Farming and food related businesses generate one out of five jobs in the private economy and account for about 20 percent of the gross national product. These instructional materials, designed for use in secondary schools, encourage students to explore the significance of farming to the U.S. economy and the major problems confronting U.S.…

This paper provides an overview of U.S. Department of Education programs authorized and funded under federal law. It includes information as well on the laboratories, centers, and other facilities funded by the Department that provide important resources for education. Each entry, which gives a brief overview of a program or resource, is listed…

This brochure contains suggestions for individuals repaying student loans on how they might benefit from Direct Loans, a program which consolidates multiple loans into a single account and offers favorable repayment terms, convenience, financial flexibility, and competitive interest rates. The brochure contains information on factors to be…

This guide for students considering attending a college or career school uses a question-and-answer format to provide practical information on student financial aid available from the federal government. Questions and answers are organized into the following categories: choosing a school; paying tuition and other costs how the Department of…

This directory lists and describes programs for minority group members in the areas of career information, employment skills development, and financial aid for higher education. It is divided into three sections. Section 1 covers general employment and educational assistance programs, including national, regional, and area scholarship programs,…

This guide, in Spanish, is for students seeking financial aid for attending a college or career school. The guide uses a question-and-answer format to provide practical information on student financial aid available from the federal government. Questions and answers are organized into the following categories: choosing a school; paying tuition and…

This booklet contains suggestions to assist Alaskans interested in postsecondary education through the process of selecting a school, a program, and a financial plan. The document proposes as a first step that potential students research fields in which they are interested, talk to people in the field, confer with high school and college…

This booklet is part of a series designed to help students take and defend a position on public issues. This unit on the New Deal era raises the following issues: (1) How responsible should the government be for the economic well being of citizens? To what extent should this responsibility outweigh traditional ideas of property rights? (2) What…

Disabled students preparing for the transition from high school to working life will find current, practical information in this reference circular, which was prepared to facilitate the transition to higher education or directly to a work situation. The information is arranged according to three basic transition models: (1) without special…

This guide offers suggestions to high school students with and without disabilities as they begin to prepare for careers. It focuses on the variety of work-based learning experience available. These include informational interviews with people working in fields of interest; job shadowing in an occupational area of interest; service learning in…

This Student Aid Handbook presents suggestions for prospective applicants to consider when choosing a college or university which bet meets the candidate's needs and goals. The Handbook describes four areas to consider and related questions when researching a field of study or school: national accreditation or state authorizations, courses, costs,…

This guide, written in Spanish, describes federal student aid programs for postsecondary education and how to apply for them. It begins by outlining sources for learning about student aid, such as school financial aid administrators, state higher education agencies, foundations, organizations related to particular fields of interest and toll-free…

Executive Order 11873 was introduced in June 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson in a speech at Howard University. This order began the first of the federal government's affirmative action programs. Since that time, these programs have become a major topic among not only government officials at all levels of government but the general population…

This directory is one component of the Career Survival Kit prepared for teenage parents in Wisconsin. The directory lists resources in Wisconsin for education, employment, social services, and organizations in a variety of areas that can help students with their roles as parent/homemaker and wage earner/student. The directory identifies…

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. The information pertains to the year from July 2003 through June 2004. Following an introductory track containing information about the contents of the CD,…