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Download full textCongress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. – 1985
This document contains hearings on the oversight of the Census Bureau. The Hon. Robert Garcia (chairman of the subcommittee) presided. The statement of the Hon. Robert T. Matsui, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, indicated a concern regarding what definition should be used to reflect accurately the extent of poverty in…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Federal Government, Federal Programs, Hearings
Florida A and M Univ., Tallahassee. – 1985
This document comprises the proceedings of a conference that brought together administrators, researchers, and faculty from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to address the growing problem of retaining black students. Activities were structured into 5 general sessions, 16 concurrent sessions, and 2 special sessions. Principal…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Persistence, Black Colleges, Black Students
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report is the official record of an open forum on recommendations from the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services sponsored by the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), a federal agency charged with advising the President and the Congress on library and information policies and plans.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Childrens Libraries, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1989
This publication offers a summary of a symposium designed to elicit dialogue on the costs and benefits of eliminating the restrictions on institutional lending in the Stafford Loan Program. Approximately 100 people, representing postsecondary institutions, commercial lenders, guaranty agencies, secondary markets, loan servicing groups, and…
Descriptors: Banking, Colleges, Educational Finance, Eligibility
Kanaskie, Nancy J., Ed. – 1985
Eight papers presented at a 1-day conference on poverty in Wisconsin are collected in this volume. The first six papers focus on poverty within the state and its effects on particular groups such as women, racial minorities, the elderly, and those in rural areas. The last two papers examine these findings in light of current poverty programs and…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Fatherless Family, Federal Programs
Nellum (A.L.) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report describes the purpose, process, and outcomes of the Symposium on "Policy and Program Issues Related to Child and Family Services to Black Americans," sponsored by the Division of Black American Affairs of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). In stage one of the symposium task group activities, the participants, who came…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Children
Symposium on Information Resources, Services and Programs Proceedings (Austin, Texas, May 24, 1990).
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1990
The purpose of the symposium reported in this paper was to forge a consensus on how federal information and intervention strategies can be improved to raise the postsecondary enrollment and persistence rates of disadvantaged and minority youth. Speakers outlined the systemic forces that forestall access and their consequences for at-risk youth.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1984
Four major topics are addressed in these papers presented at the Hispanic Roundtable meeting: current staffing patterns at community colleges, transferability trends among Hispanic students, employment barriers, and legislative issues. Introductory comments by Maria Barrera are followed by Mary Jane Garza's paper, "Current Staffing…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, College Transfer Students
Gustafson, John A., Ed.; And Others – 1983
These conference proceedings on policies and practices for environmental futures are organized in four main sections: plenary sessions; interest-group sessions; resolutions; and recommendations. Among the topic areas addressed during plenary sessions are environmental education (EE) for the 1980s, a television correspondent's perspective of the…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Killian, Molly S., Ed.; And Others – 1986
This report contains five papers with discussions identifying policy and research issues in rural labor markets, assessing the adequacy of existing data and theories for researching these issues, and assigning priorities to research questions. The papers focus on rural economic goals, market linkages with metropolitan, national, and international…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Economic Development, Federal Programs, Government Role
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of Adult Education. – 1983
This booklet presents the proceedings of a conference on the relationship between bilingual education and desegregation in California. The topics covered by the speakers at the general session were: (1) Desegregation and Bilingual Education: A National Perspective; (2) Legal Requirements Related to Desegregation and Bilingual Education; (3) Role…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Effects
Walker, Sylvia, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This conference proceedings report focuses on the theme of "lifelong transitions" in the context of strengthening linkages between the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and parents and families of special needs students throughout the United States. Section 1 includes the following presentations: "Lifelong…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. – 1991
This conference was held to enhance communication between the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and State education agency staffs, and to furnish information and technical assistance to State agencies in the areas of data management and improvement of data reliability, validity, and comparability. Abstracts of presentations include the…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Disabilities
National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, Washington, DC. – 1988
A child born in Japan, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Singapore, or any of 12 other industrialized nations has a better chance of surviving his or her first year than does a child born in the United States. This is because too many babies are born too small, too many are born too soon, and too many mothers never get decent care…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Birth Weight, Community Programs, Employed Parents
Doyle, Denis P., Ed.; And Others – 1987
This book, divided into three sections, comprises papers delivered at a conference on "Alternative Strategies in Compensatory Education," convened by the staff of the National Assessment of Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and designed to aid Congress in its 1987 reauthorization of Chapter 1. The introduction,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
