Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the characteristics of the participants and the success of the recruitment methods and increase in knowledge of participants in reproductive health peer education. Dutch perinatal mortality rates are relatively high compared to other European countries. Non-Western ethnic minorities show particularly…

A program developed by the Austin (Texas) Independent School District under a 2-year grant from the National Science Foundation is described and evaluated. The primary objectives of the program were to: interest minority and female students in science; attract these groups to the teaching of science; enrich the elementary school science…

Discusses the reevaluation of traditional intercollegiate athletics necessitated by declining student interest, the emergence of women's sports, and the passage of legislation forbidding sex discrimination in athletic programing. Presents the guidelines for recruitment, scholarships, and game scheduling used at Olympic College (WA) to restructure…

The North Carolina Department of Public Education has developed an equal employment/affirmative action policy in accordance with Federal civil rights laws, and directives from the State Board of Education. Rather than merely ensuring anti-biased hiring practices, the policy provides for the recruitment, employment and promotion of qualified…

Conducted in Greater Tampa, Florida, from July 1966 through July 1968, this project was an effort to help unemployed or underemployed high school graduates aged 17-25 to acquire or upgrade work skills. Shorthand and typing courses, the Communications Clinic, and other curriculum elements were designed to correct deficiencies in basic educational…

The Principals Institute is one of several programs designed to increase the number of minorities and women in supervisory and administrative positions in the New York City school system. During three academic semesters and a summer, students in the Institute attend classes and participate in an internship. On completion, students receive a…

Activities and accomplishments (including the role of the Army) in Iran's national literacy campaign are reviewed and evaluated from the first pilot projects (1965) in Ghazvin and Shiraz, up to the latest 1970 statistics on student participation and completion. The system of provincial, urban, and district bodies under the National Committee for…

The Assistant Principal's Internship Program (APIP) is one of several programs designed to increase the number of minorities and women in administrative and supervisory positions in the New York City school system. APIP graduates complete 21 credits of tuition-reimbursed coursework at the City College of New York and a semester-long full-time…

In May 1986, the Illinois Board of Higher Education adopted procedures and requirements for addressing the underrepresentation of minorities, females, and the handicapped in public higher education. The university governing boards and the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) have since been required to periodically report and assess their…

A project was conducted to design and field-test a prevocational program of recruitment, instruction, advising, counseling, and placement for women considering careers in science and technology fields. Additional objectives were to directly assist women in coping with constraints inhibiting them from entering such fields and to compile the program…

The Women's Re-Entry to Education Program (WREP) came into being at San Jose City College after the recognition that a large segment of the community's population was underrepresented at the college. That group was composed of unemployed or underemployed women, economically and educationally disadvantaged women, women who were heads of households…

Funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the La Puente, California, continuation education project investigated (1) attitudes of former students concerning the success of the school in preparing them for entry into military service, (2) the minimal skills and knowledge required by each of the armed forces, (3)…

A study of graduates from the Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management program at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park was conducted, primarily in order to elicit information from graduates regarding potentially effective recruitment methods for minority groups and women. The study also sought to obtain evaluation of course curriculum…

Provides a national perspective on the prevalence and nature of interventions in grades 4 through 8 to increase participation of minority students and females in mathematics and science. In all, 163 programs responded to the request for information. The range and extent of these interventions are described. (SLD)

The Scholarship Program in New York City was created to provide full tuition reimbursement to people pursuing study toward the New York State Certification in various shortage areas in exchange for employment within the New York City Board of Education. Participants had to have been continuously enrolled in an academic program, and to have agreed…