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Castillo, Max – 1984
Community colleges serve more than half of all entering freshmen, half of all the women seeking higher education, and more minorities than all of the 4-year colleges and universities combined. Serving this population, the leaders and policy makers of community colleges must recognize the reasons for the underrepresentation of minorities in college…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Black Students, Change Strategies
Brown, George H. – 1982
Data on college degrees awarded in the United States in 1979 are examined by racial/ethnic status of the recipients. Approximately 920,000 bachelor's degrees and over 400,000 postbaccalaureate degrees were awarded nationally. In 1979, 87.3 percent of bachelor's degrees went to white graduates, with the next largest portion (6.6 percent) going to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Bachelors Degrees, Blacks
InterAmerica Research Associates, Washington, DC. – 1981
Intended to aid administrators, decision-makers, and the general public in learning about and gaining better understanding of Hispanic concerns, needs, and recommendations regarding justice administration, this document includes the keynote addresses and 15 topic papers presented at the conference which was attended by 91 law enforcement experts.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingual Education, Change Strategies, Correctional Rehabilitation
DBS Corp., Arlington, VA. – 1982
This national summary of data on the characteristics of students in United States public schools is based on results of Fall 1980 Elementary and Secondary Schools Civil Rights Survey. Table 1 presents national projections of survey data on rates of enrollment, disciplinary measures imposed, participation in special and bilingual education…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), American Indians, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education
Shore, Rima, Ed.; And Others – 1981
Project SUCCESS, a combined bilingual education and college/career orientation program for Spanish speaking and Asian high school students of limited English proficiency, is described in this report. Located at Theodore Roosevelt High School in New York City, the program, in 1980-81, provided courses in English as a second language, English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Planning
Luttrell, Wendy – 1982
The Lutheran Settlement House Women's Program has offered many different avenues of personal exploration for more than 5,000 women in its Philadelphia neighborhood for 6 years. The women's program components include adult basic education classes, self-development workshops, a community-based degree-oriented college program, a bilingual crisis…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Kuvlesky, William P. – 1978
A comparative, interpretive analysis of the social organization of contrasting groups of rural youth from New Mexico ad Ohio was approached from an ethnomethodological perspective, relying on direct observation, intensive personal interviews, and key informants to produce a broader understanding of particular youth coping with their social…
Descriptors: Amish, Comparative Analysis, Culture Conflict, Family Influence
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1981
This report describes and evaluates a program to provide bilingual instruction in mathematics, science, social studies, industrial arts, business education, and career education to Spanish speaking high school students varying in range of need and ability from those in need of basic skills to honor students. The program, as implemented in 1980-81,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Business Education, Career Education
Cotera, Martha P., Comp.; Cunningham, Nella, Ed. – 1982
This sourcebook for persons involved with bilingual education, multicultural education, and womens' studies programs contains over 2000 entries for materials on women of various cultures in the United States. Materials are organized as much as possible by specific racial or ethnic groups. The many publications that present information on more than…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Arabs, Asian Americans
Shore, Rima, Ed.; And Others – 1981
This report describes and evaluates a project that provided instructional and supportive services to Hispanic and Haitian high school students in 1980-81. Project Become at Sarah J. Hale High School in New York City offered social studies, mathematics, and science subjects in Spanish and French Creole, vocational and career courses, and a work…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs
Guskin, Judith T. – 1981
Historical, linguistic, cultural, and political variables are important in understanding the development and implementation of Milwaukee urban bilingual education programs, established in 1969 and including kindergarten through 12th grades at 11 elementary and 4 secondary schools. Hispanics comprise 6% of school enrollment (5,334 pupils, of whom…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Bilingual Education, Blacks, Community Attitudes
Grassmuck, Janice; Greene, Joshua – 1980
Prepared at the request of the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, this study analyzes present federal programs serving youth and evaluates a variety of alternative approaches, without making recommendations. After a summary of the issues involved in the youth employment problem (such as whether to emphasize training and education…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
This report focuses on economic, social, and legal development affecting women's employment in the United States during the first half of the United Nations Decade for Women. The first section reports on the economic roles of women in the U.S. as their participation in the labor force reached historically high levels during the last half of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Affirmative Action, Agency Role, Blacks
Schon, Isabel; And Others – 1981
It was hypothesized that a positive improvement in Hispanic junior high school students' Spanish and English reading abilities, reading attitudes and academic self-concepts would result after being provided special reading time with a wide variety of reading materials in Spanish. An experimental (E) group of approximately 200 grade 7 and 8…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis
Kazlow, Carole; Lachman, Susan – 1980
This report is an evaluation of a Title VII Bilingual Program conducted in two New York junior high schools in 1979-1980 for Spanish speaking and Haitian students. A program description outlines the methods used for selecting students for the bilingual program. A discussion of the evaluation's design and objectives is also included. The evaluation…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Class Organization
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