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Webster Coll., St. Louis, MO. – 1968
The Webster College Veterans' Accelerated Urban Learning for Teaching (VAULT) program, initiated in 1968-69, is designed to train the disadvantaged (primarily Negro veterans who would not normally attend college) to teach in ghetto elementary schools. Its purpose is to serve veterans and to control the following deficiencies in higher education:…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Black Teachers, Career Choice, Disadvantaged
Goss, John R., III – 1999
This manual is intended for use as part of a 3-day orientation training for new faculty at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) in Pennsylvania, a facility which trains tactical and operational leaders for policy and strategy roles in the military and related agencies. The orientation focuses on five factors which determine the value of an…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Educational Objectives
Whyte, Michael; And Others – 1996
This paper highlights extensive previous research on cognitive learning style and describes an investigation of correlated cognitive learning style testing of 107 United States Air Force cadets and officers. The investigation set out to determine whether a multidimensional construct for individuals could be identified, allowing instruction to be…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
Rolebooks and technical Iberian Spanish vocabulary for the job position of military advisory and assistance group (MAAG) officer of the Air Force are presented. The materials are part of the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS), which supports the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Instructional Systems
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
The job position of medical specialist of special forces as performed in Russian is described in terms of terminal skill objectives (TSOs) and enabling objectives (EOs). This analysis is part of the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS), which supports the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives, Health Personnel, Higher Education
McGaughey, Leon Y. – 1978
In terminating the GI Bill, Congress provided an alternative benefit to military personnel by passing Public Law 94-502, the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 (VEAP). The purpose of VEAP was to provide educational assistance to men and women entering the armed services after termination of the GI Bill, to assist young…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Armed Forces, Career Awareness, Doctoral Dissertations
Woodland, Calvin E.; James, Richard L. – 1978
Despite remedial programs and innovative practices, traditional education has not met the compelling need for increasing access to higher education for minority and other educationally disadvantaged students. Financial, geographical, scheduling, and degree requirement barriers still exist which prevent older adults, military personnel, the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1968
The 26 major laws enacted between 1963 and 1967 which affected the handicapped are considered. The historical development of four major laws includes the Social Security Act Amendments of 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1967; the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963; the Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Disease Control, Exceptional Child Services, Facilities
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel (DOD), Washington, DC. – 1990
A guide to an extensive range of education programs offered by the Department of Defense is presented. K-12 school systems overseas and in the United States make it possible for children to attend school around the world. Voluntary Education programs generate nearly 700,000 undergraduate and graduate-level college enrollments by military services…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Certification, Dependents Schools
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
This report of recommendations describes in detail the system for determining communication/language objectives (C/LOBS) within an instructional systems development (ISD) framework. C/LOBS was developed to support the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and functions as a subsystem of the ISD…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Objectives
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
This executive summary describes the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS) developed to support the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. The C/LOBS functions as a subsystem of the instructional systems development (ISD) approach currently in use in the TRADOC school system. The…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Objectives
HANSEN, F. LLOYD – 1957
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRESPONDENCE STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STRESSED LIBERAL ARTS CREDIT COURSES DURING ITS EARLY PERIOD. EXCEPT DURING 1933-37, GROWTH BETWEEN 1913 AND 1953 WAS RAPID AND QUITE CONSISTENT, RISING FROM 83 REGISTRATIONS IN 1913-14 TO 3,458 IN 1952-53. TEACHERS, COLLEGE GRADUATES, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PREPARING FOR COLLEGE,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Correctional Education, Correspondence Study
Washington State Office of Financial Management, Olympia. – 1995
This document provides tables and figures of current demographic data for the state, counties, cities, and towns of Washington. The report is divided into two main sections: (1) "State, County, City Populations"; and (2) "Selected Estimates and Information". Section 1 presents such data as: population change and net migration…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Business, Change Agents, College Students
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Stacey, Nevzer; And Others – 1992
These 10 papers were commissioned for a conference to discuss such questions as: If the military has to restructure its work force, how easily will it manage this transition? How well will the affected employees do in the labor market? and How will the defense industry and educational institutions respond to the need for transition? After an…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Dislocated Workers, Employment Opportunities, Higher Education
Kilburn, M. Rebecca, Ed.; Asch, Beth J., Ed. – 2003
This publication explores the enlistment potential of college-market youth by examining the characteristics of the college-market population and the implications of these characteristics for designing effective recruiting policies. Chapter 1, "Introduction: Trends and Theoretical Considerations" (M. Rebecca Kilburn, Beth J. Asch),…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Career Choice, College Bound Students, Dropouts
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