This paper describes a framework developed by the Financial Literacy and Education Commission (FLEC) to provide the foundation for an overarching financial literacy strategy. This framework establishes concrete goals that the non-profit, government, and private sectors can and should work together to increase financial literacy and improve…

The Study Committee on Yale College was established to study all aspects of the college and to make recommendations for the next 20 years of operation. Recommendations include the areas of faculty role, student admissions, student role, the setting of undergraduate life, the appropriate range and limits of choice in learning, the process of…

Institutional self-studies of present conditions will aid in planning for the future. (HS)

This synopsis of a symposium on priorities for research and development in education was intended as a planning report for the National Institute of Education. The members of the symposium suggested that the following research and development efforts be undertaken: a) an analysis of the data base for teacher education; b) an analysis of the…

This study provides an historical account and critical appraisal of the educational policies in Ethiopia since 1941. Chapters include: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Postwar Reconstruction and the Formation of an Educational System 1941-51"; (3) "Toward the Planned Development of Education 1951-61"; (4) "A New…

Barriers to the linkage of vocational education and structured apprenticeship programs and facilitators useful in overcoming the barriers were identified. Subjects were 46 people who were interviewed to identify potential barriers and facilitators to linkage and 288 people who completed a survey questionnaire to verify the identified barriers and…

The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) member states are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Working directly with state governments, academic institutions, and other related agencies, SREB does research and makes…

To help national study groups and local site planners deal with issues concerning teacher centers, this paper explains some relevant critical points. These issues are grouped under various headings: a) the needs underlying teacher centers; b) their function, structure, administration and staffing; c) their program and financing; and d) their…

A series of options open to the National Institute of Education (NIE) for coordinating its research and development function with other federal agencies active in educational research and development are presented in this document. Background information in topic outline form discusses: (a) brief synopses of major sponsors of educational research…

Concern over and programs about the future of our society should be incorporated into more curricula in higher educational institutions. (HS)

Because of the importance of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and vocational education coordination at all levels, a number of research and development efforts aimed at improved coordination have been funded in recent years by the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Office (now Department) of Education, and state agencies across the…

Experiences with and studies of a formal network of 18 elementary schools--the League of Cooperating Schools (LCS)--in Southern California are described and analyzed in a narrative account, with observations, of the network's creation and maturation. This set of formal agreements between the school districts and the Research Division of the…

This study examines the work of the Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL) since its 1987 inception. Efforts to assess educational achievement at the local, regional, and national levels in India are examined with a view to achieving universal primary education (UPE); eradicating illiteracy; and providing continuing education in…

This study examines the work of the Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL) since its 1987 inception. Efforts to assess educational achievement at the local, regional, and national levels in Bangladesh are examined with a view to achieving universal primary education; eradicating illiteracy; and providing continuing education in…

This study examines the work of the Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All (APPEAL) since its 1987 inception. Efforts to assess educational achievement at the local, regional and national levels in the Philippines are examined with a view to achieving universal primary education; eradicating illiteracy; and providing continuing education in…