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Download full textNellum (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
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1989
This symposium was intended to promote discussion of policies, procedures, and activities to enhance collaboration among programs of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in ways that would contribute to more efficient and effective management of the nation's overall educational research, development, and dissemination…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Educational Cooperation, Educational Policy, Educational Research
1974
Participants at this four-day meeting of the Teacher Corps Planning Conference discussed the past function of the Corps and possible future courses. The general outline of the agenda was to look into the substantive fields for Teacher Corps focus and the priority needs in teacher education to which the Teacher Corps should address itself. Project…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Human Environment Center, Washington, DC. – 1981
The Human Environment Center held a national conference on Youth Conservation Jobs and Service in May, 1981, in Washington, D.C., attended by approximately 100 representatives of minority, employment, youth, environmental, and national service interests. The conferees concurred that the Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) and the Youth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Conservation (Environment), Disadvantaged Youth
Peck, Julie L., Ed. – 1977
In major presentations in these proceedings, national leaders discuss futuristic ideas about aging. An awareness of the present and future rights and responsibilities of older persons and the personnel working with them is developed in the variety of topics presented. Topics include: current practices, education, housing, law, creative life…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Conference Reports, Delivery Systems, Employment Problems
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
Veterans Administration, Washington, DC. Dept. of Medicine and Surgery. – 1975
Major contents of this report are the four major presentations made at a workshop designed to give 200 nursing service chiefs a uniform approach for upgrading and expanding skills and knowledge relevant to achieving the mission of the Veterans Administration (VA) Nursing Service. "Facing the Future" focuses on the VA Nursing Service as…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Administrative Change, Community Health Services
Willis, Bernice H., Ed. – 1981
The aims of this conference on education in the South were to identify important trends, garner expertise on the trends, and explore emerging educational issues. The conference produced 67 papers and talks presented at five subject sessions in addition to opening and closing sessions. Papers from the opening session discuss the role of technology…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Oriented Programs, Economic Development, Educational Change
Kumata, Ruth; Murata, Alice – 1980
This report presents the proceedings of a Chicago conference and other information acquired as part of a project designed to increase the access of Asian and Pacific American women to U.S. Department of Labor programs. The first part of the report describes the Chicago conference and includes several articles: (1) a history of Asian women in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Business, Case Studies, Employed Women
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1993
This report gathers papers prepared for a design conference for the evaluation of the Federal Talent Search Program, an early intervention program to identify gifted and talented financially needy students and connect them with discretionary grants for higher education. An introductory paper synthesizes major conference themes. These include: (1)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. – 1996
This document presents the proceedings for the Office of Special Education Programs' 6th Annual Technical Assistance and Dissemination Meeting held on January 16-18, 1996, in Washington, DC. Conference discussions centered around changing expectations for local and state education agencies and technical assistance and dissemination (TA&D)…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Humes, Barbara – 1999
The United States Department of Education invited leading professionals who work in the library field in federal agencies, universities, associations, and foundations to a meeting in Washington, DC to explore the need for national focus on library research. Each participant suggested a research issue of particular concern to their organization and…
Descriptors: Conferences, Federal Programs, Futures (of Society), Information Services
Chelius, James, Ed. – 1986
This volume includes the following conference papers: "The Status and Direction of Workers' Compensation" (James R. Chelius); "The Minnesota Experience with Workers' Compensation Reform" (Steve Keefe); "The 1982 Changes in California" (Alan Tebb); "Two Rounds of Workers' Compensation Reform in Michigan" (H.…
Descriptors: Accidents, Administrator Attitudes, Asbestos, Comparative Analysis
Gim, Wever; Litwin, Tybel – 1980
Five case studies describe experiences in the resettlement of Indochinese refugees in Albuquerque, New Mexico; San Diego, California; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Des Moines, Iowa. The case studies focus on local government and community attitudes toward the refugees; patterns of resettlement; and the nature and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Role, Educational Needs
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
