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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1973
The hearings pertain to approximately 50 bills on the education and training for war veterans and their dependents. Among the proposals seeking changes in and liberalization of the several education programs are: extension of the delimiting date of the current program, direct tuition payments to schools, and restoring entitlement of World War II…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Tucker, Marc – 1972
A series of recommendations to the Director of the National Institute of Education (NIE) is presented. In the main, these focus upon effecting compliance with Congressional intent by modifying the existing programs of the National Center for Educational Communication (NCEC) to conform with the mission, functions and program thrust of the NIE. The…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Budgeting, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Cohen, Ruth I., Ed.; And Others – 1973
Our publics could be better served if verification of a program evaluation were made by an educational program auditor (EPA). The role of the EPA would be to enter the educational cycle after the objectives have been determined and before the programs and criterion measures have been adopted. The audit process would begin with the hiring of the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Examiners, Federal Programs, Management Systems
Worthington, Robert M. – 1972
The leaders in education, business, industry, commerce, labor, and community organizations in the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana region are challenged to confront problems in training workers for technological occupations. One facet of the problem is the task of meeting immediate manpower needs and the other is the long-range task of providing an…
Descriptors: Administration, Business Responsibility, Career Education, Federal Programs
MacPhee, Barbara Campbell – 1971
In September 1970, Congress launched a comprehensive program to make funds available directly to those school districts facing problems associated with school desegregation. The legislation was entitled the Emergency School Assistance Program (ESAP) and took $75 million from previously authorized appropriations. Ten percent of the funds was…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Nonprofessional Personnel
Solomon, Herman S. – 1969
A survey of 825 Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) graduates was made to evaluate MDTA programs. A total of 569 responded, representing 69 percent of the sample. The responses indicated that 80 percent of the graduates were employed and over two-thirds held training-related jobs. Sixty percent were between 22 and 45 years of age. A…
Descriptors: Charts, Disadvantaged, Employment, Federal Programs
Inyo County Superintendent of Schools, Independence, CA. – 1972
The document is the March 1972 final report of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title III project which provides supplementary education for American Indians in rural and reservation areas. The document covers evaluation procedures of the tutorial program, vocational training, counseling, adult classes and activities, summer…
Descriptors: American Indians, Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1975
A description and an evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded programs for the state of Pennsylvania are contained in this document. It is in two parts. Part I is the evaluation report and presents data on participants and on activities and services. Part II is the analysis of the evaluation report. Results are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Mathematics, Program Descriptions
Footman, Gordon; And Others – 1976
In April 1976, 95 educational program evaluators were asked the question, "What do you think will be the relationship between the new collective bargaining law (SB160) and the operation and evaluation of A-127 (state and federally funded) education programs?" Working in small groups, participants accomplished the following: (1) They…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
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Walsh, John – Science, 1979
A citizen's task force appointed by the Department of Energy to study its energy education program has taken DOE sharply to task for not drawing the line between education and propaganda. The task force urged the agency to overhaul the whole operation. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Energy, Energy Conservation, Environmental Education
Nightingale, Demetra Smith – Youth Policy, 1986
Examines the shift from the Manpower Development and Training Act to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and the difference between these programs and the Job Training Partnership Act. Also discusses the training of welfare recipients and setting priorities for the future of such programs. (CT)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Job Training
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Diamond, Esther E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1985
Discusses the need for standards for the evaluation of educational programs, projects, and materials, and describes the development of such standards by a joint committee representing 12 organizations with widely differing constituencies. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs, Federal Programs
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Bogdan, Robert – Social Work, 1976
The author used participant observation techniques to determine what the 1972 Congressional affirmative action mandate meant to Head Start personnel, and what happened as a result of the mandate. The author's findings variously contradict or explain the results of a survey conducted in 1973 by the Office of Child Development. (SJL)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Programs, Federal Programs, Handicapped Children
Provus, Malcolm – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
Argues that only if revenue sharing is genuinely responsive to citizen needs and in fact, secures self-initiated involvement of citizens in program execution will it be ultimately successful in developing self-supporting individuals and communities. (JF)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement, Federal Aid
Manpower, 1972
Despite uncertainty over program goals, Mainstream is providing useful, satisfying jobs for enrollees. (BH)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Government Employees, Labor Force Development
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