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And Others; Whitehead, Donald W. – Appalachia, 1975
The testimony of ARC (Appalachian Regional Commission) officials and the Governors of Appalachian states at Congressional hearings constitutes a report on ARC's current status and program plans. (JC)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Dropouts, Federal Legislation, Futures (of Society)
Cope, Russell L. – 1980
To better serve the diverse and complex needs of the parliamentarian, parliamentary libraries are transferring the emphasis of their activities from collection building to the provision of increasingly more costly library services. Parliamentary libraries must accept that information prepared for members of parliament is more differentiated and…
Descriptors: Information Needs, International Organizations, Law Libraries, Legislators
Weir, Harold G. – 1980
Expressing the concern of the Parliamentary Libraries Section of International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) about the need of legislators for access to up-to-date, reliable, adequate libraries and dissemination facilities, this paper offers a general review of requirements necessary for the initiation and development of legislative…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination, Information Seeking
Ginn, Nancy L. – 1978
An overview of energy emergency legislation in the fifty states, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico is given in this report. Descriptions of specific provisions of state legislation are included to illustrate the many methods by which authority to deal with an energy emergency may be incorporated into the general body of state law. The information…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Emergency Programs, Energy, Energy Conservation
LeRoy, David J.; Wotring, C. Edward – 1974
A survey was conducted to ascertain the reactions of viewers and legislators to a public television series, "Today in the Legislature," which presented videotaped segments of a nine-week session of both the Florida House of Representatives and Senate. The results showed that viewers felt the program was informative, that their…
Descriptors: Audiences, Community Surveys, Educational Television, Legislators
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1971
This publication is the result of a study authorized by the Washington State Legislature to identify and isolate factors that contribute to higher costs of building. The committee charged with this study combined existing research and information on the subject with its own suggestions. It developed recommendations to assist the school…
Descriptors: Administrators, Architects, Construction Costs, Educational Finance
California State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. – 1971
The California State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights met on January 21-22, 1971, to discuss the political participation of Mexican Americans. This paper presents the committee's discussion and recommendations. Matters that are pertinent to the participation of Mexican Americans in the Political life of California are…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Government Role, Legislators, Mexican Americans
Leenhouts, Thelma Kay – 1976
The purpose of this study was to investigate communication similarities and differences between the male and female representatives in the present session of the Michigan House of Representatives, in four aspects of communication behavior: allocation of communication time, floor debate, committee deliberation, and constituent communication. The…
Descriptors: Behavior, Communication (Thought Transfer), Doctoral Dissertations, Females
Seltzer, Garry; Seltzer, Leslye – Phi Kappa Phi Journal, 1975
A program description, including historical development, of the congressional intern program on Capitol Hill, which in the summer of 1974 involved 1800 college students and teenagers, 15 or 20 in the offices of some Senators. The program includes formal speaker and seminar programs as well as work experience. (JT)
Descriptors: College Students, Federal Government, Higher Education, Internship Programs
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Boyles, Billy O. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1977
Explores the attitudes of legislators towards the college public relations function through interviews with Florida senators and representatives, and cites the need to establish a clearer identity with them in order to secure necessary funding. (RT)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Financial Support, Government School Relationship, Legislators
Harrison, Charles H. – American Education, 1977
Launched from a social studies class, the institute for Political and Legal Education shows students how government really operates by getting them involved in it. (Editor)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Assessment, High School Students, Illustrations
Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
The House Postsecondary Education Subcommittee called hearings to give higher education officials a chance to respond to accusations that colleges are greedy and spend as much as they can. Program duplication, tax breaks for parents, tuition increases, and a call for college audits are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Colleges, Costs, Educational Finance
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Olds, Sue – Social Studies Review, 1987
Presents a six-day lesson in which two different classes role play the U.S. House and U.S. Senate to simulate the bicameral nature of the U.S. government. Students use actual federal or state legislation or write their own bills, and then work through the process of passing them into law or rejecting them. (GEA)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Legislators, Lesson Plans, Role Playing
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Crane, Mary Lou – Update on Law-Related Education, 1987
This lesson offers strategies for teaching fourth- and fifth-grade students the duties of legislators, police officers, and judges. The lesson is based on ideas taken from the Utah law-related education guide "Elementary Lesson Plan Book." (JDH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Concept Teaching, Grade 4, Grade 5
King, Dan L. – 1997
This study examined the extent to which issues related to internationalization were considered in institutional policy development at universities, along with the underlying reasons why such issues were considered. A written and telephone survey was conducted with trustees from seven state-supported universities in four states. Two state…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Economic Development, Educational Attitudes, Educational Policy
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