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Download full textDoty, Charles R., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1987
The essays in this collection attempt to provide a conceptual framework for the process of occupational curriculum development. The collection includes: (1) "Federal Government Involvement in Technical Curriculum Development," by John G. Nealon; (2) "The Challenge of Curriculum Development: From Idea to Reality," by Judith F. Raulf and Marilyn C.…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Articulation (Education), Certification, Community Colleges
Leahy, Meredyth A. – 1991
The evolution of the Adult Education Act (AEA) in the last 25 years illustrates the progress of adult basic education (ABE) in the United States. A detailed look at the literature and outcomes of AEA-funded projects provides a sense of the effectiveness of 25 years of federal involvement. The passage of the AEA in 1966 led to the first systematic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Legislation
Kagan, Sharon L. – 1995
Research has increased our knowledge about the relationship between demographic conditions, family life, and child outcomes. Such increased knowledge has filtered into public consciousness. American parents recognize they can benefit from help in meeting their parenting duties, and social service providers are responding to parents' needs.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Cultural Differences, Government Role
Miller, Juliet – 1983
The displaced worker is an individual who has been laid off from a job and has little or no hope of returning to that particular position. The number of displaced workers is large and is apt to increase. Displaced workers are typically male, older, not highly educated, and are union members with several years of seniority and above-average wages.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Business Responsibility, Cooperative Programs, Dislocated Workers
The ERIC Review, 1990
"The ERIC Review" announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This inaugural issue contains two principal articles: "Drug-Free Schools: A National Challenge," by Samuel Y. Fustukjian, and "Drug Testing," by Amy Klauke and Margaret Hadderman. In addition, the following major features concerned…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Drug Use Testing, Educational Resources
Morse, Susanne W. – 1984
Current types of industry-sponsored educational programs, training facilities, and teaching and evaluation methods are described. The history of education and training within the corporate world and the roles of government and unions are traced. Factors that have limited college and industrial cooperation in employee education are also identified.…
Descriptors: College Role, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Government Role
Pinkerton, Dianna – 1991
This digest summarizes information on the roles of the Federal Government, the family, and teachers in preparing young children with disabilities for school. Noted are relevant provisions of Public Law 99-457, the 1986 Amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act (Part B), including development of Individualized Family Service Plans to aid…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Educational Legislation
Burnett, Gary; And Others – 1994
Critics of the Federal Title I and Chapter 1 compensatory education programs to increase the academic skills of disadvantaged children suggest that the return for the Federal investment has been small and that designers have not created programs that work. When the compensatory education programs were conceived, their promise was immense. During…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Disinger, John F. – 1986
An International Congress on Environmental Education has been announced for Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), during late summer 1987, to mark the tenth anniversary of the October 1977 Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR. This document reviews the outcome of the 1977 conference,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Global Approach
Loring, Rosalind K. – 1979
This report presents issues which have been identified as affecting the preparation of women for professional and managerial careers. Issues examined in the first section, counseling, are educational and psychological skills; assessment of skills, abilities, opportunities, and realities; specialization for professional positions; assessment of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Affirmative Action, Child Care, Counseling
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. – 1990
The computer search reprint provides abstracts of 122 references concerned with rationales for and against the Regular Education Initiative. Citations were selected from the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) and ECER (Exceptional Children Education Resources) databases. Introductory sections explain: how citations are arranged; what…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Role
Grotberg, Edith H. – 1980
This symposium paper discusses ways the federal government is and has been involved in parenting since the foundation of the nation. Included in this discussion are the federal role in funding research related to families and parenting; family research conducted by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (DHEW); the National Institute of…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Family Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Brynildssen, Shawna – 2002
Statistics on the literacy skills of America's children reveal that approximately 40% of students across the nation cannot read at a basic level. And for low-income students, the figure is even worse. In response to this situation, a number of efforts are underway--spearheaded by federal and state policymakers and a number of independent…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Government Role, Literacy
ERIC Review, 1994
"The ERIC Review" is published three times a year and announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This issue explores systemic education reform via an overview of systemic reform, a description of the Kentucky example, and an article, "Roadmap to Restructuring" (David T.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
Preston, Nancy R., Comp. – 1990
The 15 citations in this bibliography were selected through a computer search of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database. Documents and journal articles featured here pertain to the first and second White House Conferences on Library and Information Services (the second conference was originally proposed for 1989). The…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Federal Programs, Government Role, Information Needs
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