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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Committee on Education and Labor, to which was referred the bill, H.R. 4728, to establish programs of education and training designed to improve the competitiveness of American workers in international trade. An explanation of the bill first provides committee feelings regarding Title I,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Competition, Dislocated Workers
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1982
A number of recommendations regarding federal educational legislation are made in this 1982 edition of a New York State publication that discusses key statutory, budget, and regulatory issues of concern to the state. The document begins with a general examination of the federal role in education and then suggests guidelines for federal education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1990
Periodically, over a period of 20 years, the state of Oregon has drafted and discarded various definitions of basic education. As a result of House Bill 2132, the Oregon State Board of Education responded to the call to define by rule a basic education program to be available to all elementary and secondary students in public schools. This report…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
The purposes, accomplishments, and future of the Higher Education Act are considered in hearings of the U.S. House of Representatives. A brief history of the Higher Education Act over the 20 years since its inception in 1965 is traced, and the role of the federal government in higher education is addressed. The centerpiece of the legislation was…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Libraries, College Students, Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1978
The product of some 10 years of work directed toward federal legislation addressing and defining youth camp safety, the Youth Camp Safety Act (S. 258), as presented in these hearings, calls for the federal government to assume a role in the development of state health and safety standards for children attending youth camps in any state in the…
Descriptors: Camping, Children, Definitions, Federal Government
de Siqueira, Angela C. – 2002
Since the 1960s, the World Bank has been involved in educational policy around the world. Applying a human capital theory/manpower forecasting approach, the World Bank has focused on the infrastructure, that is, buildings and equipment, in vocational and higher education. At the same time, the power and influence of UNICEF and UNESCO, the main…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Development, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science and Technology. – 1983
These hearings focused on the National Science Foundation's (NSF) proposed program and budget. Testimony of witnesses, prepared statements, discussions, and supporting documentation (including hearings summary) are provided. Among the issues, areas, and topics addressed were: (1) relevance of NSF's mission to presidential goals; (2) science and…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Behavioral Science Research, Budgets, Earth Science
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Appropriations. – 2002
This hearing before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies is about what will be done in the 21st century to improve the learning skills for children from the earliest age through all their education. Senator Tom Harkin (Iowa) presided. Opening statements were given by Senator Harkin and Senator Arlen…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design
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. – 1981
This transcript of a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the United States House of Representatives focuses on the findings of two surveys conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): the third national reading assessment and the third writing assessment. The transcript…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Government Role, Hearings, National Competency Tests
National Education Commission on Time and Learning, Washington, DC. – 1993
The National Education Commission on Time and Learning (NECT&L) is an independent advisory body authorized by Congress through Public Law 102-62, the Education Council Act of 1991. The commission is undertaking a comprehensive review of the relationship between time and learning in elementary and secondary education, including international…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Day, Extended School Year
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
Baca, M. Carlota, Ed.; Stein, Ronald H., Ed. – 1983
Eighteen professionals analyze the ethical principles, practices, and problems in institutions of higher learning by examining the major issues facing higher education today. Focusing on ethical standards and judgements that affect decision-making and problem-solving, the contributors review the rights and responsibilities of academic freedom,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrators, Athletics, Codes of Ethics
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
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1980
A conference report of the House of Representatives to accompany H.R. 5192, which would amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes, is presented. It is recommended that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: that this Act may be cited…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Planning, Continuing Education, Cooperative Education
