What was the impact of government grants on the emerging national elementary school systems of the nineteenth century? This article deals with this question through a study of the introduction of matching government grants in Sweden during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The analysis shows that, although the government grants increased…

Section 107 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act), requires the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to conduct annual reviews and periodic on-site monitoring of programs authorized under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act to determine whether a state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency is…

Section 107 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act), requires the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to conduct annual reviews and periodic on-site monitoring of programs authorized under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act to determine whether a state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency is…

Section 107 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act), requires the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to conduct annual reviews and periodic on-site monitoring of programs authorized under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act to determine whether a state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency is…

Section 107 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act), requires the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to conduct annual reviews and periodic on-site monitoring of programs authorized under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act to determine whether a state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency is…

Governor Jerry Brown's January 2011 budget proposal suggests shifting responsibility and funding for many state programs from the state to the local level. Under this "realignment" of government authority, local governments--usually counties--would be given responsibility for providing the services in realigned programs, and the state…

Prior to 2003, virtual universities were being created at a rate that would question the usual perception that higher education rarely changed, or changed (if at all) at a glacial speed. No comprehensive study of what was actually being created had been done; nor had anyone tapped the experiences of the developers in the states to see what was…

A plan for educational reform in Michigan to increase accountability. (RA)

THE NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IS IN THREE PARTS--(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFER LOWER DIVISION TRANSFER COURSES AND MAY OFFER GENERAL ADULT EDUCATION COURSES AND VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. (2) TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OFFER ORGANIZED PROGRAMS FOR TRAINING TECHNICIANS AND MAY OFFER GENERAL ADULT EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL, TRADE, AND…

TO DETERMINE STATEWIDE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN RELATION TO EXISTING PRACTICES, DATA ARE DERIVED FROM OVER 500 INTERVIEWS AND CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS DOCUMENTS AND OTHER MATERIALS. RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE--(1) EXPANSION OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE TO REMEDY LOCAL INEQUITIES, (2) REVISION OF STATE LAWS TO REGULARIZE EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENT AND…

UNDER THE GENERAL DIRECTION AND CONTROL OF A STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN VIRGINIA ARE COMPREHENSIVE INSTITUTIONS OFFERING POST-HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS OF NOT MORE THAN TWO YEARS, TO INCLUDE OCCUPATIONAL AND TECHNICAL FIELDS, LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL EDUCATION, ADULT EDUCATION, PRECOLLEGE OR PRETECHNICAL…

AS THE HEAD OF THE STATE'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, THE BOARD OF REGENTS EXERCISES CONTROL OVER FOUR SEGMENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION--(1) THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, (2) THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, (3) THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES OPERATING WITHIN THE PROGRAM OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, AND (4) THE PRIVATELY CONTROLLED COLLEGES. IN 1964 THE REGENTS…

IN 1965-66, AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AGENCY STUDIED THE EXISTING STRUCTURE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN WASHINGTON AND CONCLUDED THAT (1) DEMAND FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION WILL INCREASE, ESPECIALLY IN NONTRANSFER PROGRAMS, (2) THE STATE SHOULD CONTINUE AND STRENGTHEN ITS OPEN DOOR POLICY, (3) A SYSTEM OF INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS IS…

IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, A STUDY OF POPULATION GROWTH AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA POINTED UP THE NEED FOR A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO POST-SCHOOL NON-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. AFTER REVIEWING PROGRAMS IN OTHER PARTS OF CANADA AND IN THE UNITED STATES, THE AUTHOR ANALYZED THE CURRENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN ALBERTA…

This report is one of a series of statements relating to the Oregon Board of Education priorities for Oregon education. It first identifies the factors contributing to the financial problem and then proposes activities to (1) simplify the structure by which education finance operates, (2) stabilize financing of the education program, (3)…