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Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
Massachusetts was one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY). NSFY, launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2016, is a $75 million, five-year initiative, aimed at strengthening and expanding high-quality career pathways for youth. As part of this initiative, the Council of Chief State School Officers, Advance CTE,…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, State Programs, Vocational Education, Sustainability
US Senate, 2016
This hearing is the fourth in the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions' series examining issues in postsecondary education in anticipation of reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Accreditation's role is to help ensure an acceptable level of quality across a wide spectrum of American higher education. Under the Higher…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Educational Needs
National Science Foundation, 2010
As part of its mandate from Congress, the National Science Board oversees the collection of a very broad set of quantitative information about U.S. science, engineering and technology, and every 2 years publishes the data and trends in its "Science and Engineering Indicators" ("Indicators") report. On occasion, the data reveal trends that raise…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Global Approach, Position Papers, Engineering
New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, 2010
Higher education in New Jersey has arrived at a decisive moment. After twenty years of declining State funding and increased tuitions, the fortunes of citizens and the state hang in the balance. Student access to an affordable college education and the economic prosperity of the state are at stake. Increased funding is essential, but so too are…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Proprietary Schools, Public Colleges
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. – 1990
Fundamental to a realistic assessment of educational quality is an assessment of United States education statistics and information-gathering efforts. This hearing focused on the identification of information needed and steps the Congress needs to take to make education information available on a timely basis so that policy decisions can be made.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Budget. – 1991
This document reports on two days of congressional hearings held to examine educational budgetary issues for fiscal year 1993 and beyond. The statements of the following persons are included in the proceedings: Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers and Committee for Economic Development; Hon. William E. Brock, Secretary's…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
1985
The following organizations and agencies sent their suggestions and comments on the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Elementary/Secondary Education Data Redesign Project: American Association for Counseling and Development, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, American Library Association, Indiana University,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Educational Policy