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Backing Demands with Data
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McNamara, William – Change, 1976
The higher education community can now produce statistical data with which to support its demands to Washington. The data are compiled by the Policy Analysis Service (PAS) of the American Council on Education. Implications of this data availability are examined. (LBH)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Policy, Federal Government
Is Congress the Problem or the Solution? The View From the Hill
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Andringa, Robert C. – Change, 1976
A congressional staff member explains why Congress has difficulty controlling the federal role in higher education and suggests ways the higher education community can help make the federal government a more effective and responsive partner, e.g. assessment of the impact of federal programs by a coalition of nongovernment organizations. (JT)
Descriptors: Committees, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation
Remembrance of Things Future
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Orlans, Harold – Change, 1977
A member of the Commission on the Year 2000 recalls the practical hazards and psychic rewards of forecasting the future of a nation. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: American Culture, Economic Climate, Futures (of Society), Government Role
An Increased Role for the States.
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Geiogue, Harold E. – Change, 1980
The decade of the 1970s saw the evolution of a regulatory society and a growth in the degree of external oversight of higher education by elected officials. Achieving balanced governance in the 1980s centers around a leadership role at the state higher education coordinating level. (MLW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Coordination, Governance, Government Role
National Service: Is It Worth Government Support?
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Solmon, Lewis C.; Schiff, Tamara W. – Change, 1993
The Clinton administration's proposed national service program for college students receiving federal financial aid is examined from a labor-market perspective. It is proposed that national service and higher education be linked more formally than in the current proposal, avoiding considerable bureaucracy and potentially improving program quality.…
Descriptors: College Students, Government Role, Higher Education, Labor Market
Toward A New Consensus.
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Finn, Chester E., Jr. – Change, 1981
The Reagan revolution is making profound changes in the basic assumptions that have undergirded American educational and social policy. The time has come to form a new national consensus whose unifying idea is educational quality. The declining quality of teachers poses the gravest threat to the quality of education. (MLW)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Equal Education
Two Decades "Inside the Beltway."
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Finn, Chester E., Jr. – Change, 1990
The changes in postsecondary education's relationship to government generally and to the federal government specifically are discussed. It is concluded that, as the array of issues, participants, and special interests mounts, the academy is less and less able to speak with a single voice in Washington. (MLW)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Ethics, Federal Government, Government Role
Memorandum to the Secretary of Education: How to Make Education a Top Priority.
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Bell, Terrel H. – Change, 1988
A former Secretary of Education outlines ways in which the new secretary can provide the leadership necessary to make America a nation of learners, through relationships with the Cabinet, the President, Congress, and the education community. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Agency Role, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education