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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1979
Transcripts of the hearing on the reauthorization of Title VI, Studies and Language Development, of the Higher Education Act of 1965 are presented. The history of federal legislation dealing with international education is reviewed including the provisions of Title VI of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, and the International Education…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Quality, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Schoppmeyer, Martin W. – 1989
In 1983, the Arkansas Supreme Court passed Act 34 to correct the school finance system of Arkansas which was found to be unconstitutional. The problems with Act 34 are multiple. The following problems and how they add to inequity in education are discussed: (1) the use of artificial calculations; (2) an ill fit with Amendment 59; (3) current…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1966
Testimony presented at hearings for a bill to provide for the strengthening of American educational resources for international studies and research is contained in this volume. The bill and its amendments, which are reproduced, call for the establishment of centers for advanced international studies grants to strengthen undergraduate programs in…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Culture Contact, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Hunger. – 1987
The responsibility of the U.S. House of Representatives Task Force on Hunger is to investigate the causes and dimensions of world hunger and to develop legislative recommendations addressing the issues raised. At this hearing, the issue discussed was of basic education as a crucial link in expanding opportunities for poor and hungry people to…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economics, Educational Development
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
These Congressional hearings contain testimony pertaining to the extension of the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Included among those agencies and organizations represented at the hearings were the following: Texas Tech University; the American Federation of Teachers; the West Virginia Department of Education; the National Association of State…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
A compilation of 22 federal laws that pertain to higher education is presented. Sections cover general higher education programs; Native American higher education; the National Science Foundation; mathematics, science, and engineering; and assistance to specified institutions. The text of the Higher Education Act of 1965 makes up the bulk of the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Black Colleges, College Libraries, Continuing Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
A compilation of federal legislation that pertains to higher education is presented. The sections of this volume cover the general higher education programs, Native American higher education, museums, arts and humanities, and the National Science Foundation. The text of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is presented, covering Titles I-XIII. The…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, College Libraries, Continuing Education, Cooperative Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1981
These Congressional hearings, held in Washington, D.C., in March 1981, contain 24 pieces of testimony on the implications of the proposed budget cuts for vocational education. Government agencies and private organizations represented at the hearings included the West Virginia Department of Education; the Kaiser Aluminum Company of Charleston, West…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgets, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Benefits
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1976
Hearings on the bill to establish the Peace Academy are presented. The bill proposes to create an educational institution in the United States to further the understanding of peace among nations. Major objectives of this institution are to consider the dimensions of peaceful resolution of differences among nations, to train students in the process…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
Hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that were held in St. Louis, Missouri, are presented. Student assistance programs are the centerpiece of the Higher Education Act and play a critical role in achieving the federal objective of equal educational opportunity. The Higher Education Act also contains programs to assist…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developing Institutions, Eligibility, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
Hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that were held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1985 are presented. The largest and most important programs contained in the Higher Education Act provide grants, loans, work opportunities, and special services to students with a demonstrated need for federal financial aid. The Act also…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Credit (Finance), Eligibility, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. – 1991
This document presents a transcript of the hearing on the present state and future directions of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the state of science and mathematics education in the United States. Testimony was presented by the director of the NSF and the deputy assistant direction of Education and Human Resources at NSF. The witnesses…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
College Entrance Examination Board, Washington, DC. – 1980
A brief history and some observations are given of the federal Education Amendments of 1980, amending the Higher Education Act of 1965, which provides basic authority for a variety of federal student aid and college assistance programs. Much of the current legislation is extended intact, and most of the programs are reauthorized through fiscal…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Area Studies, Continuing Education, Developing Institutions
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
Hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that were held in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in 1985 are presented. The largest and most important programs contained in the Higher Education Act provide grants, loans, work opportunities, and special services to students with a demonstrated need for federal financial aid. These…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Credit (Finance), Eligibility, Federal Aid
Gossens, Peter J.; Griffin, Joan M. – 1980
Provisions of the Education Amendments of 1980 (P.L. 96-374) are described. Contents of the legislation are as follows: Title I--continuing education program and planning; Title II--college and research library assistance and library training and research; Title III--institutional aid; Title IV--student assistance; Title V--Teacher Corps and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Continuing Education, Cooperative Education, Developing Institutions
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