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Strumpf, Lori – 1986
This monograph provides advice for local officials and Private Industry Council (PIC) members about youth employment and unemployment problems and strategies for solving them. The first part of the monograph sketches the problem of unemployment and its roots in a changing economy, youths' lack of basic skills, and the mismatch between the needs of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Download full textMcDonald, Gertrude C. – 1988
The structure of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) is built on the belief that flexibility and responsibility are necessary at the state and local levels to tailor successful programs. The purposely limited federal role allows state and local decisions to flourish. JTPA's private-public partnership has been a major public relations success…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1983
This first volume of a two-volume report presents findings of a task force on the importance of skill development leave as a mechanism for retraining, upgrading, and updating workers in a dynamic Canadian society. The report is designed as a tool for consultation. Volume I contains two parts. Part I, the background section, describes the current…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Developed Nations, Employee Attitudes
Doyle, Denis P., Ed.; Cooper, Bruce S., Ed. – 1988
This document presents the recommendations of a national group of policy analysts on strategies for improving compensatory education and the Educational Improvement and Consolidation Act (ECIA) Chapter 1. The historical context of the Federal and state roles in providing compensatory education programs is presented, old assumptions are reviewed,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance
Suter, Coral; Croddy, Marshall – 1984
Designed for students in grades 7-12, this social studies infusion unit examines individual rights and responsibilities in the context of the American criminal justice system and explores the balance between individual and group rights achieved at various levels of government. An introductory chapter establishes how crime control is…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Court Role, Crime
Suter, Coral; Croddy, Marshall – 1984
Designed for teachers of students in grades 7-12, this social studies infusion unit examines individual rights and responsibilities in the context of the American criminal justice system and explores the balance between individual and group rights achieved at various levels of American government. An introductory chapter outlines the program and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Court Role, Crime
Johnson, Carol – 1985
A bilingual Cambodian-English supplement designed for high school courses in American government is intended to interpret the story of government's operation in a clear and interesting way and provide a vocabulary of frequently-used words and phrases. The lessons, in both English and Cambodian, cover the following topics : American government; the…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Citizenship, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law
Greene, Marjorie R.; Curry, Martha G. – 1977
Large-scale energy or resource development projects in rural areas cause environmental, social, and economic changes in the community. The negative aspects of these impacts can be mitigated and the positive aspects enhanced, through the use of effective impact management strategies by local and state governments (together and separately), the…
Descriptors: Administration, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Planning
American Society of Planning Officials, Chicago, IL. – 1976
Recreational land development in the United States falls into three general categories with the first two being more popular: (1) unimproved recreational subdivisions, largely speculative investments; (2) improved second home projects, used both for recreation and speculation; and (3) high amenity resort communities, recreational areas for higher…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Consumer Protection, Development, Economic Development
TITMUS, COLIN J. – 1967
A SURVEY OF NONVOCATIONAL ADULT EDUCATION IN FRANCE, THE FIRST FULL LENGTH STUDY, OUTLINES ITS HISTORY FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THROUGH THE RESISTANCE, THE PRINCIPLES AND CONDITIONS OF POPULAR EDUCATION SINCE 1945, LOCAL AND GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS, SERVICES OF PRIVATE AND GENERAL ORGANIZATIONS, PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL INTERESTS AND GROUPS,…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Educational Objectives, Family Life Education
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1980
Strategies regarding retrenchment in higher education are examined in three papers and commentaries. In "Basing Public Policy on Student Achievement: A New Agenda Item," Francis Keppel recommends that the federal government undertake a program of acquiring data on student achievement in certain areas of the college curriculum to provide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions)
Cochrane, Hortence S., Comp. – 1977
The 1976 Rural New York Conference focused on unresolved social problems in rural America, with particular attention to needs of rural women in New York. Growing out of a course on rural poverty and social change at Syracuse University, the conference was initiated and planned primarily by students. Proceedings include "Commentaries" by:…
Descriptors: American Indians, Conference Reports, Family Planning, Federal Government
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1969
This volume explores the development, present status, and future growth of educational research and development in the United States and documents U.S. educational research efforts as a guide for OECD member nations. Topics include (1) the organization of and issues in education in the United States, (2) the history of educational research, (3)…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Educational History, Educational Research
Connell, Noreen; Widerquist, Karl; Arnold, Sarah; Opresiu, Alma – Educational Priorities Panel, 2002
The elimination of student overcrowding--the objective in writing this report and the objective in seeking reforms of the school facilities construction process--must be the top priority for the city in the next decade. The premise of this report is that much of the planning process for building and repairing schools requires fundamental change,…
Descriptors: School Construction, Budgets, Educational Facilities Design, Urban Schools
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. – 1999
This booklet presents information to international visitors on higher education in the United States. Section 1, "Introduction to U.S. Higher Education, Its Governance, Administration, and Accreditation," discusses: federal government and state roles; types of institutions of higher education; administrative structure; and accreditation, quality,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Affirmative Action, Agencies, College Admission
