NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
McNamara, Robert J. – 1967
This analysis of the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) In-School Enrollee was based on a probability sampling of all the nation's youths enrolled in the program. 3,618 were studied. A comparative group of 1,143 similar line poverty youngsters in the same schools, but not in the Neighborhood Youth Corps, were also analyzed in areas where parallelisms…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, High School Students
McNamara, Robert J.; Kamen, Charles S. – 1967
This study of the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) was prepared for the national office describing the in-school programs funded and in operation for the 1967-68 academic year. It was based on responses from 1257 project officials representing an enrollment of 102,468 youths. There were 490 urban projects, 703 rural projects, and 64 "mixed…
Descriptors: Demography, Disadvantaged Youth, Enrollment, Federal Programs
McNamara, Robert J. – 1968
Factors such as jobs, counseling, family backgrounds and relationships, adult associations, school personnel influence, and general poverty characteristics were analyzed within the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) and comparative groups of youths. Focus was placed on how these elements influenced their adjustment to self and school. Although 84% of…
Descriptors: Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs