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Work in America Inst., Scarsdale, NY. – 1980
A study was conducted to determine the role of the older worker in the American labor force, to analyze reasons behind the changing role of the older worker, and to make recommendations for employers, unions, and the government on age-neutral personnel policies responsive to the needs of an increasingly older work force. Data on the demographic,…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Demography, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
Download full textSouthwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1980
In order to elicit discussion on issues of concern to policy-makers at all levels of government, the Regional Planning and Service Project of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory invited educational policy-makers from its region to participate in a symposium on the impact of policy decisions on school performance. Symposium…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Court Role, Decision Making, Educational Policy
National Inst. for Advanced Studies, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report provides an executive summary and overviews of the transcripts of each of the seven National hearings held prior to the White House Conference on Families. Involving testimony of citizens and experts, and site visits to innovative programs and groups serving families, the Hearings were held in Kansas, Tennessee, Colorado, Connecticut,…
Descriptors: Conferences, Day Care, Economic Status, Family (Sociological Unit)
Saupe, William E. – 1980
Information about small farms is valuable at federal, state, and local levels to program managers and community developers, researchers and educators, policy makers and farm families themselves. Adequate information can help in the assessment of small farm program needs, development of appropriate policies, and management of effective programs,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Resources, Family Characteristics, Family Financial Resources
Babcock, William A.; Ostman, Ronald E. – 1980
Debates and policies in the late 1950s and early 1960s regarding the United States-Soviet space race are described in this paper, and an analysis is presented of press coverage of President John F. Kennedy's public statements regarding space technology and exploration. The first sections of the paper present a selected space chronology from 1957…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Competition, Content Analysis, Cooperation
Chartrand, Robert Lee; Bortnick, Jane – 1979
This report on a preconference symposium held July 31, 1979 presents recommendations developed to interpret the conference theme of library and information services for increasing international understanding. Five discussion groups were organized to consider (1) the current status of international information flow, (2) overcoming barriers to…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Policy, Futures (of Society), Global Approach
Miller, James O.; And Others – 1969
This paper discusses the problems and issues involved in the organizational structure of the National Laboratory on Early Childhood Education. The National Laboratory, which consisted of a coordination center and six university based research and development centers, was organized for the purpose of planning, sponsoring and conducting research and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education
Iowa State Career Education Advisory Council, Des Moines. – 1977
Focus in this evaluation report of Iowa secondary vocational education is on jointly administered programs--those contracted services which are established either between two or more secondary schools or between a merged area school and one or more secondary schools. The report is a synthesis and discussion of information gathered from field…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Policy Formation, Program Administration, Program Effectiveness
Henard, Ralph E. – 1979
The implications of faculty workload and formula budgeting issues on higher education in the 1980s are discussed. Because of declining enrollments and tight resources it is suggested that state legislative committees in the 1980s will accelerate their requests for faculty workload data related to formulas for the allocations of full-time faculty.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Faculty, College Planning, Conference Reports
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Engineering. – 1976
This report addressed to policy making officials in local government deals with the role of federal assistance in future developments of information systems by local governments through an assessment of the Urban Information Systems Inter-Agency Committee (USAC) Program, which, beginning in 1970, provided grants to five municipalities--Charlotte,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Computer Science, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
MacDonald, Wayne, Comp.; And Others – 1979
Drafted in 1978 as a working document for Safety in Outdoor Adventure Programs (S.O.A.P.) by a council of outdoor adventure programmers, checklists outline standard accepted safety policy for Outdoor Adventure Programs and Wilderness Adventure Programs conducted through public or private agencies in California. Safety policy emphasizes: the…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adventure Education, Camping, Check Lists
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1979
Focusing on follow-through, synthesis, dissemination, and application, this Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act plan for knowledge development in 1980 is divided into seven key sections. The first section presents projects which will require continued funding and refinement to realize their objectives. Section 2 provides a list of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
This annual report of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education (NACAE) focuses on both general statistics and change in the federal involvement in adult education since 1965 in light of the new 1978 legislation. It is intended to provide insight and facts for the Executive Branch and the Congress and also to serve as a reference for the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Annual Reports
Walker, Donald E. – 1979
Advice for the effective administration of higher education institutions is presented in this guide for practitioners. The characteristics of effective and ineffective administrators are discussed as they apply to the specific demands of college and university administration. The need for a cooperative working relationship between faculty and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role
RIESSMAN, FRANK – 1967
THE CLOWARD-PIVEN PLAN FOR PRECIPITATING A WELFARE CRISIS TO BRING ABOUT A GUARANTEED ANNUAL INCOME IS CRITICIZED AS AN ANTIPOVERTY STRATEGY. BASED ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE WEAKEST SEGMENTS OF THE POOR, ITS EFFECTIVENESS AS A LONG-TERM DISRUPTION OF THE POVERTY CYCLE IS QUESTIONED. A NATIONAL NEW CAREERS MOVEMENT IS PROPOSED AS AN ALTERNATIVE…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Economically Disadvantaged, Guaranteed Income, Leadership
