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Barnett, Elisabeth, Ed. – Update on Research and Leadership, 2002
This issue (v14 n1) of the University of Illinois'"On Research and Leadership Update" contains seven articles. The first, "Community College and Beyond: A National Evaluation of Tech Prep," by Debra Bragg, discusses results of the author's study of student experiences and outcomes in eight local tech-prep consortia in the U.S.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment, Enrollment, Federal Aid
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National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1980
The data presented in this report come from the Bureau of the Census in the annual Survey of Industrial Research and Development. Information includes: (1) R&D expenditures by U.S. firms rose 12% between 1977 and 1978 to a total of $33.4 billion; (2) the increases in U.S. industrial R&D activity reflected in R&D funding were confirmed in…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Financial Support, Government Role, Industry
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Science Resources Studies Highlights, 1983
These highlights are based on mail responses to a National Science Foundation (NSF) inquiry to its Industrial Panel of Science and Technology, and interviews with other research and development (R&D) officials. Although it is not intended to be a statistically valid sample of R&D firms, NSF's Industrial Panel includes representatives from all…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
St. Lifer, Evan; Olson, Renee; Margolis, Rick; Glick, Andrea; Milliot, Jim – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1999
Includes the following reports: "'LJ' (Library Journal) News Report: Libraries Success at Funding Books and Bytes"; "'SLJ' (School Library Journal) News Report: We're in the Money!"; and "'PW' (Publishers Weekly) News Reports". (AEF)
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Books, Budgets, Financial Support
Early Childhood Bulletin, 1991
This issue of the "Early Childhood Bulletin" consists of excerpts from recommendations prepared by the Education Task Force of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), which were presented to the Senate and the House of Representatives as part of the reauthorization of Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA).…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Appropriate Technology, Coordination, Disabilities
Walker, Sherry Freeland, Ed. – State Education Leader, 2001
Noting that growing consensus about the importance of the first 5 years of life has prompted in-depth considerations about the systemic quality of early care and education in the United States, this issue of "State Education Leader" examines various aspects of early learning. Topics considered in this issue are: (1) key issues in financing early…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Day Care, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Carr, Theresa, Ed. – HKNC-TAC News, 1994
This theme issue of a newsletter that focuses on transition of youths who are deaf-blind discusses the topic of assistive technology. An introduction introduces the issue and notes the vast array of homemade low technology and commercially available high technology assistive aids and devices that enable adults with sensory disabilities to live,…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Deaf Blind
Klein, Stanley D., Ed. – Exceptional Parent, 1993
This document consists of the nine issues of the journal "Exceptional Parent" published during 1993. This journal contains articles particularly aimed at parents of children with disabilities. Major articles published during this period are the following: "Annual Guide to Products and Services"; "Coping with…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Child Rearing, Disabilities, Family Programs
Michie, Meredith, Comp.; Keane, David, Comp. – Institute of Family Studies Newsletter, 1984
Substantive articles in this newsletter issue concern: (1) issues related to reproductive technology; (2) marriage and family questions for the 1986 census; (3) fault and violence in the family court; (4) children and young people in institutional care; (5) marriage counseling initiatives; (6) employment and families; and (7) family life in…
Descriptors: Administration, Children, Court Litigation, Databases
Dugan, Siobhan – Education of the Handicapped, 1986
A part-by-part comparison of the old Education of the Handicapped Act with the new law (P.L. 99-457) is presented. The new law reauthorizes the Education of the Handicapped Act through 1991, mandates education of handicapped children ages 3 to 5 by 1991, and adds a new Part H, which provides for early childhood intervention for handicapped…
Descriptors: American Indians, Deaf Blind, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Arizona Board of Regents, Phoenix. – 1988
Volume Two of a report by the Arizona Board of Regents' independent citizen commission to examine the performance of the state's three public universities presents 26 working papers in four sections. Section One, Research and Graduate Education/Universities: A State Resource, offers five papers, including: "University Research and Economic…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advanced Placement, Blue Ribbon Commissions, College Administration