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Walters, Nancy; Williams-Wyche, Shaun – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2013
Minnesota's Intervention for College Attendance Program (ICAP) is a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education by strengthening their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities
Walters, Nancy; Ayodele, Alicia – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2011
This report provides information on the outcomes of the Intervention for College Attendance Program, a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities
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Bottge, Brian A.; Osterman, Lynne – Educational Leadership, 1998
Three central Minnesota school districts, the Chamber of Commerce, business representatives, and public service organizations decided to help teachers translate workplace expectations into school lessons. The result was the "Relevance Counts Institute," which shows teachers specific occupational skills one day and employee applications…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Job Skills, Professional Development
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Migrant and Preschool Programs. – 1983
A 1983 directory of secondary summer migrant programs, intended for homebase local information agencies, contains information on programs in 15 states. Listings by states give the name, address, and telephone number of the person in charge of the state's migrant education programs, then provide information on individual programs, including…
Descriptors: Migrant Education, Migrant Programs, Personnel Data, Program Content
Manpower Evaluation and Development Inst. Washington, DC. Migrant Research Project. – 1970
An experimental demonstration research project to provide food for families of migrant children attending a summer school program in Minnesota was based on the assumptions (1) that the migrant children in summer school would show greater achievement if the entire migrant family were assured food for 3 meals a day and (2) that the child who has…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Family Attitudes, Family Programs, Interviews
Schwartz, Charles F. – Music Educ J, 1969
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Career Planning, College Bound Students, College School Cooperation
Villa, Rogelio H., Comp. – 1972
Fourteen summer school projects located in 14 school districts with large concentrations of migrant children during the summer of 1972 were described. The projects were from 6 to 10 weeks long and provided services for children from birth to age 12. The number and percentage of pupils enrolled in each component of the program were (1) Title I:…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Minnesota State Dept. of Economic Security, St. Paul. – 1995
This report describes summer youth employment and training programs operated throughout Minnesota via the Service Delivery Area/Private Industry Council network. It provides a statistical profile of the young people served, program costs, and program outcomes. The report begins with statewide outcome information, including a statewide summary of…
Descriptors: Part Time Employment, Program Costs, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness
Dreyer, Harold B.; And Others – 1969
The 1969 study, the first in a series which attempts to reflect the impact of selected summer migrant programs, yielded the base data for the ongoing 3-year study. Some 228 Mexican American children aged from 4 to 8 years, enrolled in special summer migrant classes, were given the (1) Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), (2) Wide Range…
Descriptors: Achievement, Arithmetic, Bilingualism, Disadvantaged Youth
Kennedy, Wallace; Hols, Marge – 1971
After two years of planning, the Minneapolis Schools began a unique Urban Arts Program during 1970-71, funded under Title III of the Elementary Secondary Education Act. Urban Arts is an arts school without walls for junior and senior high school students who leave their home schools part of every day during school hours to study with professional…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Ness, Jean E. – Winds of Change, 1998
At a two-week precollege program at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Minnesota, at-risk American Indian students, adult students, and staff address preparatory skills for life after high school. Students explore their individual learning styles, personal career interests, self-advocacy, problem solving, study strategies, cultural…
Descriptors: Adult Students, American Indian Education, American Indians, Career Guidance
Walters, Nancy – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2009
The purpose of this report is to provide information on the outcomes of the Intervention for College Attendance Program, a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations, and community-based organizations. Prior to the 2008-09 biennium, the program focused on provision of college awareness and the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, High Schools, Intervention, Educational Finance
Monahan, A. C.; Wright, Robert H. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
The improvement of the rural schools of the United States is the most important school problem. The most important factor in their improvement must be better educated and better trained teachers. The education and training of teachers should always have some special reference to the work of the schools in which they are to teach. Therefore any…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Education, Teacher Education Programs, Schools of Education
Knowlton, Marie – 1985
A University of Minnesota model for low incidence preservice special education teacher training is focused on visual impairment education and requires completion of four graduate level components for licensure. This model attempts to be flexible and address the needs of the field in providing qualified personnel that will remain in local school…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Individualized Education Programs
Paskewitz, Daniel; Stark, Matthew – 1967
Fifteen University of Minnesota volunteers spent the summer of 1967 working with Chippewa Indian youngsters, grades 1-12, on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota. This fifth annual report contains overviews of the four previous summer programs, descriptions of volunteer training procedures, enrichment and vocational motivation…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annual Reports, Attendance Records, Career Counseling
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