Federal Work-Study (FWS) is a form of student employment in postsecondary education funded by a student's financial aid. At the University of South Florida (Tampa campus), in the Community-Based Federal Work-Study (CBFWS) program managed by the Office of Community Engagement and Partnerships (OCEP), there has been a decreasing rate of…

Student employment subsidies are one of the largest types of federal employment subsidies, and one of the oldest forms of student aid. Yet it is unclear whether they help or harm students' long term outcomes. This document contains the appendices to the report "Should Student Employment Be Subsidized? Conditional Counterfactuals and the…

Little research exists on how self-disclosure is taught in social work education (Pianko, 2001). Few social work education programs include precontemplative components of exploring identity for gay male students. In this study, the data from 4 focus groups of gay male therapists, who discussed their self-disclosure, decision-making processes, were…

A study of early postenrollment wage determinants of White young men in the 1966 to 1971 period is described. The focus is on student labor force status as a determinant of postenrollment wage rates. Results suggest that work while enrolled may mitigate transition problems to full-time work after enrollment. (Author/MLW)

Reported is a longitudinal study of socially maladjusted boys in Kansas City, Missouri. Inner city seventh grade boys, identified as socially and educationally maladjusted, were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in a work-study program beginning in the eighth grade, receiving special classroom work…

This project was established to experiment with a work-study program for mentally retarded youth in the hope that it would improve the vocational functioning of these adolescents. The 300 male students, aged 14 to 18 with IQs ranging from 43 to 83, were divided into an experimental group and a control group for the purpose of the project. The…

Information from Office of Civil Rights (OCR) report forms pertaining to distribution of financial aid to all Florida community college students for fiscal year 1976-77 comprises this report, intended for college, state, and federal level decision- and policy-makers. Data are organized in tabular form. Table 1 is a summary of aid for the year,…

This summary of financial aids provided to Los Angeles City College students from 1973-1978 considers the four major vehicles for federal aid: (1) Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG); (2) National Direct Student Loans (NDSL); (3) Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG); and (4) College Work Study (CWS). Data tables outline…

THIS REPORT BRIEFLY OUTLINES PLANS FOR A NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PROJECT TO TRAIN 60 NEGRO, PUERTO RICAN, AND WHITE DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO TEACH IN SLUM SCHOOLS AND SERVE AS ROLE MODELS FOR OTHER DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL BE PAIRED, HOUSED, AND TRAINED WITH 60 "PEACE-CORPS-TYPE" GRADUATE ASSISTANTS.…

THE CURRICULUM WAS ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR POTENTIAL DROPOUTS. THE CURRICULUM BASE SHOULD RELATE TO THE REGULAR 10TH-GRADE CURRICULUM AND TO THE PUPIL'S ABILITY, TO THE END THAT HE MAY NOT BE SET APART FROM HIS PEER GROUP. THESE BOYS ARE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE. THEY HAVE SHORT ATTENTION SPANS AND APPEAR LAZY AND INDIFFERENT IN ORDER TO CONCEAL THEIR…

The distribution of financial aid funds to students attending Florida community colleges is summarized in data tables outlining the following: (1) financial assistance to students, 1977-78, by number of awards, dollars awarded, and average amount per award for specific categories; (2) financial aid by race/ethnic group; (3) comparison of…

Eleven tables of data concerning the distribution of financial aid funds to students attending Florida public community colleges comprise the bulk of this report. A total of $30,471,818 was distributed in 1975-76 to 49,518 students in 69,494 grant, loan, scholarship, or student employment awards. Grants, primarily from federal sources, accounted…

Analysis of data on student financial aid from a variety of sources is reported and shows that the funding levels for all financial aid programs have increased substantially in recent years. This is especially true for Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, which have become an important factor in equalizing educational opportunity. However, the…

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES AN INSTRUCTIONAL-VOCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR ABOUT 50 TEENAGE MALE STUDENTS WHO ARE EITHER LOW ACHIEVERS OR ACTUAL DROPOUTS. THE CHIEF PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST THESE STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION OR TO BE MEANINGFULLY EMPLOYED. IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN READING, MATHEMATICS, VOCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL…