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Download full textMelville, Keith; Longman, Phillip – 1985
Appropriate for secondary school social studies or community programs, this publication considers the issue of welfare in the United States. The first of five sections, "Reassessing the Welfare State," looks at the history of welfare in America since Franklin Roosevelt and assesses the need for reexamining policy. "The Generous Revolution" looks…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Instructional Materials, Policy Formation
Rammler, Linda H. – 1987
Principles and characteristics of program quality review are described as one means of evaluating values-based outcomes of day programs for persons with mental retardation. Program quality review may be distinguished from other evaluation systems in its focus on program outcomes--what actually happens to the people in the program--rather than on…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Role, Day Programs, Delivery Systems
Wolfe, Ellsworth; And Others – 1987
To aid "at risk" students in their transition from school into meaningful employment and a quality adult life, this handbook lists and describes California programs and services that are in wide use and have broad support. The handbook is divided into three sections, covering preschool through eighth grade, ninth through twelfth grade,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1984
In this Congressional hearing witnesses explored the roles of government, private agencies, the media, public education, business, and labor in contributing to the further enhancement of the role of women in the economic development of the Third World. Government witnesses were M. Peter McPherson, Agency for International Development and Nancy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Continuing Education, Developing Nations
Educational Priorities Panel, New York, NY. – 1985
This study examines the extent to which the New York City public school system enables high-risk students to gain access to the kinds of programs and services most appropriate for them. The report is limited to programs in alternative settings, including those operated by the Board of Education and those operated under private nonprofit auspices.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1978
The papers contained in this special report were written as background material for a national conference. Following a conference summary, the following papers are included: "Labor Market Intermediaries: An Overview"; "A Reexamination of What is Known about Jobseeking Behavior in the United States"; "The Public Employment…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Computer Oriented Programs, Conference Reports, Employment Opportunities
Finkin, Matthew W. – 1978
The legal question of the scope of administrative authority Congress has actually conferred upon the Commissioner of Education in the listing of accrediting agencies of institutions of higher education is addressed. To ensure that its tax monies would not be paying for substandard education, but to avoid controlling education, the government,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Agency Role
Iscoe, Louise, Ed. – 1979
This annual report of the Children and Youth Services Division of the Texas Department of Community Affairs provides a guide to statewide services available to children under 6 years of age. After a brief report, 10 state agency services, direct and indirect private organization services, and four special services are described. Information about…
Descriptors: Blindness, Community Information Services, Day Care, Deafness
HONEY, JOHN C.; STEWART, WARD – 1966
RESULTS ARE REPORTED OF A 1965 SURVEY, UNDERTAKEN BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, OF MIDCAREER PUBLIC SERVICE EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THE FOLLOWING DATA ARE GIVEN FOR EACH INSTITUTION--SPONSOR, PROGRAM TITLE, ADDRESS, BACKGROUND INFORMATION, DURATION AND…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Extension Education, Financial Policy, Inservice Education
Maryland Univ., College Park. Center of Adult Education. – 1966
THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CONSUMER EDUCATION AND FINANCIAL PLANNING WAS A PILOT PROJECT TO BRING TOGETHER STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM OFFICIALS FOR AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. THE 19 PARTICIPANTS, REPRESENTING 16 STATES, FORMED FOUR INTEREST GROUPS--CONSUMER EDUCATION RELATED TO BUSINESS EDUCATION, ADULT EDUCATION, HOME…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Consumer Economics, Curriculum Development
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1967
SELECTED PORTIONS OF A STUDY, "NEGRO PARTICIPATION IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS" (VT 004 310) BY F.R. MARSHALL AND V. M. BRIGGS, JR., ARE PRESENTED TO FOSTER ACTION TO AFFORD FULLY EQUAL APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITY. APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CLEVELAND, PITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI, DETROIT, SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND, HOUSTON, ATLANTA,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Black Employment, Black Youth, Blacks
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1975
This book contains the transcripts of four hearings of the Senate Subcommittee on Children and Youth which considered the issues of baby selling and adoption of children with special needs. Through interviews with professionals in adoption and child welfare, attorneys, and parents, the committee explored the dimensions of the problems as well as…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Agency Role, Child Welfare
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This directory is to enable users to locate quickly and easily organizations and individuals who control national and regional data on blacks in higher education. The tables of contents list groups alphabetically and by subject. Subject headings include: access, distribution, statistical characteristics, employment, persistence, policy studies,…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Influences, Black Organizations, College Programs
Kirschner Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. – 1970
This pamphlet is a capsule commentary on the Kirschner field research project which attempted to obtain a greater understanding of Head Start's role in influencing community health and educational programs. The general goals for Head Start are summarized and expanded to include objectives unique to this survey. Specifically, the Kirschner project…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Benefits, Community Education, Community Health Services
Kepler, Edwin C. – 1969
The education assistance program is a task force of the Racine Environment Committee (REC), which is a non-profit organization formed in the fall of 1967 for the purpose of studying and seeing that action is taken on community problems which affect the Racine metropolitan area. The education assistance committee reviews applications for assistance…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Admission, High School Graduates, Higher Education
