This document presents key educational statistics for Alaska's elementary school through college students. The report presents state-level data on Alaska's K-college education, including demographic distribution across each educational level, participation and success in Advanced Placement, percentage of students taking high-level courses, school…

This document presents new or revised master plan policy statements for various segments of Illinois higher education. Chapter 1, on statewide goals and organization, lists goals for Illinois higher education, for coordination and planning, for the Board of Higher Education membership; and briefly discusses the organizational structure of public…

In a plan to increase funding for California community colleges, Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis announced in February 1998 his intention to continue lowering fees, provide better teacher compensation, and strengthen relations between community colleges and the private sector. Davis intends to diminish student financial barriers to college by…

This annual statistical report covers four student exchange programs administered by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). The report covers fall 1998 enrollments for undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, as well as details of the funds flows between "sending" states and "receiving"…

This publication is a handbook of scholarships and fellowships available in colleges and universities of the United States. Information regarding scholarships and fellowships available at institutions of higher learning in the United States is of vital interest to many thousands of students. While several lists of the scholarship offerings for…

These state profiles provide brief descriptions of the target population, services, and participants of state-administered adult education programs that are supported in part by funds authorized under the Adult Education Act, as amended. Profiles based on information taken from 1990 census data and from information included in the 1991 annual…

This document provides final regulations that amend the Title 1 program, under Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for helping disadvantaged children meet high educational standards. These new regulations amend the schoolwide program requirements to allow a percentage of funds received by a local education agency (LEA) under Part…

Under the State Child Health Insurance Program, states receive funds to purchase health insurance for low-income, uninsured children. Noting that partnering with managed care will be essential if school-based health centers are to receive reimbursement for serving the publicly insured portion of their clientele, this paper examines the…

Seven day care centers in the Denver-Boulder (Colorado) metropolitan an effort to identify the kinds of subsidies they received and to estimate the importance of these subsidies for the cost of services. The sites included a Head Start program, three nonprofit centers, two family day care providers, and an infant care center. Labor accounted for a…

Institutions have been slow to respond to changes in family life, and service delivery has mostly been limited to responding to crises and to treating problems. Family resource and support programs began emerging in the 1970s to fill parents' expressed need for more support. As part of this trend, the federal Family Preservation and Support…

In light of the need for national leaders informed in international affairs and for informed citizenry capable of supporting and questioning the experts, responses from various quarters to the need for international education are found to be substantial but shy of the obvious and growing need. (JT)

A refutation of an article published by the Yale Law Journal which reported a study of school finance arrangements in Connecticut and influenced the "Rodiguez" decision. Weaknesses in the statistical arguments and theoretical analysis of that piece are discussed as the need for accepting some type of "Serrano" reform is…

A companion to a previous publication called "Private Industry Council Roles and Options," this document is intended to help State Job Training Coordinating Council members and other interested parties better understand the scope and significance of the councils' mission. It provides basic information on the mission, roles, functions,…

A study examined the state spending patterns for dislocated worker assistance under Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAA), as evidenced by Department of Labor (DOL) semiannual reports and other DOL data, for program years 1985-88. JTPA Title III provides funds…

This document contains witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to consider H.R. 604, a bill which would amend the Missing Children's Assistance Act, to direct the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants for establishing, assisting, or expanding state missing children…