This document is the implementation plan for the Information Technology for the 21st Century (IT[squared]) initiative. With this initiative, the Federal Government is making an important re-commitment to fundamental research in information technology. The initiative proposes $366 million in increased investments in computing, information, and…

Noting the importance of good nutrition to out-of-school time programs serving children, this strategy brief provides an overview of the major sources of federal food and nutrition funds that can support out-of-school time and community school programs. The brief then highlights five strategies that community leaders and program developers can…

This article identifies: (1) programs designed to remove barriers keeping minority groups from entering health occupational training programs; (2) fourteen institutions designing or offering this kind of curriculum; and (3) Federal programs which have offered sources of funding to institutions wishing to engage in activities to increase minority…

The Head Start program has survived two decades of fiscal and policy challenges because of its multi-faceted character. Head Start sits astride an intellectual divide, contradicting both liberal and conservative social policy dogma. (Author/GC)

Provides data on Research and Development (R&D) spending by U.S. industry, outlays by the chemical industry, basic research vs applied research vs development, spending by other industries for chemical research, pharmaceutical research, and budgets of individual companies. (Author/HM)

Differences between state and local special education programs and the state-federal vocational rehabilitation (VR) program are highlighted, through discussion of the history of the state-federal VR program, the differing definitions of disabilities, operation of the VR program, funding differences, and resultant differences in evaluation…

Examines the influence of various sociopolitical factors on government policies in two federal programs, those for the gifted and talented and those for bilingual education. Traces the evolution of these programs and compares their backgrounds to determine the influences shaping federal funding and program implementation. (GLR)

Outlines the evolution, including funding and political issues, of the federally funded TRIO Programs, designed to respond to unmet needs of poor students, and describes the history of the Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel, one of ten regional associations, and its parent national organization. (MSE)

Sustainability is a critical issue for out-of-school programs. Time-limited grants, narrow categorical funding streams, and difficult economic conditions leave program leaders in a continual struggle to find a stable base of resources to continue their program over time. In the face of these challenges, many out-of-school initiatives have…

This report presents the student loan default rate for individual postsecondary institutions for fiscal years (FY) 1994, 1995, and 1996. Cohort default rates are cataloged by state and in descending order of the cohort default rate. Types of loan programs in which schools are currently participating are also listed for each school. Included for…

The current displaced worker initiative towers over the 30-year effort to bring the economically disadvantaged into the mainstream of the labor market. The Congressional Budget Office defines displacement as all workers 18 years of age and older who lose full-time employment due to slack work, job abolition, or plant closure. Major displaced…

During the 1980s, federal spending for procurement, particularly defense procurement, retirement and survivors' benefits, medical benefits, and agricultural assistance payments grew dramatically, while spending for grants and salaries and wages lagged. But, the overall distribution of funding between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas remained…

As one of a series of topic papers assessing federal laws and programs affecting persons with disabilities, this paper describes the major components of a comprehensive program to prevent disabilities, including programs to maximize health care, programs to maximize educational growth and sound psychological development, and programs for public…

This report is designed to provide a comprehensive picture of funding by federal agencies to two-year colleges during fiscal year 1981. Tables provide information on the source of funding; specific programs funded; the amount of funds authorized; the amount appropriated; funds obtained by two-year colleges; total number of awards; total number of…