NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 9 results Save | Export
Granovskiy, Boris – Congressional Research Service, 2018
The term "STEM" (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education refers to teaching and learning in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It typically includes educational activities across all grade levels--from pre-school to post-doctorate--in both formal (e.g., classrooms) and informal (e.g.,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Program Descriptions, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Inge, Brittany; Fowler, Pamela; Gross, Jacob P. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2015
The upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 provides opportunities and presents challenges for financial aid administrators. This article outlines steps that aid administrators can take and challenges they may face in preparing for and responding to new legislation.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Student Financial Aid
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mukherjee, Mousumi – Policy Futures in Education, 2012
The Higher Education Act of 1965 for the first time gave discretionary authority to campuses to use federal financial aid in support of students studying abroad. Thereafter, US study abroad has thus evolved from the periphery to the center of the global curriculum. In 2005 the Lincoln Commission report proposed an ambitious goal of sending one…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Global Education, Citizenship, Cultural Influences
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 2011
In the "Higher Education Opportunity Act" of 2008, Congress charged the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance with conducting a review and analysis of regulations affecting higher education, to determine the extent to which regulations are overly burdensome and need to be streamlined, improved, or eliminated. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Advisory Committees, Federal Regulation, Federal Aid
Millard, Richard M. – 1980
Purposes of 1202 Commissions and projected new roles with respect to continuing education are discussed. Both the House and Senate versions of the legislation reauthorizing the Higher Education Act of 1965 delete any reference to 1202 Commissions and substitute for it a state agreement provision. What in effect the new legislation does is to carry…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document presents testimony and statements from one of a series of Congressional field hearings intended to critically review all the programs associated with the Higher Education Act of 1965. Among issues addressed in the testimony and prepared statements are: how the United States can maximize the number of students, including…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document presents testimony and statements from one of a series of Congressional field hearings intended to critically review all the programs associated with the Higher Education Act of 1965. Issues addressed in the testimony and prepared statements include: How the United States can maximize the number of students, including non-traditional…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document presents testimony and statements from one of a series of Congressional field hearings intended to critically review all the programs associated with the Higher Education Act of 1965. Issues addressed in the testimony and prepared statements include: how the United States can maximize the number of students, including non-traditional…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document presents testimony and statements from one of a series of Congressional field hearings intended to critically review all the programs associated with the Higher Education Act of 1965. Issues addressed in the testimony and prepared statements include: how the United States can maximize the number of students, including non-traditional…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation