ATTITUDES AND EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS OF TEACHERS WHO RECEIVED PRESERVICE TEACHING EXPERIENCE WITH ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
This study attempted to appraise the relative effects of Project CO. P.E., A Glassboro State College pro gram designed to offer junior year, elementary education students experience in teaching the deprived. The pro cedure involved locating, contacting, and collecting survey data for a combined total of 120 Ss from the CO. P. E. and comparison group. The primary data-gathering instrument was a foUow-up questionnaire. The conclusions which emerged from the use of the questionnaire, returned by 91 percent of the invited sample, suggest that as an educational venture aimed at increasing the number of Glassboro graduates who obtain employment in urban centers and inspiring these graduates to maintain a continued interest in the deprived, Project CO. P.E. may have failed to realize its objectives. The program appeared to be somewhat more successful in regard to the objective of providing preservice experiences which would be beneficial in relation to subsequent employment situations. IN THE LAST DECADE, the inequities in educa- I