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Iritani, Katherine M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2010
The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) mandated that GAO conduct a study on Education's enforcement of the incentive compensation ban in light of the safe harbors and report on the number of violations substantiated by the Secretary of Education since 1998, the nature of these violations, and the names of the institutions involved. This…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Compliance (Legal), Rewards, Compensation (Remuneration)
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Golden, Adam G.; Tewary, Sweta; Dang, Stuti; Roos, Bernard A. – Gerontologist, 2010
Community-based frail older adults, burdened with complex medical and social needs, are at great risk for preventable rapid rehospitalizations. Although federal and state regulations are in place to address the care transitions between the hospital and nursing home, no such guidelines exist for the much larger population of community-dwelling…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Older Adults, Patients, Nursing Homes
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Mohr, Wanda K.; LeBel, Janice; O'Halloran, Ronald; Preustch, Christa – Journal of School Nursing, 2010
In 1999, the United States General Accountability Office (USGAO) investigated restraints and seclusion use in mental health settings and found patterns of misuse and abuse. A decade later, it found the same misuse and abuse in schools. Restraints and seclusion are traumatizing and dangerous procedures that have caused injury and death. In the past…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Mental Health, Leadership, Psychiatry
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Superfine, Benjamin M.; Gottlieb, Jessica J.; Smylie, Mark A. – Educational Policy, 2012
This article examines the recent expansion of the federal role into teacher workforce policy, primarily as embodied by the Race to the Top Fund of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Such recent federal teacher workforce policy reflects an important expansion of the federal role into a policy domain that deserves more attention. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Personnel Policy, Government Role, Labor Force
Lowder, Eleanor – District Administration, 2009
In late July 2007, the Internal Revenue Service dropped a bombshell in the form of new 403(b) regulations, which present great challenges for public school districts and community colleges. The challenge for employees participating in 403(b) plans is the new environment created by the requirement that 403(b) programs in existence since 1961…
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, Public Schools, School Districts, Community Colleges
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Zirkel, Perry A. – Remedial and Special Education, 2010
This article provides an update of a previous analysis of the case law concerning manifestation determinations culminating in the revised pertinent provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004. Specifically, the update consists of a synthesis of the legislative history, Office of Special Education Programs…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Valcik, Nicolas A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
Research advancements into different fields of study have increased the risks for accidents, criminal acts, or a potential breach of national security, and the types of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) stored and used at universities and colleges are under new scrutiny. Before, a chemistry laboratory might only have basic substances such as sulfur,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Research, Chemistry, Laboratories
APPA: Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers, 2013
The 2013 Thought Leaders Symposium, sponsored in part by DTZ, a UGL company, and Jacobs, focused on the topic of the rising cost of higher education. More than three dozen higher education leaders--including presidents, provosts, business officers, consultants, association executives, and facilities professionals--participated in a facilitated…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Administrators, Paying for College, Costs
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Castiglia, Beth – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2012
The recent emergence of higher education into political and economic debate is reminiscent of the ongoing arguments about the appropriate provision of health care in the United States. Health care reform has been a political battle cry in the United States for years, and there are similar calls for reforms of higher education. These two industries…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Health Services, Politics of Education, Public Policy
Roc, Martens; DeBaun, Bill – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2012
Three years after signing the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965--legislation that established the Basic Education Opportunity Grant (now called the Pell Grant)--President Lyndon Johnson declared that "every man, everywhere, should be free to develop his talents to their full potential--unhampered by arbitrary barriers of race or birth or income."…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid
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Shelly, Bryan – Educational Policy, 2012
The federal government promised that it would limit waiver grants to states for the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). It largely kept that promise, but states did gain significant flexibility through amendments to accountability plans. OLS model estimates showed that larger, more affluent, and more Republican states submitted more amendment…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Government, Accountability, Educational Policy
US House of Representatives, 2011
Over the last several months, the Committee on Education and the Workforce has been actively examining the current state of education in the nation. Everyone has listened to state and local leaders who are working to improve the quality of education the children receive. Through a series of hearings, they have heard stories of both challenges and…
Descriptors: Hearings, Federal Legislation, Status, Educational Practices
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McDonnell, Lorraine M.; Weatherford, M. Stephen – Peabody Journal of Education, 2011
The economic stimulus enacted during President Obama's initial weeks included a down payment on his ambitious education reform agenda. By combining short-term policy with reform, the strategy gained his administration three advantages: a discretionary funding source with little Congressional scrutiny; flexibility in pursuing education reform goals…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Public Policy, Change Strategies
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Waddell, Craig – Current Issues in Education, 2011
In August 2009, the U.S. Department of Education announced opportunities for states and local educational agencies to vie for $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement Grants targeted at turning around or closing down chronically low-achieving schools. To qualify for a portion of these funds, school districts were required to implement one of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Grants, Educational Improvement
US Senate (NJ1), 2014
There is no evidence that physically restraining or putting children in unsupervised seclusion in the K-12 school system provides any educational or therapeutic benefit to a child. In fact, use of either seclusion or restraints in non-emergency situations poses significant physical and psychological danger to students. Yet the first round of data…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Punishment, Educational Research
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