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Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. – 1992
This manual's purpose is to provide technical assistance to educators regarding their obligations under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which protects persons participating in federally funded programs and activities from discrimination based upon their disability status. An introduction outlines the three major areas of emphasis of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1986
A review of the status of English language instruction in Bangladesh begins with an overview of the role of English in the society in general, and outlines the status of English use and instruction in the educational system at all levels (elementary, secondary, higher, and vocational), the characteristics and training of English language…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Brady, Mary E. – 1988
This paper describes one approach to providing communication aids, environmental controls, and computer access systems to handicapped children. The paper begins by defining "assistive device" and "rehabilitation technology." Service delivery issues include funding of high-cost device systems and provision of ongoing student…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer System Design, Delivery Systems
Doyle, Peter H.; Brisson, Candice – 1985
Strategies to facilitate better cooperation between business and higher education institutions are explored with a focus on policies that colleges, businesses, and public policy makers can implement to utilize educational resources for economic development. Consideration is given to: developing informal university-industry networks, universities…
Descriptors: Administrators, Case Studies, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs
Suzuki, Warren N. – 1985
The purpose of the project reported here was to provide personnel development in vocational education for special needs learners. Considerable progress was made with infusing instruction on special needs learners in vocational education programs in the Joint Oregon State University-Western Oregon State College School of Education. Five courses…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Higher Education
Vogler, Daniel E.; Manley, Katherine K. – 1982
An overview on employment and training as it relates to higher education is presented as part of the American Council on Education's Higher Education/Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Project, which was supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Attention is directed to the linkage between higher education…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Credit Courses, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy
McKinlay, Bruce – 1981
This publication reports an Oregon project to organize workshops to enable interested people to learn about the full range of benefits and requirements of a state career information system and to initiate the local developmental process if they decide to proceed. Chapter 1 addresses the need for Career Information Workshops and workshop…
Descriptors: Career Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Consortia, Delivery Systems
Cangiano, Miguel – 1979
Based on cooperative action of the government and local communities, the Peruvian Rural School System (SERP 71) evolved from the necessity to reconstruct Peruvian schools of the Sierra region after the earthquake of 1970, and from Peru's new educational reform law (1970) which called for an active-dynamic pupil attitude, continuous updating of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Role, Construction Costs, Construction Programs
Texas Education Agency, Austin.
Ten of the twenty Education Service Centers (ESC) that provide instructional and technical services to the local school districts in Texas were asked to participate in a project designed to demonstrate infusion and management techniques in career education. Activities were accomplished under the following objectives: (1) establish the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Potter, Susan B., Ed.; And Others – 1978
This final report is a practical document, specifying techniques and procedures found effective during a project to (1) demonstrate a model of appropriate vocational service for developmentally disabled adults and (2) provide technical assistance and training to community facilities serving these persons. Chapters 2-6 discuss model components:…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Cooperative Programs, Counseling Services
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1975
A consolidated summary of information submitted by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agencies and State Rural Development (RD) Committees, this sixth annual report on USDA information and technical assistance includes USDA organizational arrangements for rural assistance, some assessments, research supporting RD information and technical…
Descriptors: Activities, Annual Reports, Committees, Community Services
MacGillivray, Lois – 2002
The Youth Offender Demonstration Project (YODP) combined oversight of youth offenders with services to support youth offenders' passage into the word of work by providing recommended social development strategies for youth offenders. YODP demonstration projects were funded in the following categories: (1) model community projects; (2) education…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Programs, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation
Missouri School for the Blind, St. Louis. – 1999
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a federally supported program to provide services for children with deaf-blindness in Missouri. The project focused on the development of partnerships to coordinate service networking and to provide systematic training to build local capacity for early intervention, educational,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Early Identification
Hamilton, James; Dailey, Don; Mesmer, Eric; Ritter, Suzanne; Shami, Muna; Nishi, Laurel; McInerney, Maurice; Gerver, Miriam; Corwin, Heidi; Bauman, Wendy – 2002
This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of the Elementary and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center (EMSTAC), which has developed a model of special education technical assistance (TA) to local school districts that can be implemented on a national scale. This report provides a comprehensive examination of EMSTAC's support to…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Educational Strategies
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE, 2002
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, reauthorized in January 2002, ensures educational rights and protections for children and youth experiencing homelessness. This document summarizes key provisions of the Act, as well as key provisions of the reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act's Title I statute. It is designed to provide…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Homeless People, Access to Education, Student Rights
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