Considered from a rural perspective, current federal education programs have a number of shortcomings. Rural schools must often adopt programs designed for nonrural settings. Rural areas are at a disadvantage in the distribution of federal aid through formula-based programs. Complicated regulations and paperwork discourage rural participation in…

Various ways of financing career change are discussed: student financial aid through state and federal programs, college and university programs, alumni groups, minority programs, religious groups, etc. A list of sources of aid for women, organizations that aid minorities, and a list of publications on financial aid are also included. (CT)

The regulatory programs of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs have been improved by close cooperation with other federal organizations and private groups or agencies interested in training, employment, and equal opportunity. (RLV)

Describes the Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsor for ten northern Wisconsin counties. Primary occupations available to program participants are in wood products, paper industry, tool and die manufacturing, welding, meat cutting, and resorts and recreation. (MF)

Organizational aspects and implementation of Switzerland's national research program that promote goal-oriented research in the service of the general public are described. The Federal Council of Switzerland decides on the topics to be researched and the National Fund is responsible for carrying out the programs. (Author/SF)

Discusses successes and problems of the Adult Performance Level (APL) project funded by the U.S. Office of Education in 1971 to identify the skills necessary for an adult to function successfully in today's society. (TA)

Since 1972, the Nixon and Ford administrations have sought to terminate two major "campus-based" student aid programs (Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and National Direct Student Loans), and to reduce funding of a third, College Work-Study. The policy has been renounced by both Congress and the academic community. (LBH)

The status of two of life's necessities, air and water, is of crucial importance to the future of American parks and recreation programs, and continued cooperation among federal, state, local and private sectors is necessary to preserve them. (JD)

Because of the broad powers of Congress to allocate funds for parks and recreational sites and maintenance, public action and active participation in the legislative processes at all levels of government is essential. (JD)

When questions about Title 1 ESEA went unanswered, Congress directed NIE to make a comprehensive study of compensatory education and how to improve it. (Editor)

Discusses a number of educational issues, including federal action and programs, education's goals, the decline in enrollment, citizen participation, standardized tests, and continuous learning, as they are seen by people from the educational and political communities. (IRT)

The federal Hope Scholarship program, designed as a middle-class tax break, required substantial negotiation and diverse, often conflicting tactics to become policy. The story of the idea's creation and its journey to policy, based on interviews with over three dozen college officials, Clinton administration aides, lawmakers, and others is…

This article describes the possible effect a smaller federal government would have on empowerment of families of individuals with developmental disabilities. The concept of empowerment and how families have come to rely on government support are discussed. The article also reviews the impact that decreased government support would have on early…

In July 1995, the Forum on Government Information Policy, representatives of several library associations, developed the "Model for New Universe of Federal Information Access and Dissemination." The model proposes to: (1) reconceptualize federal information access and dissemination responsibilities; and (2) reinvent the Federal…

The U.S. is one of the few economically developed nations without a national policy supporting children and their families. This paper suggests that the U.S. has a unique national ideology, based on the Calvinist ethic, that results in opposition to all government-supported welfare programs. (CB)