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Dwyer, Kathy, Ed.; Spas, Diana, Ed. – 1991
This document summarizes a conference sponsored by the Montana University Affiliated Rural Institute on Disabilities (Rural Institute). The Rural Institute is a center for interdisciplinary, multi-organizational research, service, and training projects aimed toward improving the lives of persons with disabilities who live, work, and recreate in…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
McDowell, Bruce D., Ed.; Casey, Joan, Ed. – 1988
This document comprises a collection of conference papers that provide a broad understanding of the problem of homelessness, highlight innovative local and state responses, and uncover key intergovernmental issues that must be addressed in order to improve public and private action. The conference was attended by more than 100 federal, state, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Federal Legislation, Government Role
Gill, George A., Ed.; And Others – 1975
Addressing the theme "An Education for Every American Indian", the workshop proceedings, keynote address, and Inter-Tribal Council Report included in this document are presented in the original language of the conference participants. The nine workshop reports are titled as follows: "Indian Education and School Systems";…
Descriptors: Accountability, American Indians, Biculturalism, College Students
Teich, Albert H., Ed.; Weinberg, Jill P., Ed. – 1982
Provided are papers and speeches presented at the Seventh Annual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Colloquium on Research and Development (R&D) Policy. Presenters included key representatives of Congress, the Reagan administration, government agencies, and those involved in industry and university R&D. Major areas…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Science, Development, Engineering
Mid-Atlantic Teacher Corps Network, Philadelphia, PA. – 1979
The conference's keynote address is presented by Bernard C. Watson. Papers include: Vantage from the State Department of Education, by Robert G. Scanlon (Pennsylvania); Minimum Competency: As the Public Sees the Question, by Jacqueline Grennan Wexler; Minimum Competency Testing (MCT): A Tripartite Response from the Profession, by W. James Popham;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bureaucracy, Community Attitudes, Educational Policy
Hohenshil, Thomas H., Ed.; Sheppard, N. Alan, Ed. – 1975
The document presents the full texts of conference papers that examine views and programs in career development for disadvantaged youth, including minority and low income groups, and the handicapped. Four papers under the heading of Major Addresses discuss: (1) career development strategies for disadvantaged rural youth, (2) career development for…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Caldwell, Melissa B. – 1984
This report summarizes a national invitational conference at which 36 representatives from business, industry, education, and government addressed the ways in which the issues of skill obsolescence, unemployment, illiteracy, displacement, and finance of career development affect adult learners, employers, and providers of education and training.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Development, Cooperative Planning
Hollenbeck, Kevin, Ed.; And Others – 1984
This volume presents 19 papers and reactor comments from the third annual Policy Forum on Employability Development, which focused on the information and program options needed to prevent and ameliorate worker displacement. The first four papers describe and assess the context of the problem. Topics include national policy and local program…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Conference Proceedings, Dislocated Workers


