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Lemus, Frank C., Comp. – Axtlan-Chicano Journal of the Social Sciences and the Arts, 1974
Compiled to increase communication and interaction among the Spanish surnamed people of the United States, this directory lists 1,887 officials who held a publicly elected position at the Federal, State, or local level during 1973. Names and addresses of officials are listed alphabetically by State, county, and city. Political affiliation and year…
Descriptors: City Officials, County Officials, Directories, Government (Administrative Body)
Mooney, Carolyn J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
West Virginia officials and Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr. have been unable to reach agreement on how to accommodate a mandated late-in-the-year budget cut, with some officials questioning the move's legality and the governor rejecting the regents' proposed early closing for state colleges and universities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Politics of Education, Public Officials
Howe, Harold II – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
The fact that colleges are providing a rich environment for learning at a relatively low annual fee should be enough evidence of their commitment to good management to satisfy the public and the Department of Education in its demand for efficiency in higher education. (MSE)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Environment, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics
Mooney, Carolyn J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
In the 36 gubernatorial election campaigns in 1986, many candidates are stressing the role of higher education in promoting economic development and creating new jobs, and have declared public education a top priority along with other basic state issues. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Policy, Elections, Higher Education
Editorial Projects in Education, Bethesda, MD. – 2002
This report presents information from a national survey commissioned in January 2002 by the Public Education Network and Education Week. The poll examines the attitudes of American voters towards public schools and reveals what they want politicians to do about education once they are in office. Overall, Americans assign great value to public…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1934
The "Educational Directory" is released in four parts as rapidly as the data become available. This bulletin, the second part of the 1935 educational directory published by the Office of Education, focuses on city school officers. It contains the following: (1) Principal City School Officers; and (2) Superintendents of Catholic Parochial Schools.…
Descriptors: Parochial Schools, Urban Schools, Directories, Public Officials
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
In August 1887, William Duncan, an independent missionary working among the Tsimpsean Indians of British Columbia, brought to Annette Islands, in the southeastern part of Alaska, a colony of between 800 and 1,000 of Indians from the old town of Metlakatla in British Columbia. Under the leadership of Mr. Duncan, this colony made rapid progress. In…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Eskimos, Migration, Public Officials
Finchumn, R. N.; Boerrigter, Glenn C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1962
Fire safety in schools, long recognized as a serious problem by both public officials and lay citizens, is concerned with preventing personal injury or death and property damage or destruction. The responsibility for this prevention is lodged in many hands, but school officials having jurisdiction in the matter are usually charged with developing…
Descriptors: Prevention, Administrative Policy, Fire Protection, School Buildings
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Southworth, William D. – Clearing House, 1969
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Board Administrator Relationship, Board Candidates, Board of Education Role
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Rohrbaugh, John; Wehr, Paul – Public Opinion Quarterly, 1978
Describes and illustrates a new method, derived from social judgment theory, that enhances the quality of communication between the public and its representatives. (RL)
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Cognitive Processes
Cloud, Robert C. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1996
Executive administrators are vulnerable to the malice and defamatory attacks of critics on and off their campuses. Documents the impact of the actual malice standard on public higher education administrators since the United States Supreme Court's 1964 decision in "New York Times Co. v. Sullivan." Reviews "New York Times" and…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Court Litigation, Federal Courts
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Wong, Kenneth K.; Shen, Francis X. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2003
As the "Peabody Journal of Education" celebrates its 80th anniversary, educational policymakers and practitioners are keenly aware of the many changes in the way public schools have been governed in large urban districts over the last 80 years. Among the most significant changes is the role of the mayor. Although the 1920s saw partisan politics in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Governance, Urban Schools, Public Schools
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Schmachtenberg, Kristin – Social Education, 2006
On Wednesday, April 18, 1906, an earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter magnitude scale and lasting 48 seconds, erupted along the San Andreas fault with a flash point originating in the San Francisco Bay area. The force of the earthquake tore apart buildings and roads, causing water and gas mains to twist and break. The resulting effects of the…
Descriptors: Seismology, Natural Disasters, United States History, Letters (Correspondence)
Hill, Talmira L. – National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families (NJ1), 2007
Mayors and other municipal leaders in cities across the nation are helping expand alternatives for students who struggle in traditional high school settings. Alternatives for high school are new alternative secondary school initiatives that prepare young people to graduate from high school and achieve college and career success through programs…
Descriptors: High Schools, Nontraditional Education, Superintendents, Urban Areas
Wright, Diane, Ed.; Miller, Michael T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2007
Higher Education is a vibrant, changing field of study. With roots in multiple disciplines, these degree programs prepare the administrators, faculty, and policy makers who direct the current and future higher education enterprise. At a time when higher education is changing rapidly, these programs are poised to frame the future of an educated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, College Programs, Marketing
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