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Download full textEdgerton, Adam K. – Congressional Research Service, 2022
The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins Act) is the primary federal law aimed at developing and supporting career and technical education (CTE) programs for secondary and postsecondary students. In the 109th Congress, the Perkins Act was reauthorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Vocational Education, Secondary Education
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Direct linkImpellizeri, Whitney; Lee, Vera J. – Education and Urban Society, 2022
Place-based initiatives, such as the federal Promise Neighborhoods grant, attempt to coordinate interventions, supports, and services with a myriad of organizations to targeted communities. Although Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), inclusive of academic medical institutions, are among the most overall researched anchor institution,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Place Based Education, Higher Education, School Community Relationship
Powers, Stacie R.; Hirsch, Heather; Zarrett, Nicole; Ng, Alison – Women's Sports Foundation, 2020
In October 2014, the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF), and espnW co-founded "Sports 4 Life", a national grant program to increase participation and retention of African American and Hispanic girls in sports, especially in under-resourced communities. These grants are intended to help small and mid-size organizations in all 50 states…
Descriptors: Athletics, Females, African Americans, Hispanic Americans
Choy, Susan P.; Berkner, Lutz; Li, Xiaojie; Woo, Jennie; Lee, John; Topper, Amy – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2010
The Department of Education is vitally interested in whether the financial incentives provided by the grants affect student behavior. That is, will the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACGs) induce more economically disadvantaged high school students to complete a rigorous high school program and enroll and succeed in postsecondary education? Will…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Higher Education, Student Financial Aid, Federal Legislation
Choy, Susan P.; Berkner, Lutz; Lee, John; Topper, Amelia – US Department of Education, 2009
The "Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005" created two new grant programs for undergraduates: the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) program and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (National SMART) Grant program. The ACG program is intended to encourage students to take challenging courses in high school and thus…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Postsecondary Education, High Schools, Income
