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Download full textTrager, Brahna – 1973
Defining the role of the homemaker/home health aide, the volume presents a comprehensive treatment of the principles and procedures for recruiting, training, and directing the activities of these essential health workers. In addition to providing an analysis of the contribution that the homemaker/home health aide can make to patient care, the book…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Health Services
Rogers, David – 1968
Examined is the educational bureaucracy in New York City and its relation to other city institutions, civic groups, and teachers and administrators. The book contains chapters on the failure of desegregation, demographic and housing patterns, the neighborhood school movement, civil rights organizations, white liberals, and the moderates. Also…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Boards of Education, Bureaucracy, City Government
Usdan, Michael D. – 1968
This document is an abridged version of a longer study of the New York City school system which has been published under the title "110 Livingston Street" (see UD 007 624). Discussed here are New York City's struggle over school desegregation, the Board of Education and its top decision makers, and the demographic and housing patterns in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Boards of Education, Bureaucracy, City Government
Bailey, C. J., Comp. – 1973
This handbook was prepared for the Adult Basic Education (ABE) teacher to provide information on the public services and programs administered by Federal, State, and local governmental agencies, including private, civic, and community organizations through which the needs of ABE students may be met. A cross-index is provided, including the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Organizations, Community Resources, Directories
O Fathaigh, Mairtin; Staunton, Denis – 1999
The role of nonformal university adult education (UAE) in revitalizing vocational education and training (VET) in marginalized neighborhoods in Ireland was examined. First, an examination of the barriers affecting participation in VET in marginalized neighborhoods identified the following barriers: situational barriers arising from individual life…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Colleges, Community Involvement
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. – 2001
The Annie E. Casey Foundation launched the eight-year, six-city demonstration project, Jobs Initiative (JI), in 1995 to provide support and assistance to community groups, employers, foundations, and community colleges helping disadvantaged, low-skilled workers secure family-supporting jobs. JI sites found that even during a time when employers…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Community Colleges, Community Organizations
Reeves, Sandra; Turlington, Anita J. – 1994
This handbook is intended to provide Tri-County Technical College (TCTC) faculty and staff with strategies and resources for teaching and advising students in special populations as defined in the 1990 Perkins Act. Listed first are general tips for setting a positive tone. The remaining three sections discuss the characteristics of students with…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, Clearinghouses
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1980
This volume contains four interim reports of the Career Intern Program (CIP) replication portion of the Alternative Education Demonstration operated by Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America and evaluated by the National Institute of Education. (The CIP is an alternative high school serving dropouts and students at a high risk of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Education, Community Organizations
RUSALEM, HERBERT – 1962
THIS BOOKLET EXPLORES THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WORKING WITH PHYSICALLY DISABLED COLLEGE STUDENTS (INCLUDING PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, DEAF, HARD OF HEARING, BLIND, AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED) AND SUGGESTS PROCEDURES TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE FOR THEM. CHAPTER ONE DISCUSSES THE INCREASING ENROLLMENT OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS IN COLLEGES AND…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Blindness, College Admission, College Curriculum
GROSSER, CHARLES – 1967
BASED ON A REVIEW OF REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS PREPARED BY VARIOUS MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ACT-SPONSORED YOUTH-TRAINING PROJECTS AND ON INTERVIEWS WITH ADMINISTRATORS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AT FIVE PROJECT SITES, THIS STUDY EVALUATES THE USE OF NONPROFESSIONAL STAFF IN THE OPERATION OF MANPOWER PROGRAMS. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Employment Qualifications
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1975
The guide, developed to assist those involved in implementing career education programs concerned with public service occupations, contains the basic instructional material recommended for the area of social and economic services preparation. The units described are: (1) social service agencies and programs, (2) why people behave as they do, (3)…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Career Education, Community Organizations, Course Content
Planck, Jane – 1975
This guide addresses itself to individuals or groups wanting to help with Vietnamese resettlement. It is noted that there is a distinct advantage to group sponsorship because the costs of support are spread and it allows for extended maintenance while the language is learned and jobs are located. The first part of the guide outlines: (1) the steps…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Action, Community Organizations, Community Services
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1968
The successes of six handicapped adults are related; the incidence of disability and the problems of employment are presented. Methods of organizing to promote job opportunities are explained, and the following major projects for volunteer committees are reviewed in terms of the current state of affairs and what can be done: projects on…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Organizations, Community Surveys, Design Requirements
Marshall, D. G.; And Others – 1968
This study, conducted in 1967, in Burnett and Forest Counties, Wisconsin, attempts to show the present situation of the residents of the area (characterized by low income, marginal farm land, high out-migration of the young, a disproportionately large number of the aged and the very young, high welfare costs and a dwindling tax base). The…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agency Role, Area Studies, Community Attitudes
Sainer, Janet S.; Zander, Mary L. – 1971
This document reports on a demonstration project using older volunteers in community service in one area of a large city. Questions for which answers were sought include: (1) What type of activities might older adults be given that would be both meaningful and useful; (2) What kinds of community agencies would use the services of volunteers most…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Organizations, Community Services, Cultural Enrichment
