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Sinatra, Richard; Eschenauer, Robert – Learning Environments Research, 2012
Four-week summer academy programs served homeless children and adults in two contiguous innovative learning programs. The programs may be the first of their kind in the homeless literature in which both adults and children were exposed to career, academic, and leadership opportunities in the supportive learning environment of a university campus,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Summer Programs, Racquet Sports, Leadership Training
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Talahongva, Patty – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2009
Each semester, hundreds of children find themselves on the campus of a tribal college or university. While their parents are busy working toward that associate's or bachelor's degree, the children are getting their own dose of college life. From Ilisagvik College in Barrow, Alaska--the "northernmost accredited community college"--to…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Higher Education, American Indians, American Indian Education
Chenery, Mary Faeth, Ed. – 1988
These papers examine societal forces and demographic trends that will affect private camping in the next decade. Each paper begins with an executive summary. The body of each paper then documents the conclusions and speculates on the implications for camping. Reference lists also are provided. "American Values and Organized Camping" by F. M.…
Descriptors: Camping, Children, College Students, Educational Trends
Oberlander, Susan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
The National Youth Sports Program, administered by the NCAA and funded by a federal grant, introduces lacrosse to low-income children in Philadelphia. The camp, held at Temple University, offers instruction in 13 activities, and almost all of the children are seeing the inside of a college campus for the first time. (MLW)
Descriptors: Athletics, Children, Elitism, Federal Aid
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TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1994
This column, describing resources made available by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, offers information briefs on planning conferences and meetings accessible to individuals with disabilities, discovering gifted students' interests and talents through summer experiences, books about children with disabilities, and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Books, Children, Conferences
Academic Therapy Publications, Novato, CA. – 1993
This directory lists, by state, facilities and services for children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities. Facilities and services include summer camps, college programs, day and residential schools, diagnostic services, behavioral development services, educational therapy, consulting seminars, guidance and mental health services,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Career Counseling, Children