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Download full textNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst. (DHHS/NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1995
This monograph summarizes asthma management conclusions developed by five studies funded under a 5-year federal program titled "Interventions for the Control of Asthma among Black and Hispanic Children." The research goals were to develop model, replicable programs to reduce asthma morbidity; decrease inappropriate use of health care…
Descriptors: Asthma, Black Youth, Child Health, Community Programs
National PTA, Chicago, IL. – 1993
A national study assessed attitudes of minority and nonminority parents and nonparent adults on parent involvement and other educational issues. Telephone interviews with 1,148 adults, including 806 parents with at least one child in kindergarten through grade 12 and 342 adults (called "nonparents") who did not have children in those…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Demography, Educational Attitudes
Thompson, Denise R. – 1989
This document comprises an evaluation of the 1988 METRO Achievement Program, a summer educational program to help develop the academic potential of primarily Black and Hispanic girls entering the seventh and eighth grades in Chicago. The 5-week program included the following components: (1) mathematics, science, and communication skills classes;…
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Females
MacGregor-Mendoza, Patricia – 1999
This book explores the relationship between Spanish language usage, English language proficiency, and the long-term educational outcomes of Mexican American youths. Language use patterns and language attitudes were examined among 38 high school dropouts, 188 high school students, and 36 college students, all Mexican Americans in Chicago. Chapters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, College Students
Nurss, Joanne R. – 1992
Project CLASS, a collaborative family literacy demonstration research project designed to meet the language and literacy needs of limited English proficient families in Clayton County, Georgia, is described. Intergenerational and age-graded classes were provided for Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese, and Hispanic adult family members, their…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Asian Americans, Cambodians, Community Services
Minicucci, Catherine; And Others – 1989
Findings and recommendations are presented from a three-year evaluation of the Transfer Center Pilot Program (TCPP), which was implemented in 20 California community colleges and universities to increase community college transfer rates among Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and low-income and disabled students. Transfer centers were…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Transfer Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1985
Testimony was heard concerning unmet needs for child care and current child care policy. Appearing before the Committee were California government officials, agency administrators and directors, school district officials, psychologists, anthropologists, and other researcher/practitioners, doctors, lawyers, parents, and children. Testimony covered…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Rearing, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care
Rendon, Laura I.; And Others – 1988
The study described in this report examines both the positive and negative influences on student retention and transfer at six community colleges located along the U.S.-Mexico border. Chapter I reviews the literature on retention and transfer and establishes the conceptual framework and research objectives of the study. Chapter II offers baseline…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Transfer Students
Longo, Paul J.; Donahue, Veronica – 1997
A study was undertaken to identify and describe some of the obstacles, especially sociolinguistic, that stand between Hispanic communities in rural Nelson County, Virginia and appropriate health care, so the barriers can be minimized through provision of culturally sensitive outreach services and health-literacy programming. The target population…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Problems, Community Health Services, Cultural Context
James, Lynne M. – 1997
The question of whether internal versus external locus of control for generalized expectancies of reinforcement is an important variable in working with college reentry students was examined in a descriptive study. Subjects were 24 women (9 Caucasians, 7 African Americans, and 8 Hispanic Americans aged 19 to 24 years) enrolled in a proprietary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Bruder, Mary Beth; And Others – 1993
The Ninos Especiales Outreach Training Project was a 3-year federally funded project to provide information, training, and evaluation related to a culturally sensitive, family-focused model of early intervention services for infants with severe disabilities and their families of Puerto Rican heritage. Implementation occurred through three major…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cultural Awareness, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Rothfarb, Sylvia H.; And Others – 1987
A three-year longitudinal study of bilingual curriculum content (BCC) was initiated in the 1983-84 school year to assess alternative strategies for teaching curriculum content to Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in Dade County (Florida) Public Schools. The BCC strategy (in which content subjects are taught bilingually) was contrasted with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Cohort Analysis, Content Analysis
Wood, John J. – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this report describes a study evaluating the effort by Arizona's universities to recruit and graduate minority students. Current outcomes and recent trends are noted along with the general strengths and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for community colleges with twenty percent or more Hispanic students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Community Colleges with greater than or equal to 20% Hispanic…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for colleges and universities with twenty percent or more Hispanic students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Four-Year Colleges/Universities with greater than or…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Enrollment Trends
