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Download full textSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. Commission on Colleges. – 1976
The Commission's study, one of a number of examinations of the Federal Government's impact of education, calls on the Carter administration and the 95th Congress to begin an era of cooperation in curtailing the enormous growth of federal regulation in higher education. The statement affirms the commitment of the member institutions to the social…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Discriminatory Legislation, Educational Legislation
Education Trust, Washington, DC. – 2003
This report presents 10 suggestions for what the U.S. Department of Education can do to help schools raise achievement for all students and close the achievement gap by increasing teacher quality: (1) make improving teacher quality job one; (2) insist on good data; (3) ensure that states make an immediate priority of fixing the indefensible…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE, 2002
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, reauthorized in January 2002, ensures educational rights and protections for children and youth experiencing homelessness. This document summarizes key provisions of the Act, as well as key provisions of the reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act's Title I statute. It is designed to provide…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Homeless People, Access to Education, Student Rights
Bell, T. H. – 1983
The Department of Education's (ED) rural education/rural family education policy for the 80's includes strengthened efforts to insure that rural education shall receive an equitable share of information, services, assistance, and funds available through ED and its programs. The Department will assist educators in developing outreach and volunteer…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Coordination, Databases, Educational Objectives
Chachkin, Norman – 1984
An investigation was conducted of state enforcement of the Vocational Education Guidelines issued in 1979 to prevent discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, sex, or handicap in vocational training. The guidelines are administered by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) through methods of administration (MOA) developed by the states that…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
Gilder, Jamison, Ed. – 1981
In 1980 four state assemblies were convened by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) to evaluate state education policies and to recommend changes that would enhance opportunities for lifelong learning. This monograph presents the final reports and accompanying background papers of these assemblies. After Edmund…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedHart, Gary – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Education in America is of vital importance, but has declined. It can be improved through empowering the individual, empowering the economy, and empowering the nation, according to this campaign speech presented here. (BJV)
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged
Altbach, Philip G., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This collection of 16 essays explore the effects and implications of the changing relationship between external societal influences and academic institutions in the United States. A foreword by Clark Kerr is entitled, "American Society Turns More Assertive: A New Century Approaches for Higher Education in the United States." The essays…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, College Curriculum, College Students
Direct linkAmos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2004
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) States Showing Some Reading Improvements: Early Grades Raise Scores, but Older Students Continue to Struggle; (2)…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, School Choice, Public Education, Newsletters
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
This document reports on findings of the studies on vocational education that the Education Amendments of 1976 directed the National Institute of Education to conduct. The introduction overviews these studies of vocational education programs conducted under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (VEA) and other related programs conducted under the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Consumer Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Sloan Commission on Government and Higher Education, Cambridge, MA. – 1980
A study undertaken in 1977 by the Sloan Commission on the Regulation of Higher Education addressed the issue of government influence on postsecondary institutions. This overview of the study, the first chapter of the final report, summarizes the major recommendations in these areas: federal regulation, the role of the states (composition of higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Budgeting, College Admission, Equal Education
Bartik, Timothy J.; Hollenbeck, Kevin – 2000
This paper discusses the role of public policy in the skills development system of the United States. It further examines the implications of that policy for the skill development and career progression of black workers. The paper describes the current "system" for skills development as a two-tiered system composed of (1) the "first…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Career Development, Career Ladders
National Advisory Committee on Black Higher Education and Black Colleges and Universities (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1980
Six support systems for black higher education that are needed to achieve educational equity for black Americans are assessed, and recommendations for national program objectives are offered. The six support systems are: federal policy toward black colleges, a research base, a human resource system support, dealing with socioeconomic and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Black Education, Black Students
HANNAH, JOHN A.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY OF RACIAL ISOLATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE DISCUSSED. THE STUDY FOCUSED ON (1) THE EXTENT OF RACIAL SEGREGATION IN THE SCHOOLS AND THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF NEGRO AND WHITE SCHOOL CHILDREN, (2) FACTORS WHICH INTENSIFY AND PERPETUATE SEGREGATION, (3) THE EFFECTS OF SEGREGATED SCHOOLING ON…
Descriptors: Achievement, Blacks, Court Litigation, De Facto Segregation
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This overview of social research illustrates how the federal government increasingly relies on knowledge gained through research reports and studies for its planning and policy formation. The research reviews are grouped into five sections. The first section, the historical perspective, traces the increasing importance of the role of social…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
