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Download full textCedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2023
This report summarises the outcomes of the first (micro) phase of the thematic country reviews (TCRs) on upskilling pathways in France, which reflect the points of view of both the beneficiaries of the outreach and guidance schemes and services under investigation, and the professionals involved in their implementation. The TCR on upskilling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Adults, Unskilled Workers
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1988
On May 10, 1950, President Truman signed the bill creating the National Science Foundation (NSF). The act provided for a National Science Board to be created and the law directed the agency to encourage and develop a national policy for the promotion of basic research and education in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological, engineering,…
Descriptors: National Programs, Policy, Science Education, Science History
Piven, Herman; Alcabes, Abraham – 1969
This is the second part of a study about correctional institutions which focuses on manpower and training for criminal justice with special reference to correctional institutions. The first part of the report presents a schema for the assessment of manpower shortages and strategies. The remainder of the document analyzes the custodial staff, the…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Counseling, Labor Needs, National Programs
Peer reviewedHammond, Allen L. – Science, 1973
Article provides an account of alternatives for solving energy shortage problems in future years. A national policy is needed. More concerted effort should be made to develop technologies for conversion of energy from conventional and non-conventional resources so that energy is cheaper, available for use and without environmental hazards. (PS)
Descriptors: Energy, National Programs, Natural Resources, Policy
Peer reviewedMcDaniel, Drew; Day, Lewis A. – Journal of Broadcasting, 1974
Authors suggest some of the key areas of disagreement between the communist block and the members of INTELSAT, concluding that accommodation is unlikely. (Author)
Descriptors: Communications, Communications Satellites, International Organizations, National Programs
Burger, Robert H. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
This essay raises concerns in regard to the present state of national and international information policy and discusses communication of scientific and technical information, common sense and the laws of science information and scientific communications, and formulation of science information policy. Five sources are given. (EJS)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Science, International Programs, National Programs
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report to the President of the United States presents a summary of the planning, proceedings, and resolutions of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Questions the delegates addressed to the conference included: Do libraries, the traditional storehouses of information and knowledge, have a place in this fast moving…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Services, Libraries, Library Services
Hales, Celia E. – 1979
This paper examines the need for accurate, reliable data on energy, flowing upward to the national government from various energy-intensive information systems. Part I explores the need for a national policy coordinating this flow within both the United States and, for comparative purposes, Great Britain. Part II presents in outline form the…
Descriptors: Energy, Information Systems, Libraries, Library Role
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. General Educational Development Testing Service. – 1976
The guide is designed to provide the user with complete information regarding the operation of the general education (GED) testing program on a State by State basis. Information regarding requirements for issuance of credentials, minimum age for testing, requirements for retesting, method of applying, official transcripts, fees, the name and…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Equivalency Tests, Guides, High School Equivalency Programs
Institution of Engineers, Sydney (Australia). – 1972
The working party was established with instructions to recommend a policy on scientific and technical information retrieval and dissemination and on how that policy might best be implemented. This report of the working party defines what the objectives of such an information system should be and discusses the governmental responsibility toward the…
Descriptors: Engineers, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedEnvironmental Science and Technology, 1973
Brief historical and contemporary review of the U.S. energy situation, containing statistics related to energy needs, population growth, legislative policies and acts, and industrial efforts. Maintains that current energy crisis'' does not come from a shortage of resources, but rather from short-sighted policy. (LK)
Descriptors: Environment, Fuel Consumption, Government (Administrative Body), Industry
Peer reviewedHumphrey, Hubert H. – Science, 1972
Descriptors: International Organizations, National Programs, Natural Sciences, Peace
Peer reviewedLundu, Maurice C. – International Library Review, 1984
Examines the justification of a national information system in Zambia. Highlights include a definition of information; types of information and forms in which it is produced, organized, and transmitted; relevance of information resources to Zambia; need for a national information policy; and the role of existing information centers. Footnotes are…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Information Centers, Information Networks, Information Science
Carvey, David – 1974
A study requested by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science surveys the relationship between government and the private sector and the use of the private sector information firms by government; examines examples of government agency activities in disseminating information themselves and through the use of private sector…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role, Industry
Layton, Donald H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Reviews the accomplishments, goals, and problems of the commission during its first ten years. (IRT)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, National Organizations, National Programs
