In Fiscal Year 1984 Louisiana's allotment for the education of children of migratory workers ($6,334,119) was used to conduct 39 regular school term programs and 14 summer school programs. An estimated 13,059 migrant children were served during the 1983-84 school year. Of all migrant children enrolled in Louisiana schools, 78.5% received services…

Methodologies and recommendations for conducting economic impact studies that can be used for single-institution and multi-institution studies are presented. Much of the information and sample questionnaires are drawn from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Economic Impact study, which investigated the collective economic impact in Pennsylvania of…

Following introductory material noting demands for accountability within student services programs, this paper describes an evaluation system that involves administrators, faculty, student affairs practitioners, and students in an assessment of the college's overall student services effort. The paper first discusses the 60-item opinionnaire used…

A field-responsive academic development program, the Hartford Higher Education Hispanic Project, was implemented to facilitate access to and continuation in three Hartford colleges by Hispanic students. It finances a Learning Skills/Resource Center housed at the University of Hartford and educational/guidance supportive services and activities at…

The survey results of noncredit adult and continuing education activities in colleges and universities for the year ending June 30, 1978, are reported. A summary of the results focuses on: institutions offering adult education; registrations; field of instruction; continuing professional education; special programs; the use of Continuing Education…

A study done for the National Community Education Advisory Council to assess programs funded under the Community Schools Act is presented in an introduction and three parts. Study goals, as defined in the introduction, are to describe the organization and operation of community education projects of local educational agencies, state educational…

Research and instructional role strains are identified, based on the use of large-scale mail surveys for college self-study that are used to teach introductory research methodology. The two organizational hierarchies, the research model and the instructional model, are examined. Experiences at Northwestern University, Northeastern Illinois…

A rationale, background information, fundamental theory, and implementation strategies are presented for a staff development model focused around a Teaching Center and designed to include part-time as well as full-time instructors. Limited financial resources and resultant demands for cost-effectiveness are first discussed, demonstrating the…

An evaluation was conducted to measure the effectiveness of the K-12 Career Education Curriculum Model developed and implemented in the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit (Edinboro, Pennsylvania). (See CE 017 643 for a detailed description of the project.) Career awareness, career exploration, and career preparation of pupils, K-12, were…

Ideological arguments are made for open learning, economic ones for distance education. If it can produce similar results to those of conventional education at a lower cost, then distance education has a powerful appeal. With increasing demand for access to educational opportunities at all levels, and often decreasing budgets in real terms for…

The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed description of the Monitoring the Future research design, including sampling, data collection procedures, measurement content, and questionnaire format. Monitoring the Future is designed to assess the changing lifestyles, values, and preferences of American youth on a continuing basis. Since the…

This report describes four demonstration projects, funded from July 1989 to December 1990 in Oregon, on early identification and prevention of mental and emotional disorders in children. The intention of the projects was to find ways to identify children at risk of suffering emotional disorders and to intervene early enough to prevent these…

This report presents the findings of the 1998 survey of providers of training in English or French as a second or foreign language in Canada. The purpose of the survey was to gather information at the national level and, where possible, at the regional level, on the size of the industry, its characteristics, and the role played by foreign…

Schools have been given the challenge to become better partners with not only families of children with emotional behavioral disorders but also with local community organizations that serve children, youth, and families. These partnerships are a necessity because current school and stand-alone community programs fall short of meeting the mental…

Project SCORE (School and Community Offering Resources for Employment) was undertaken by Collin County Community College in Texas to develop a system to help McKinney High School students move with confidence from school to work and further education. The program, which was developed through the joint efforts of school and business/industry…