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Download full textLawrence, Barbara Kent – 1996
This report overviews the rationale for conducting an ethnographic study of cultural factors that influence student aspiration in Tremont, a small rural community on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Although Tremont is the poorest community on Mount Desert Island, Tremont students scored as well or better on the Maine Educational Assessment than did…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Cultural Context
Gonzalez, Patricia – NSTEP Information Brief, 1995
External, employment, and personal factors which influence teacher decisions to stay, leave, or transfer from teaching assignments are discussed, with emphasis on special education teachers. Factors attributed to teacher attrition in urban and rural environments also are briefly reviewed, along with attrition of related services professionals.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Influences, Job Satisfaction
Khandker, Shahidur R.; And Others – 1994
This paper uses data from the Morocco Living Standard Survey in an econometric investigation of the relative effectiveness of supply- and demand-side factors in determining educational outcomes. A wide range of factors are examined that may be responsible for differences in grade completion levels and achievement among sexes, regions, and urban…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Community Characteristics, Economic Factors
Gibbs, Robert M., Ed.; Swaim, Paul L., Ed.; Teixeira, Ruy, Ed. – 1998
This book examines the education, training, and skill supply of the rural workforce; the role of rural workforce quality in rural development; and the barriers that prevent many rural people from obtaining the skills needed for good jobs. Data are drawn from large national surveys of schools, students, and households. The first three chapters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship
PDF pending restorationIowa Kids Count Initiative, Des Moines. – 1998
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Iowa's children. The statistical portrait is based on eight indicators of well-being: (1) infant mortality; (2) low birth weight; (3) births to 16- and 17-year-olds; (4) teen unmarried births; (5) child abuse; (6) high school graduation; (7) child deaths; and (8) teen violent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Births to Single Women, Child Health, Child Welfare
Vaughn, D. Lanette; Vaughn, Paul R. – 1986
Written for rural educators, this handbook provides practical guidelines for working with rural youth who will be seeking jobs in urban areas. The suggested learning activities can be used for an independent course, integrated into existing programs, or applied in counseling. The introduction discusses needs of rural students and relates positive…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Guidance, Coping, Daily Living Skills
McCannon, Roger S. – 1985
National data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1981 (11,754 adults) and regional augmentation data collected in 1984 (812 adults) were analyzed to provide--in profile form--baseline information to assist practitioners and policy makers in having a better understanding of the educational needs of rural adult…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Age, Certification
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1984
This document contains a compilation of articles that have been assembled because of their potential for enhancing understanding of rural health care issues and for their unwavering high standards. The articles promote high quality research in an area which is rapidly becoming a legitimate and recognized field of inquiry among scholars. Besides…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Health Facilities, Health Needs, Health Services
Horn, Jerry G. – 1985
Perceived negative aspects of teaching in rural areas, including personal and professional isolation, multiple subject preparation, etc., provide barriers to effective recruitment and retention of quality teachers. The predicted shortage of teachers will likely have a significant impact on an already competitive market for high quality, rural…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction
Fosburg, Linda B.; And Others – 1984
This report summarizes findings of an evaluation of Head Start health services. Chapter one presents an overview of the background of the evaluation project. Chapter two highlights findings for the major evaluation questions. These questions focus specifically on children's health status prior to entry into Head Start, health services subsequently…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Health Needs, Health Programs
Castaneda, Edgardo A. – 1979
International cooperation in education in Guatemala is examined with regard to objectives, allocation, and effects of technical and financial assistance. The document is presented in two major sections. Section I focuses on how educational planners respond to social needs and political influences. Topics discussed include difficulties of…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Developing Nations
Easley, Edgar M. – 1978
As part of a panel on rural education, Dr. Edgar M. Easley spoke on the topic "Urban-Rural Education - Relieving the Tension". Based on findings from literature of adult migration to urban areas, Dr. Easley stated the following implications for adult education teachers and administrators: (1) that the tension found in rural migrants related to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Blacks, Counseling
Sharma, Satish – 1979
Two rural villages with similar characteristics were selected in Punjab (northern India) in order to study attitudes towards planned socio-economic development programs. All household heads (married males) in Bhagpura (123) and Khaira Bet (116) were interviewed; other data were derived separately. Program acceptance (modernism) in both villages…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitude Change, Caste
Bureau of Employment Security (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1966
THE DATA ON MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ACT (MDTA) PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING 1964 AND 1965 REFLECT THE INCREASING EMPHASIS ON ASSISTING DISADVANTAGED TRAINEES SUCH AS JOBLESS TEENAGERS, NONWHITES, AND PERSONS OF LIMITED EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. ALMOST HALF OF THE 321,456 ENROLLEES RECEIVED TRAINING IN THE SKILLED AND SEMI-SKILLED CATEGORIES,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Brown, Sandra; Williams, Michael – 1979
This study of educational provisions in Western Australia, an area of 2.5 million square kilometers with a mere 1.2 million inhabitants, provides a broad picture of the complex, difficult, and expensive undertaking of providing education to a small, widely-spread population which differs in demographic, economic, and cultural characteristics. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Boarding Schools, Correspondence Schools
