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Chaplin, John – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1974
Describes the library in Nome. (JB)
Descriptors: Library Services, Rural Areas, Rural Youth
Grigorenko, Elena L.; Meier, Elisa; Lipka, Jerry; Mohatt, Gerald; Yanez, Evelyn; Sternberg, Robert J. – 2001
A growing body of empirical data suggests that there may be a true psychological distinction between academic and practical intelligence. If there is, then conventional ability tests used alone may reveal substantially less than we want to know about people's competence in everyday practical situations. Evidence to this effect is reviewed from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alaska Natives, Cultural Influences, Eskimos

Chu, Lily; Culbertson, Jeanne – Research in Rural Education, 1982
Examines educational expectations, aspirations, and anticipatory goal deflections of 73 high school sophomores and seniors with a variety of racial-ethnic backgrounds from 3 isolated rural Alaska schools. Reports significant differences between groups and schools; rural Alaskan Natives showed much lower expectations and aspirations than any other…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Aspiration, Educational Attitudes
Holzmueller, Diana – 1974
The Dillingham (Alaska) Foreign Study Program Evaluation covers 3 school years (1970-71 through 1972-73). The program was an innovative direction for rural education in expanding the students' (predominantly Native American) experience during their senior year in high school, and offering early entrance into college. The Center for Northern…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Cross Cultural Studies, High School Students, Program Effectiveness
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. Office of Public Information and Publications. – 1972
Alaska has made many attempts to find methods for providing a quality education for students living in rural areas. They include regional schools, boarding dormitories, the Boarding Home Program, area and local high schools, and correspondence study. This booklet discusses the strong and weak points relative to the major financial, social, legal,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boarding Schools, Costs, Enrollment Projections
Kleinfeld, Judith – 1972
The study explores the interpersonal tensions that develop in an exceptionally intimate and ambiguous cross-cultural relationship--that of Alaska's urban boarding home parents and the Athabascan Indian and Eskimo adolescents placed in their homes while attending urban secondary schools. Many of the students are from remote Alaskan villages which…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boarding Homes, Classification, Eskimos
BENNETT, ROBERT L.; COOMBS, L. MADISON – 1964
RURAL ALASKA IS COMPOSED OF VERY SMALL COMMUNITIES, A SITUATION WHICH COMPLICATES DEVELOPMENT OF ADEQUATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IS PROVIDED THROUGH A LARGE NUMBER OF RELATIVELY SMALL VILLAGE SCHOOLS. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE TOO SMALL, MOST PEOPLE AGREE THAT EDUCATING THE YOUNGSTERS IN A BOARDING SCHOOL SITUATION IS…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, American Indians, Boarding Homes
Kleinfeld, Judith – 1978
Factors contributing to Native students' college success were examined in a study of 50 Native freshmen and 42 non-Native freshmen at the University of Alaska in the 1973-74 academic year. The study compared students in relation to three common explanations of college success: level of academic preparation, goal orientation, ease in the campus…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alaska Natives, American Indians, College Environment
Chu, Lily; Culbertson, Jeanne – 1982
Questionnaires were administered to 73 sophomore and senior high school students in 3 isolated rural Alaska towns (Adak, Unalaska, and Dillingham) to study the effects of socio-economic factors on rural Alaskan youth's educational aspirations and expectations. Because of a military-supported economy, Adak was a typical middle class American…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Comparative Analysis
1983
Alaska Teacher-Coordinators in the Rural Student Vocational Program (RSVP) should be familiar with activities necessary to insure proper selection of students and proper and meaningful work placement. In RSVP, students from outlying high schools travel to Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau to participate in 2 weeks of work experience with cooperating…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Field Experience Programs, Grade 11, Grade 12
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1967
The Alaska State Department of Education's position paper on the size and type of secondary schools needed for Alaska's rural youth includes a revision of the existing Rural School Plan, an overview of areas where educational opportunities are presently available for high school-age students in Alaska, and a discussion of potential areas where…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Craddick, Jan – 1986
To address the lack of academic and social preparation that many rural Alaskans have when they first arrive at college, in 1985 Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, Alaska) initiated the Early College Incentive Program (ECIP) to expose junior high students to college learning and living requirements, reduce cultural shock (Sheldon Jackson's student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Environment, College Preparation, Course Objectives
Kleinfeld, Judith; Berry, Franklin L. – 1978
Educational strategies that small rural high schools can use to address important developmental needs of rural youth were explored, focusing on the importance of educational environments outside traditional high school classrooms, (i.e., work-experience programs, student exchange programs, and travel-study). Of the 92 Alaskan village high schools…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Curriculum Enrichment, Developmental Programs, Educational Environment