rounded graduates, possessing knowledge of workplace culture and values along with technical competencies. Work-based learning programmes provide graduates and leaders of tomorrow for a variety…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Experiential Learning, Job Placement, Student Employment
McCrary, Joseph; Hosek, Adrienne – US Department of Education, 2007
Historically, faith-based organizations (FBOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) have been involved in the provision of social services, such as drug treatment, job training, community redevelopment, housing, and education. However, FBOs and CBOs have not often participated in U.S. Department of Education (the Department) grant programs. In…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Quality, Community Organizations
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