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Stote, Karen – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2012
This paper considers the coercive sterilization of Aboriginal women in legislated and non-legislated form in Canada. I provide an historical and materialist critique of coercive sterilization. I argue for coercive sterilization to be understood as one of many policies employed to undermine Aboriginal women, to separate Aboriginal peoples from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Females, Contraception
Office of Finance and Operations, US Department of Education, 2019
The purpose of the United States Department of Education's (the Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) is to inform Congress, the President, other external stakeholders, and the American people on how the Department used the federal resources entrusted to it to promote student achievement and preparation for…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Newell, Frances – International Journal of Training Research, 2012
The Federal government is seeking to increase the proportion of Australians with bachelor degrees and to increase the proportion of low SES students in higher education. This will focus attention on degree completion rates for all students, including non-traditional students who have previously been reported as having lower higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education
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Thielke, Stephen; Tumosa, Nina; Lindenfeld, Rivkah; Shay, Kenneth – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2011
The scope of geriatrics-related educational offerings in large health care systems, in either the target audiences or topics covered, has not previously been analyzed or reported in the professional literature. The authors reviewed the geriatrics-related educational sessions that were provided between 1999 and 2009 by the Geriatrics Research,…
Descriptors: Veterans, Geriatrics, Educational Opportunities, Federal Government
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Persyn, John M.; Polson, Cheryl J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
Military education programs encompass almost every adult education component from basic skills training through graduate-level higher education. As the country's largest employer, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is also the largest provider of adult education, offering training and education for a workforce of more than 3.2 million members…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Public Agencies, Armed Forces, National Security
Gill, Wanda E. – Online Submission, 2013
The U.S. Department of Education Chapter of Blacks in Government (BIG) reviewed and responded to the EEOC [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Office] African American Workgroup Report. The BIG ED Chapter considered whether: There is any evidence indicating that the number and percentage of African Americans employed by any federal government…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Minority Groups, Racial Discrimination, Public Agencies
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Collin, Ross – Journal of Education Policy, 2012
This article presents a discourse analysis of President Barack Obama's 2011 State of the Union Address. Fredric Jameson's concepts of cognitive mapping, cultural revolution, and the unconscious are employed to examine the president's vision of educational and economic transformation. Ultimately, it is argued this vision evokes a world in which…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Cognitive Mapping, Presidents, Change Strategies
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Education, 2018
The purpose of the United States Department of Education's (the Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) is to inform Congress, the President, other external stakeholders, and the American people on how the Department used the federal resources entrusted to it to promote student achievement and preparation for…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
DeSchryver, David A. – Digital Promise, 2015
This report argues that this is a promising time for entrepreneurs and developers to enter the adult learning market. Economic and labor trends are applying unprecedented pressure on policymakers to think differently. Federal, and in turn state, policies are shifting. The adaptation of K-12 and postsecondary education technologies (ed-tech) to the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Kim, Eung-Hun – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Over the last decade, personal health records (PHRs) have been increasingly recognized and actively promoted by the U.S. federal government and experts as a tool for improving healthcare and containing skyrocketing costs in the U.S. More recently, the 2010 health reform legislation includes PHRs as an important means to improve the quality and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Management Systems, Physicians, Computer Uses in Education
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Matemba, Yonah Hisbon – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2011
This article gives an overview of (Christian) Theological Education (CTE) in Malawi. To place the discussion in its appropriate context, information about Malawi is given including the impact of Christianity on the country. The article then describes historical aspects of CTE and highlights some of its inherent shortcomings, before shifting to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theological Education, Christianity, World History
Sudi, Linda – ProQuest LLC, 2010
United States (U.S.) federal agencies and other organizations are turning to Information Technology (IT) as a strategy for improving business productivity. Despite the rapid growth of outsourcing, few studies have been conducted on the effect of outsourcing on employees who remain with the company. In the current qualitative study, the effect of…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Content Analysis, Public Agencies, Employee Attitudes
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Kloppenborg, Paul – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2010
Ten Australian TAFE institutions are currently able to offer higher education degree qualifications--diplomas, advanced diplomas and degrees, catering to 2,000 students. Although this number of students is small, it continues to expand in alignment with the federal government's strategy to reach its target of 40% of young adult Australians having…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Vocational Education, Higher Education
Eyre, Gary – US Department of Education, 2013
Throughout the history of the United States, adult education has played a continuous role in helping adults reach for better lives. In the early 20th century, as this country witnessed expanded growth and tremendous work opportunities, it became apparent that in order to have a productive workforce and economic stability, the language needs of so…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Role of Education, Employment Opportunities, Immigrants
Krasley, Paul F. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Due to limited resources and inconsistent guidance from the U.S. Federal Government, Department of Defense, and multiple environments within the intelligence community, the defense intelligence agencies each developed their own methods to deliver security awareness information. These multiple delivery methods may be providing different levels of…
Descriptors: Expertise, Feedback (Response), National Security, Federal Government
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