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Williams, David L. – 1977
This report reviews activities of a research project having the following objectives: identify selected personal characteristics of Iowa vocational agriculture students; determine how important students thought their vocational agriculture supervised occupation experience (SOE) was in developing occupational abilities; and determine how important…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Development, Educational Research, Farm Occupations
Deane, Robert T.; Smith, Lawrence – 1977
Technical notes are presented from a study that examined the degree to which cooperative education is a viable educational and/or financial aid mechanism for institutions of higher education to adopt. This volume gives graphs and tabular data on cohort selection, construction of net benefit streams (including graduate earnings and student…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, College Graduates, Cooperative Education, Cost Effectiveness
Bloom, Barbara I. – 1975
The report represents the results of a 1973 survey of senior students in hospital schools of nursing. Prepared by the American Hospital Association (AHA) Division of Career Information, the report is based on data compiled by the AHA Division of Survey Research. More than 11,000 students in 388 schools completed and returned a questionnaire which…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Baird, Leonard L. – 1974
This study of graduate and professional school students attempted to find out how students enter graduate and professional school and to assess their reactions to their experiences there. Following an introduction, the report includes: (1) a description of the sample students and how their current activities were related to their plans as seniors,…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Environment, College Programs, College Role
ALLEN, JAMES E., JR.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE EXPERIMENT OF CUE (CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING ENRICHMENT) WAS DESIGNED TO BRING THE BENEFITS OF THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES TO STUDENTS TO ENABLE THEM TO FORM TASTES, JUDGMENT ABILITIES, VALUES, AND BEHAVIORAL GOALS. SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL AREAS COVERED WERE ENGLISH, SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, INDUSTRIAL ARTS, AND HOME ECONOMICS. THE ELEMENTS OF THE CUE…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Case Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Enrichment
Spack, Ruth – 2002
This book examines the development, implementation, and aftermath of the U.S. government's language policy for indigenous people from 1860 to 1900. Analysis of archival documents, autobiographies, ethnography, and fiction examines why and how government-sponsored English-language classrooms for Native students came into being, how European…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Literature
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1997
This collection of graphs and text, part of a series describing the public colleges and universities in Virginia, are intended to answer the question, "What is it like to be a student at a public college or university in Virginia?" Most graphs provide data for fall 1995 and are broken down by individual four-year institution and the…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Class Size, College Faculty, College Students
Bergstrom, Amy; Cleary, Linda Miller; Peacock, Thomas D. – 2003
Many American Indian, First Nations, and Alaska Native cultures have prophecies about the "Seventh Generation"--young people who will have a spiritual and cultural awakening and lead the regeneration of the nations and the earth. This book honors the Seventh Generation. It draws on the words of 120 Native youth, interviewed in the United…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Students, American Indians, Canada Natives
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. – 1998
This report is designed to monitor the goals and related indicators established in May of 1993 regarding the participation and success of people of color in college. A review of the indicators suggests an increase in commitment to diversity. Colleges continue to provide equitable access to Asian/Pacific Islander, African American and Native…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Jose-Kampfner, Christina; Aparicio, Frances – 1998
Little attention has been given to institutional violence exercised by schools as a major stressor leading to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and high dropout rates among Latino students. Institutional violence is defined as the norms, values, and structures of institutions that exclude and discriminate against individuals of disadvantaged…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, College Students, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Terenzini, Patrick T. – NACADA Journal, 1995
Ten popular myths about higher education's effect on students are questioned. Issues include: test scores in assessment of college impact; college effect on student development; institutional resources/prestige and quality; two-year college attendance; educational quality at historically black colleges; teaching methods; faculty research; teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Colleges, College Outcomes Assessment
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Lomawaima, K. Tsianina – Journal of American Indian Education, 1996
Examines the career of Estelle Reed, federally appointed Superintendent of Indian Schools, 1898-1910. Discusses Reel's development of the Uniform Course of Study (a highly detailed, primarily vocational curriculum); racist ideology; girls'"domestic training" to transform Indian family life; instruction in traditional Native crafts; and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian History, Biographies
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Eveslage, Thomas – Social Education, 1990
Observing that school official censorship often produces a sense of futility and resignation among students, criticizes recent student press censorship. Argues student experience of First Amendment freedoms is the best teacher of citizenship and democratic values. Contrasts instances of censorship to student press articles where First Amendment…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Civics
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Repa, Barbara Kate – Social Education, 1990
Recounts a lawyer's personal experience teaching high school students from the wrong side of the tracks about the U.S. Constitution as part of a pilot program. Suggests that linking legal issues to students' personal lives. Can inspire as well as inform. (CH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
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Banks, James A. – Social Studies, 1990
Examines the challenge of educating increasing numbers of minority and impoverished students to produce effective citizens and future workers. Offers a lesson on reconceptualizing European westward expansion to analyze the social construction of knowledge. Argues that schools can and must help students think critically, deal with social and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Cultural Pluralism
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