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Field, Kelly – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Skeptics question whether infusion of billions of dollars for education in the economic-stimulus bill before Congress would actually give a healthy jolt to the economy. The bill would help thousands of students pay for college and could give colleges money to fix crumbling buildings. Some members of Congress are calling for the removal of…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Legislators, Student Financial Aid, Federal Legislation
Hossain, Md. Mokter; Robinson, Michael – Online Submission, 2011
Despite being the inventing country of the Internet, the US is not satisfied with its current state in Internet speed and broadband adoption. Although, more students, teachers and researchers in the US use Internet than any other country in the world, it is not satisfactory for the US educators and legislators to maintain US competitiveness in the…
Descriptors: Legislators, Internet, Technology Education, Presidents
Yates, Mark T. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country. The causes for the large number of prisoners can be traced, in part, to a politicized war on crime that resulted in harsh sentencing and high recidivism rates. Prisoner education provides the potential for slowing the revolving door of prison by helping to create engaged…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Access to Education, Public Policy