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Download full textKupper, Lisa, Ed. – 1996
This guide describes ERIC as an information system sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education that gathers, selects, abstracts, and indexes documents and articles on a wide range of education topics. The guide provides information on the following: (1) how to get started using ERIC; (2) how to use a computer to access the ERIC database; (3) how…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Kupper, Lisa, Ed. – 1995
This guide describes ERIC (the Educational Resources Information Center) as a system of 16 clearinghouses and 5 support units providing many types of information services related to education, and also describes ERIC as a bibliographic database where descriptions of education-related documents and articles are maintained. It explains how to get…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Smarte, Lynn; McLane, Kathleen – 1994
This booklet explains how the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) and ECER (Exceptional Child Education Resources) databases can be used to find information about the education of individuals who have disabilities or who are gifted. The guide describes ERIC as a federally funded information system with a database of over 400,000…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
National Committee for Citizens in Education, Columbia, MD. ACCESS, The Information Clearinghouse about Public Schools. – 1991
This printout forms an annotated bibliography of publications on the Federal Chapter 1 Program for the education of disadvantaged children (mandated by the Education Consolidation Improvement Act of 1981 and its predecessors) from the ACCESS Clearinghouse of the National Committeee for Citizens in Education. ACCESS provides computerized…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citations (References), Clearinghouses, Compensatory Education
Berry, Stan, Comp. – 1985
Advice for foreign students about postsecondary education in the United States is presented. An overview of U.S. education covers postsecondary levels, accreditation, the academic year, and courses and grades. Steps that should be taken before applying for admission include using existing information, selecting programs and institutions, and…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Choice
Rohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Work-based education (WBE), including traditional vocational education and other career-focused programs, was an important curricular component in American schools for most of the 20th century. The 1990s was a period of substantial change for work-based education (WBE). Spurred on by a concern about the international competitiveness of the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Tech Prep, Education Work Relationship
