Portability enables interactive courseware (ICW) and associated application programs to operate on computer-based systems other than the ones on which they are developed. Courseware portability will increase sharing of ICW across a range of instructional settings within military services and across internationally allied military services. The…

This pamphlet has been prepared for elementary and secondary school administrators, teachers, counselors, parents, and students. It describes school retention problems associated with teenage pregnancy and parenthood and the requirements pertaining to these issues contained in the U.S. Department of Education regulation implementing Title IX.…

The Portable Courseware Project (PORTCO) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is typical of projects worldwide that require standard software interfaces. This paper articulates the strategy whereby the federal multimedia courseware initiative leverages the open systems movement and the new realities of information technology. The federal…

An interview with Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley conducted on September 27, 1993 by representatives of the National Association of College Admission Counselors (NACAC) is recorded in this bulletin. The interviewers were NACAC President Cleve Latham, President-elect Margaret Williamson, and Executive Director Frank Burtnett. Their purpose…

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) should provide disabled working women with better employment prospects and greater earning capacities. The ADA prohibits discrimination in all terms and conditions of employment against qualified disabled persons who can perform the essential functions of a given job with or without reasonable…

This paper reports on a study examining what critical information in the Hazardous Materials Information eXchange (HMIX), a national electronic bulletin board sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is of value to local government officials who have a need for the information. HMIX has two…

This discussion paper identifies how the New England Facility could be established to offer service for the blind and physically handicapped. Following a premise which outlines typical library services, the New England Facility is described in terms of its approach to service; facility size (total square footage); staffing needs and…

This handbook for higher education faculty is designed to inform them of the nature and extent of alcohol and other drug abuse on the nation's campuses and to enlist their involvement in responding to these problems. Based on the premise that each individual can make a difference, the faculty member is encouraged to help shape the campus…

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor reported on the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994, which would extend for 6 years the programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. This report suggests that legislation with amendments and recommends that the bill be passed. The Improving America's…

This issue brief analyzes the two new child care grant programs that were established during the 101st Congress. It also analyzes the new and expanded tax credits created to assist low-income families with children. The provisions of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and the Child Care Services Entitlement concern: (1) eligibility…

While most categorical programs are subject to problems stemming from local, state, and Federal overlap, the problems produced by these parallel structures in bilingual education appear to be dissipating through local capacity-building, increased state legislation for bilingual education, and Federal awareness of its role and support for state and…

Reviewed is the literature on the susceptibility of handicapped children to abuse, the consequences of abuse to children, the responsibilities of educators, and federal programs on child abuse and neglect. (DB)

After reviewing the patterns of financing postsecondary education in Canada before and after 1967, including federal and provincial responsibility and cost burdens of students, the author proposes a new integrated system of student assistance designed to reduce inequality of opportunity and induce entrance of students into occupations of high…

Higher education has made decisions on behalf of government through federal use of the accreditation system, private needs analysis systems, and peer review for allocating program, student aid, and research funds. Noting that these procedures are threatened, the author calls for reform of higher education management to preserve some autonomy. (JT)

A brief history of the development of the limited-purpose Federal education programs is used as background to make a case for the diminishing likelihood of a major Federal initiative beyond the presently enacted categorical grant programs. It is noted that present limited Federal programs, centering on education for the disadvantaged have been…