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Jones, Thomas N., Ed.; Semler, Darel P., Ed. – 1985
A wide variety of contemporary legal issues, involving all levels of public and private education, are addressed in the 20 papers in this volume. Written in law review style and including legal citations, the papers and authors included are: (1) "Who Runs the Schools" (Flygare); (2) "Copyright Issues in Computer-Assisted…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Collective Bargaining, Computer Software, Construction Management
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1977
The summary version of "Progress of Education in the United States of America", is intended for use by educational policymakers abroad and for all persons who are interested in educational development in the United States. The report is presented in seven chapters. Chapter I identifies general principles of American public education, as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Curriculum, Data Analysis
Hopkins, Bruce R. – 1979
This single-volume reference describes in detail the federal tax laws governing income tax exemption for qualified organizations. All categories of tax-exempt organizations are treated, as well as many related subjects, providing the conditions and requirements for protecting a tax-exempt status. Organized according to the subject's major…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Advertising, College Administration, Court Litigation
1974
Organized labor's attitudes toward and involvement in public education in the United States from 1820 to the 1970s have been based on four fundamental propositions. The propositions are that labor believes: (1) education is one of the chief functions of a democracy and the only means of developing an enlightened citizenry, (2) all citizens are…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attitudes, Democratic Values, Educational Development
Levin, Betsy – 1977
This monograph examines recent legal developments in education and their impact on federal policy as well as ways in which the legislative and executive branches can facilitate rather than impede state compliance with court mandates. While organizing the discussion under the broad headings of "Equal Educational Opportunity,""Protection of…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Civil Liberties, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation
Wirt, John; Choy, Susan; Provasnik, Stephen; Rooney, Patrick; Sen, Anindita; Tobin, Richard – 2003
This volume presents indicators of important developments and trends in American education in 2003. Recurrent themes underscored by the indicators include participation and persistence in education, student performance and other outcomes, the environment for learning, and societal support for education. In addition, this volume contains a special…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Perraton, Hilary – 2000
This book contains 10 chapters that analyze and synthesize the progress of open and distance education (ODE) in the developing world. Most chapters include case studies of programs in a variety of countries. "Introduction: Golden Goose or Ugly Duckling" briefly delineates the history of the field. "Nonformal Education: The Light…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, College Programs
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1997
This volume contains nine papers on higher education theory and research. They include: (1) "Technology Transfer from Universities" (Irwin Feller); (2) "State Policy and Private Higher Education: Past, Present and Future" (William Zumeta); (3) "Appraising Tinto's Theory of College Student Departure" (John M. Braxton…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Persistence, Civil Liberties, College Administration
Solmon, Lewis C.; Chirra, Kalyani R. – 1998
The purpose of this book is to introduce ideas, methods, and people that could be of assistance to those who will utilize educational technology in teaching and learning, especially to those whose responsibility it is to put in place the policies necessary to make this happen. Analogies comparing school technology to earlier massive national…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Costs, Educational Development
Moore, Sarah Jane, Ed.; Morfit, Christine, Ed. – 1993
Selected writings by Richard Lambert on languages and international studies include the following: "Foreign Language Planning in the United States"; "Southeast Asian Language Instruction"; "Implications of the New Dutch National Action Plan for American Foreign Language Policy"; "Distance Education and Foreign…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Distance Education, Educational Finance
Sherman, Susan W., Ed. – 1983
Unemployment among young people is a serious and persistent problem in this country. Unemployment rates are especially high among members of minority groups, for high school dropouts, and in economically depressed areas. Vocational education can help to alleviate the problem of unemployment, and a close link between schools and employers can help…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Rossmiller, Richard A. – 1984
Decisions made by federal and state courts during 1983 concerning school finance are reported in this chapter. Among the decisions discussed are United States Supreme Court findings in cases involving tuition tax credits, reimbursement of misapplied Title I funds by states, and tuition requirements for nonresident students. Cases concerning the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Mingle, James R.; And Others – 1981
The retrenchment experiences of a variety of institutions--large and small, public and private--are described and evaluated using an extensive spectrum of case studies sponsored by the Southern Regional Education Board. Part One discusses challenges of retrenchment (James R. Mingle) and strategies for the 1980s (David W. Breneman). Part Two,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty
Selman, Gordon R. – 1976
During the 1930s in Canada, the senior levels of government and local agencies initiated educational programs to help people cope with the distress and demoralization resulting from the depression. Programs originated in eleven major areas: technical-vocational education, night schools, relief camps, educational relief measures outside camps, self…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Organizations, Community Programs
Education Law Association, Dayton, OH. – 1998
This document is a collection of 32 1998 Education Law Association conference papers. The collection includes the following papers: "The More We Change: Meeting the Requirements of Unitary Status" (Angela M. Sewall and Ann E. Witcher); "Everything You Need To Know about Discipline of Students with Disabilities" (David T. Duff,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Affirmative Action, Court Litigation
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