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Love, Harold D. – 1968
The text discusses the behavior, evaluation, and education of mentally retarded children. Harold D. Love presents an overview of the retarded, a description of intelligence and personality tests, and a historical survey of retardation; Virginia Cantrell reviews the educational philosophies and methods of Itard, Seguin, and Montessori. Shirley K.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
Schill, William John – 1966
To describe concurrent work-education programs in each of the 50 states, data were solicited from each state office by personal visit and from individual school districts by mailed questionnaire. Reports were made to the U.S. Office of Education by the states and reports made by individual school districts to state offices were utilized. Some…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Business Education, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
Lee, John B. – 1977
The distribution of student financial aid funds at the state level is described and some of the variables that are associated with the allocation of funds from the different programs are identified. This paper is divided into several sections. The first reviews the work done on measures of educational opportunity and analyzes the shortcomings of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Opportunities, Federal Aid
Tiedeman, David V.; Miller-Tiedeman, Anna – 1975
The first chapter of the literature review describes the Career Intern Program (CIP), a cooperative career education venture of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America and two Philadelphia high schools, which is composed of three steps: career awareness (general orientation, development, motivation); career exploration (academic…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Continuation Education, Counseling Services
National Committee on Employment of Youth, New York, NY. – 1974
The symposium report focuses on an upgrading program (designed by the Consortium for Occupational Therapy Education) to develop alternate routes to credentialled education and training, resulting in opening up occupational therapy career opportunities to young people. The consortium was composed of four New York State hospitals, two academic…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Conferences, Consortia, Cooperative Programs
Wallace, Harold R. – 1970
Basic concepts, definitions, and philosophical positions concerning cooperative vocational education were identified to form a theoretical model for program development. The review crosses the boundaries of the occupational fields within vocational-technical education, and attempts to focus more narrowly on a specific instructional methodology…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cooperative Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Research
WEILER, WARREN; AND OTHERS – 1966
TEACHER EDUCATORS AND STATE SUPERVISORS FROM THE CENTRAL STATES PARTICIPATED IN A 3-DAY SEMINAR. TEXTS OF THE FOLLOWING TALKS WERE GIVEN--"NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION," BY HOMER E. EDWARDS, "OBJECTIVES, GOALS, OR FUNDAMENTALS OF HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM," BY RAY AGAN, "TEACHING BASIC PRODUCTION…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agricultural Education, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2005
WorkFirst is Washington State's welfare-to-work program. The program's mission is to help citizens get "a job, a better job, a better life." Inaugurated in 1996, it is based on the 1996 federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) welfare reform legislation. As part of this new program, the community and technical college system…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Welfare Recipients, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2000
This CD-ROM contains a simulated conversation between a counselor at the Department of Education's Federal Student Aid Information Center and a student inquiring about financial assistance. Following an introductory track providing contents information, each track contains a section answering a different question about federal student loans. The…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Cervantes, Angelica; Creusere, Marlena; McMillion, Robin; McQueen, Carla; Short, Matt; Steiner, Matt; Webster, Jeff – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2005
The Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965 has opened the doors of higher education to millions of academically qualified students. Like most bills that pass Congress, the HEA had resulted from numerous compromises. Congress has had several opportunities to review and modify the legislation over the years, but a solid foundation had been laid in 1965…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Equal Education, Higher Education, Student Financial Aid
Oregon State Scholarship Commission, Eugene. – 1994
This almanac contains 20 tables on Oregon higher education financial aid developed with data that the Oregon State Scholarship Commission collected when it surveyed 71 institutions in the state in October, 1993. Other sources of information include files of the Oregon Federal Family Education Loan program, Federal Department of Education summaries…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Enrollment, Expenditures, Federal Programs
Household International, Prospect Heights, IL. Money Management Inst. – 1990
This booklet provides guidance for students and families who seek help in meeting college costs. It begins with guidelines for developing a funding strategy, with tips on how to calculate amount needed and planner's net worth and including sample budget forms and balance sheets. This section is followed by descriptions of the investments…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Students, Consumer Education, Credit (Finance)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Santiago (Chile). Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. – 1987
At this regional colloquium 13 papers were presented concerning the relationship between education and employment. Themes addressed were: (1) the transformation of the workplace by technology and science; (2) the future of the disadvantaged population as a consequence of the technological revolution; and (3) the resulting changes in the education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Economically Disadvantaged
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1986
Information on federal student financial aid is provided for counselors. Step-by-step instructions on how to complete the federal application are provided, and application procedures that must be followed in these special circumstances are described: dependent students, independent students, national disaster area asset adjustment, and correcting…
Descriptors: College Students, Dependents, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Nickse, Ruth S.; Englander, Nancy – 1985
"Collaborations for Literacy" is a project conducted at Boston University (Massachusetts) that uses college work-study students to teach adults to read through reading to and with a child. This instruction is provided at two Boston neighborhood sites (Jackson-Mann Community School and the Brighton branch of the Boston Public Library).…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
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