The Committee on Education and Labor met to hear testimony on "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the United States Department of Education." The U.S. Department of Education was making a budget request for Fiscal Year 2022 and the Committee wanted to examine the Department's priorities to support students, educators, and…

Many organizations from legislative bodies to advocacy groups to research centers have recently "discovered" developmental education in much the same way as Columbus discovered America. In the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, private philanthropic organizations, initially led by the Lumina Foundation (n.d.), promoted a…

This research examined postsecondary policy in Louisiana, which utilizes performance incentives, in order to: (a) provide clear distinctions among three commonly used types of performance incentives, and (b) use performance indicators defined in the LA GRAD Act to determine if Louisiana policy is primarily faculty oriented, state oriented, or…

This research evaluates the social context of adolescent intervention programs through a critical lens to determine the impact on youth postsecondary decisions with respect to both educational attainment and deviant behavior, further examining the role of education from a social and political perspective. The Education Longitudinal Study 2002/06…

Congress is often ambiguous on legislation involving the interests of society's functional groups but is more specific on legislation involving territorial interests. Researchers tested three propositions about congressional action on territorial versus functional matters in education. The three propositions are that Congress (1) is more explicit…

Collective bargaining is a technology and not a philosophy or set of moral values. There seems to be an almost irresistible urge among authors of educational bargaining statutes to adopt the basic tenets of private-sector labor law. However, employment and collective bargaining are different in the public sector than in the private sector, and one…

Testimony of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges and of representatives of the junior and community college movement as to the role of these colleges in vocational education is presented. The testimony is comprised of the following: statement by Dr. Peter Masiko--Introduction,…

The Hatch Act of 1887 established agricultural experiment stations to conduct agricultural research. It also called for the diffusion of agricultural information to the public. Land-grant university presidents and agricultural professors formalized the establishment of an association to improve communications and coordinate activities in regards…

In the case of "Reed v. Reed," the Supreme Court held in 1971 that discrimination between classifications of people by state agencies was unacceptable unless there is some "fair and substantial relation" between the state actions in question and the classification being made, guaranteeing "that all persons similarly…

This paper provides a detailed discussion of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and how its various requirements affect educational administrators and other school personnel. With the exception of enforcement provisions, the author examines each of the major areas covered by the act, including access to records, challenges to the…

In this speech, the newly appointed U.S. Commissioner of Education stresses the need for new partnerships between the educational community and its various constituencies and for more effective cooperation on educational matters between the federal government and state and local governments. In particular, he briefly discusses some of the Office…

The conference proceedings focus on the concepts of academic freedom and public accountability in the educational process. It includes the complete texts of papers and addresses presented; proceedings of the Adult Student Personnel Annual business meeting; summary reports from the panels on special degree programs for adults and counseling for…

This paper outlines an agenda for research on postsecondary vocational education that can be carried out with existing data. A particular interest is encouraging research that can provide insight into the effects of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act 1998 (the Act). The paper begins with a brief review of relevant sections…

Five papers from a conference on the state legislative process and higher education are presented. The authors of the papers are experts experienced in relationships between the campus and the capitol, including a governor, the chairperson of a senate education committee, the former director of the Educational Commission of the States, and an…

To provide a forum for discussing mutual concerns shared by legislators and educators and more specifically to promote a better understanding and clearer communications between the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and state legislators was the purpose of the 1975 Legislative Work Conference attended by 180 western…