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Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2006
America's leaders are increasingly concerned about U.S. competitiveness in a rapidly globalizing world. In response, during the 2006 State of the Union Address, President Bush introduced the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) to promote policy that bolsters student achievement in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and…
Descriptors: Science Education, Mathematics Education, Engineering Education, Technology Education
Choy, Susan P.; Berkner, Lutz; Lee, John; Topper, Amelia – US Department of Education, 2009
The "Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005" created two new grant programs for undergraduates: the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) program and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (National SMART) Grant program. The ACG program is intended to encourage students to take challenging courses in high school and thus…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Postsecondary Education, High Schools, Income
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
During the 1985-86 school year the following three New York City high schools received federal funds under Chapter II, Subchapter C, for the development of special programs in the following subjects: (1) A. Philip Randolph--engineering; (2) Townsend Harris--the humanities; and (3) The Paul Robeson School--business and technology. Each of these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education), Business Education, Career Awareness