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Healey, F. Henry; Hanna, Rafik; Attalla, Hany – RTI International, 2016
Over the period 2007-2013, a series of undertakings were made to introduce fundamental elements of decentralized education finance to Egypt. In 2009, 8.4M Egyptian pounds (EGP) of the Government of Egypt's (GOE) budget was decentralized to every primary school in three pilot governorates. By 2013, EGP 1.2B of the GOE's money had been decentralized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrative Organization, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Barak, Robert J. – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2007
A survey of the academic program review and approval activity of state-wide postsecondary coordinating and governing boards was concluded in 2006. This study is the latest in a series of survey/studies of state level program review and approval begun roughly thirty years ago by this author and colleagues. The boards selected for this survey were…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Postsecondary Education, Surveys, State Programs
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Dressel, Paul L., Ed.; And Others – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1980
The various and developing forms of governmental intervention and control affecting universities are discussed. State intervention and control, program audits and evaluations, and federal intervention are described. The cost of interventions into institutional autonomy and the negative effect on quality are seen as increasing. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Role, Educational Finance, Educational Planning, Federal Regulation
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1973
The HEW Audit Agency has reviewed the progress being made by State educational agencies (SEAs) in assuring that local educational agencies (LEAs) are designing and implementing projects to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children, as called for under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs, Educational Resources
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1994
This report summarizes the 1991-92 State Performance Reports for the Chapter 1 Local Education Agency (LEA) program and the Chapter 1 State Agency Neglected or Delinquent Program. As the largest single investment in elementary and secondary education by the Federal government, Chapter 1 provides funding to about 90 percent of school districts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education
Staats, Elmer B. – 1975
The success of the Developing Institutions program in strengthening the nation's higher education resources is discussed by the Comptroller General of the United States. The program is authorized by Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. Uses of Title III funds and eligibility requirements are described, along with…
Descriptors: Developing Institutions, Developmental Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Development
Senator, Stuart; And Others – 1984
How New Jersey schools are actually using computers and incorporating the technology into their curricula is the subject of this report. Following an introductory statement in chapter 1, chapter 2 explains several important issues and concepts related to computer use in schools. Chapter 3 describes the educational uses of computers in New Jersey's…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Harkness, Albert, Jr. – 1977
The paper questions whether educational and cultural activities sponsored by the United States government should be aimed at foreign policy objectives or should be treated as ends in themselves. Arguments are presented by political leaders, educators, and government officials in favor of and against cultural exchange as a form of foreign policy…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science and Technology. – 1977
Offered in response to a request for background information from the Congressional Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, the document presents a report of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) support for social and psychological sciences research. Major objectives of the report are to review the origins of NSF support programs;…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Assessment, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Powell, Robat; Seaton, Nia – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007
Since the first toy libraries opened in the 1960s and 1970s to support families of children with special educational needs, they have expanded to serve broader communities. Toy libraries do more than lend toys: they can provide family support services and specialist support to families with children with special educational needs, benefit…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Play, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
Four federal programs were investigated for inconsistencies in awarding financial aid to college students: the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, College Work-Study Program, and National Direct Student Loan Program. Their methods for determining student need and their legislative histories are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, College Role, Comparative Analysis
Burnett, Gary; And Others – 1994
Critics of the Federal Title I and Chapter 1 compensatory education programs to increase the academic skills of disadvantaged children suggest that the return for the Federal investment has been small and that designers have not created programs that work. When the compensatory education programs were conceived, their promise was immense. During…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Lynn, Laurence E., Jr., Ed. – 1978
Offered in response to a request by the National Science Foundation for information on how knowledge affects policy, the document investigates federal support of social research and development and evaluates the relevance of this research to social policy. Social research and development (R & D) concerns the identification and solution of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Courts, Data Analysis, Developmental Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Commerce. – 1998
This hearing examined federal and private sector programs that provide assistance to schools and libraries to ensure that telecommunications technologies are being used effectively by schools. Topics include: local, state and national information infrastructures; program development; the role of technology; increase in funding; access to the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Development, Educational Finance