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Fields, Cheryl – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2005
As most state governments were beginning their fiscal years on July 1, it looked like another tight year for state spending in many regions--and, by implication, also for appropriations for higher education institutions and state student assistance programs. The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) spring report…
Descriptors: State Government, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Budgets
Janko, Edmund – Teacher Magazine, 2002
In this article, the author insists that those seeking public office prove their literary mettle. As an English teacher, he does have a litmus test for all public officials, judges and senators included--a reading litmus test. He would require that all candidates and nominees have read and reflected on a nucleus of works whose ideas and insights…
Descriptors: Public Officials, Legislators, Citizenship Education, Consciousness Raising
Roach, Ronald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2007
Both supporters and critics of Texas' Top 10 Percent law have been surprised at its popularity, but some UT officials and legislators would like to see the program scaled back. As a Texas state legislator, Jim McReynolds, D-Lufkin, knows a thing or two about influencing the voting positions of his colleagues. This past spring, when Texas House…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Racial Factors, Legislators, Admission (School)
Hebel, Sara – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Barack Obama agreed to answer a series of questions submitted via e-mail to his campaign. This article presents excerpts of "The Chronicle"'s exchange with the senator and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, in which he discussed his policy suggestions for student aid and college access; the appropriate role of the federal…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Affirmative Action, Federal Government
Allen, Sally V. – Compact, 1975
NASBE is enlarging its focus from information and liaison functions to action-oriented policies with state legislators and as a representative at the national level. (MLF)
Descriptors: Legislators, National Organizations, Policy Formation, Professional Associations
Halperin, Samuel – Compact, 1975
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Educational Attitudes, Educational Legislation, Leadership Styles
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1986
This directory includes data on more than 800 legislators who are enacting policy in their state capitols from the perspective of an educator. With occupation as the starting point, a summary was developed for each legislator from the education profession. These summaries include his/her chamber and party affiliation, address, telephone number,…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Legislators, Policy Formation, State Action
Army Public Affairs, Washington, DC. – 1988
This guide contains resources gathered by the Department of the Army to celebrate the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. Within the document, there are brief historical facts about: (1) the Constitutional Convention; (2) the early years of the Constitutional government; and (3) the U.S. Army of the 1780s and 1790s. There are also condensed…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Legislators, Program Content, Resource Units
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Stewart, John G. – Journal of Communication, 1974
This discussion of the possibilities in televising Congressional sessions is a part of a symposium on legislative and judicial communications. (CH)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Legislators, Mass Media
Miller, Susan Heilmann – 1978
Although philosophers in the United States have advocated the concept of adversarity for the relationship between reporters and people in Congress, in actuality these two groups work together in symbiosis. This document reports on a study in which 190 reporters, members of Congress, and Congressional aides were interviewed regarding particular…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Interaction, Interprofessional Relationship, Journalism
Florida Center for Children and Youth, Tallahassee. – 1979
This legislative handbook for child advocates in Florida features a description of Florida's legislative process, including sessions, leadership and procedure, committees, legislation, public access to legislative information, state publications, and critical stages in the passage of a bill. A legislative glossary and a chart showing the route of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Citizen Participation, Committees, Educational Legislation
Floyd, Koy; Burlingame, Martin – 1974
Like most States, New Mexico's legislature grants not only basic foundation money for public schools but also a small percentage of additional discretionary funds. While the foundation money is almost always dispersed in light of a rigid formula, the discretionary funds present the opportunity for political bargaining. While hardly of as obvious…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Research, Legislators, Political Influences
Romine, Stephen – 1972
This document is a report of the anonymous responses of 61 legislators and 70 men and women serving as college trustees or as members of boards or commissions charged with responsibility for higher education in Colorado. These responses were made to 50 selected issues in higher education to which respondents were given the opportunity to strongly…
Descriptors: Governance, Higher Education, Legislators, Opinions
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Mondale, Walter F. – Counseling Psychologist, 1976
A multigenerational examination of learning needs is discussed in terms of proposed legislation which encourages the expansion of lifetime learning options for all citizens. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adults, Federal Legislation
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