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Miles, Guy H. – 1971
This report covers the first phase of a three-phase research program entitled "Developing Model NYC Programs for Rural Youth". The report contains three sections. The first section, "An Experimental Rural Youth Program for the North Central States" contains a detailed description of the general framework of a program for rural…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment, Geographic Regions, Program Development
Miles, Guy H. – 1969
Recent literature concerning rural youth in the North Central states is reviewed in the text and a 291-item bibliography is included. The scope of the study is the following regions: Lower Great Lakes, Upper Great Lakes, Corn Belt, and Central Plains. Rural population has been declining as farms increase in size, making it more difficult for young…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Rural Education, Rural Environment, Rural to Urban Migration
Reid, Joseph M.; Miles, Guy H. – 1974
The Rural Youth Program, a model Neighborhood Youth Corps program based on previous research, was designed to maximize social and occupational adjustment of rural youth in the North Central States. Although the program's first year (1972-73) was not a full year, it was initially evaluated at three sites (northern Minnesota, southern Iowa, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Control Groups, Employment Patterns, Experimental Groups
Miles, Guy H. – 1969
Many of the problems faced by rural youth in the North Central states result from growing up in a rapidly changing environment. Their characteristics may differ widely from those of urban youth. Such differences have implications for the kind of Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) programs that would be most beneficial to them. Phase 1 consists of the…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Low Income Groups, Rural Education, Rural Environment
Miles, Guy H.; And Others – 1969
Phase two of the report on the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) is aimed at finding whether systematic relationships exist between identifiable deficiencies in the rural community and the occupational and social adjustment of rural youth. NYC, designed for rural and urban communities to keep youth in schools, was studied in phase one through a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Counseling, Employment Opportunities, Low Income Groups
Henry, William F.; Miles, Guy H. – 1974
A 1972 follow-up study of 282 Spanish-surname and 176 Anglo youths who grew up in the rural Southwest analyzed data (results to be used to develop future Federal programs) on occupational and social adjustment. Surveyed 7 years after 8th grade graduation, each subject represented 1 of 14 rural counties with 10 percent or more Spanish-surname…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Employment Opportunities, Hypothesis Testing
Reid, Joseph M.; Miles, Guy H. – 1975
The following three models in the Rural Youth Program (a program for the economically disadvantaged) were evaluated: (1) The Corn Belt Model (Iowa, 1973-74); (2) The Northern Forest Model (Minnesota, 1973-74); (3) The Central Plains Model (Nebraska, 1972-73). In addition to base line school and community data, occupational, educational, and social…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Programs
Henry, William F.; Miles, Guy H. – 1974
The objective of this volume (findings of the first 2 phases of a 4 phase research program) was to develop hypotheses (to be tested in future Federal youth programs) about the critical variables affecting the social and occupational adjustment of rural youth of Spanish surname. Some 59 hypotheses were derived from a literature survey, supplemented…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Dropout Rate, Employment Opportunities, Field Interviews
Miles, Guy H. – 1973
The Rural Youth Program, an experimental program structured upon the results of extensive research on the needs of rural youths in the Southeast, is a coordinated in-school/out-of-school program to meet the needs of rural youths 14 to 20 years of age, regardless of whether these needs stem from poverty, an inadequate educational system,…
Descriptors: Counseling, Dropout Prevention, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Experimental Programs
Reid, Joseph M.; Miles, Guy H. – 1973
The second of two final reports covering the second phase of a research program designed to maximize social and occupational adjustment of rural youth presented baseline data gathered for use in a future (February 1974) evaluation of program effectiveness. A model program for rural youth in the North Central States, the results of previous…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs, Educational Status Comparison
Miles, Guy H.; And Others – 1973
As part of a series aimed at developing better programs for rural youths, this study tested (summer, 1972) hypotheses about community, educational, and individual factors affecting the future adjustment of rural southeastern youths, who as 8th graders in 1963-64, represented 16 rural counties, (North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Community Study, Comparative Analysis