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American Council on Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
Issues and recommendations concerning a national policy for undergraduate science education are examined from the perspectives of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the corporate sector, and the National Higher Education Associations' Task Force. In "The Federal Role in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Education," NSF Director…
Descriptors: College Science, Economic Factors, Engineering Education, Federal Aid
Download full textPublic Health Service (DHHS), Rockville, MD. – 1981
This fourth volume of the 1981 Report of the Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health presents a collection of commissioned papers prepared in order to provide working groups of the panel with background information on major areas of health care and health policy toward children and pregnant women. The papers are grouped according to the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Background, Children, Females
Carter, David S. G., Ed.; O'Neill, Marnie H., Ed. – 1995
This book focuses on educational change processes in the context of larger scale educational reform. The first of 2 volumes, the book contains 11 chapters that examine the historical, social, and economic forces at work in the formulation and implementation of educational policy. The chapters present different cross-cultural experiences of…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Decentralization, Educational Change, Educational History
Beach, Jane; And Others – 1994
This book consists of working papers presented at the national child care conference and is intended to rejuvenate interest in the child care agenda for the 1990s. The first paper addresses child care policy and its relationship to child and family poverty, and child care and its connection to economic and labor force strategies. The second paper…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Economic Impact, Employed Women
Goddard, Lawford L., Ed. – 1993
The chapters of this report provide a starting point for the development of authentic prevention strategies for use in the African-American community, specifically for high risk youth. It is neither a "how to" manual nor a mandate for specific program details, but it does highlight the key components of alcohol and other drug abuse…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Alcohol Abuse, Biological Influences, Black Community
Hawley, Willis D., Ed; Jackson, Anthony W., Ed. – 1995
This book seeks to summarize what is known about sources of racial and ethnic prejudice in the United States and to identify ways that individuals and organizations can act to reduce intolerance and discrimination. The volume's 17 chapters are organized into four parts. Part I, "The Changing Policy Context," contains: (1) "Schooling and Social…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Van Zyl Slabbert, F., Ed.; And Others – 1994
In view of the sweeping political and social changes in South Africa, the Human Sciences Research Council and other agencies established the Co-operative Research Programme: South African Youth, a program to undertake research on the problems, challenges, and opportunities facing South African youth. This report presents the information base of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Differences, Economic Factors, Educational Policy
Kamerman, Sheila B., Ed.; Kahn, Alfred J., Ed. – 1996
"Confronting the New Politics of Child and Family Policy in the United States" is an 18-month project designed to help states, local governments, and the voluntary sector as they respond to the social policy debates and changes precipitated by the 104th Congress. The project's main vehicle will be a series of reports, based on a series…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs
Commission on Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA. Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. – 1993
This publication reports on two December 1993 events of the Commission on Higher Education events which addressed the reauthorized Higher Education Act and regulations to be issued by the Department of Education during January 1994. The first event described in the report featured United States Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley. The report…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Huff, C. Ronald, Ed. – 1990
This book comprised of theories and findings from researchers concerning youth gangs in the United States, is organized into the following five parts: (1) Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives on the Gang and the Community; (2) Defining and Measuring Gang Violence; (3) Diffusion, Diversity, and Drugs; (4) Assessing the Changing Knowledge…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Crime, Delinquency
Jakubs, Deborah – 1989
The introduction to this Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit explains the Conspectus method, which was developed in 1980 by the Research Libraries Group (RLG) as a means of systematically and qualitatively evaluating large library collections. The discussion considers advantages and disadvantages of this tool, which evaluates past…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Wehman, Paul; And Others – 1989
The monograph presents preliminary results from 27 states that received systems change model demonstration funds from the U.S. Rehabilitation Services Administration in 1986 and 1987. These funds were targeted to modify existing adult day programs for persons with severe disabilities and provide supported employment programs as alternative…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Federal Regulation
Bittle, Edgar H., Ed. – 1986
Defining the role of the school district's attorney and selecting the proper individual to fill that role are the two major topics of this booklet. The first chapter, by Edgar H. Bittle, reviews the district counsel's range of responsibilities. Chapter 2, by Ralph D. Stern, focuses on the attorney's role in policy matters. In the third chapter,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Policy, Bond Issues, Educational Administration
Anton, Thomas J.; And Others – 1979
Fourteen planning papers commissioned by the National Institute of Education in preparation for a study of vocational education are presented. The papers are organized into four sections. Section one deals with selected features of federal grant-in-aid programs and contains these papers: "On Implementing the Vocational Amendments of…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Swan, Wallace K., Ed. – 1997
The essays in this collection portray the cultural struggle that is taking place in the United States between those who support a variety of high-priority gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender initiatives and those who strongly oppose them. These issues revolve around the workplace, youth and education, relationships and legal rights, and…
Descriptors: Bisexuality, Civil Rights, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
