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The National Foundation for Higher Education: Death of an Idea
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Finn, Chester E., Jr. – Change, 1972
The President's proposal to establish a Federally financed foundation to stimulate academic reform has produced interesting ideological and political alignments. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Washington versus School Reform.
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Finn, Chester E., Jr.; Petrilli, Michael J. – Public Interest, 1998
Discusses the proliferation of federal education programs and the many problems inherent in federal education policy. Suggestions are given to reform the federal role in education through changes in the reauthorization of the Elementary Secondary Education Act. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
A New New Federalism: The Case for National Standards and Tests
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Petrilli, Michael J.; Finn, Chester E., Jr. – Education Next, 2006
According to these authors, the federal government has pushed far too deeply into the routines and operations of the nation's public schools, now regulating everything from teacher credentials to the selection of reading programs. Ironically, the one way to extricate Washington from the minutiae of K-12 education is to give it more power in one…
Descriptors: United States History, Elementary Secondary Education, National Standards, Federal Government
Scholars, Dollars, and Bureaucrats.
Finn, Chester E., Jr. – 1978
In this second book of the Brookings Institution series of Studies in Higher Education Policy, the complex relationship between the federal government and the nation's higher education system is examined. After a survey of the history and background of Washington's involvement, an appraisal is made of the present condition of postsecondary…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Organization, Federal Aid, Federal Government