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Catterton, Brenda – 1979
This testimony on the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act defines the objectives of the National Student Educational Fund. The remarks focus on putting the student's right to good information about educational opportunities into practice by providing better information, by simplifying the financial aid system, and by providing key roles…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Change, Consumer Protection, Educational Legislation
Download full textReid, J. Norman; And Others – 1978
Using data from the "Federal Outlays" published by the Community Services Administration, data on federal outlays in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties for fiscal 1976 were analyzed. The outlays programs were divided into seven major program area categories: human resource development, housing, community and industrial development,…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Community Development, Comparative Analysis, Federal Aid
Barsh, Russell Lawrence – 1978
The unit of study is intended to bring information and rational thought to the controversial Native American treaty issue. It begins with an explanation of the concepts behind the unit's minimal student learning expectations. Fifteen lesson plans are organized into three one-week sub-units consisting of an introductory game illustrating the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Constitutional Law, Educational Games, Federal Government
Rollins, Richard A.; And Others – 1977
The relationship between government and Bishop College in regard to federal funding and the effect of federal compliance is examined. The four significant impact components that comprise the study are historical impact, statistical impact, federal impact (positive and negative aspects), and operational/functional impact. Basic instruments used to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Budgets, Case Studies
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1979
The fifth annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture on rural development (prepared in response to a directive from the Rural Development Act of 1972) summarizes current rural conditions by presenting the most recently available statistical data on employment, income, population, housing, and community services and facilities and illustrates…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Role, Delivery Systems, Demography
Hoffman, Ellen – 1980
Results of an analysis of the federal role in lifelong or continuous learning indicate that the single most important existing component is educational equity. The major policy question is how to reshape existing policy, programs, and expenditures to meet the needs of particular, diverse groups of Americans who lack access to promised benefits. It…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Adult Education, Delivery Systems
Mayville, William V. – 1980
Federal action that has influenced, either directly or indirectly, the curriculum of higher education is examined. The purpose is to better comprehend the process by which educational policy decisions are reached by the government and what institutions of higher education have to do with this process. A review of recent federal funding programs in…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Enrollment Trends
LINDMAN, ERICK L.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND THE PERSISTENT AND EMERGING PROBLEMS AND PRESSURES IMPINGING ON SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS LED THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO AUTHORIZE PREPARATION OF THE NINE ESSAYS IN THIS VOLUME. EACH ESSAY IS CONCERNED WITH THE GENERAL TOPIC "FEDERAL POLICY AND THE PUBLIC…
Descriptors: Agencies, Centralization, Coordination, Educational Cooperation
Hendler, Charles I.; Reid, J. Norman – 1980
The study described the patterns of government outlay to U.S. metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas for 86% of the $499 billion of federal outlays and loan guarantees made in fiscal 1978 to individual counties in the 50 states. Between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas there were considerable variations in outlays to programs in seven…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Comparative Analysis, Economic Development
Collier, Douglas J.; Allen, Richard H. – 1980
The second volume of the revised "Higher Education Finance Manual" (HEFM), this data users' guide is oriented to the nonaccountant and describes the kinds of information about postsecondary education that can be derived from institutional financial data. Contents include: a description of fund accounting for higher education, a…
Descriptors: Accounting, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
PDF pending restorationMizell, M. Hayes – 1979
This paper discusses two examples of federal agencies which administer laws fundamental to the protection and advancement of the educational interests of minority children: the Office for Civil Rights, and the Division of Education for the Disadvantaged. Provisions of these laws can be construed as protective standards which may provide the major…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Administrative Problems, Bureaucracy, Elementary Secondary Education
National Advisory Committee on Black Higher Education and Black Colleges and Universities (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1978
The report describes the background, functions, and activities of the National Advisory Committee on Black Higher Education and Black Colleges and Universities during 1977. It also gives a statistical overview of blacks in American higher education, and proposes a plan of action to attain goals of access (increasing participation), opportunities…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advisory Committees, Affirmative Action, Annual Reports
Costo, Rupert; Henry, Jeannette – 1977
Today self-determination, economy, tribal jurisdiction, taxation, water and resource rights, and other aspects of American Indian affairs are affected by issues raised through the treaties and agreements made with Indian nations and tribes, and through the executive orders and statutes. Government policy has been influenced by the pressure brought…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Conflict Resolution, Court Litigation
Lachman, Seymour P., Ed. – 1978
The conference was convened to provide a forum for educators, human rights representatives, and government officials to discuss decision-making processes of local education authorities. The focus of the conference was on the increasing influence on educational policy formation of federal and state court decisions, regulatory agencies, professional…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Conference Reports
Deane, Robert T.; Smith, Lawrence – 1977
Technical notes are presented from a study that examined the degree to which cooperative education is a viable educational and/or financial aid mechanism for institutions of higher education to adopt. This volume gives graphs and tabular data on cohort selection, construction of net benefit streams (including graduate earnings and student…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, College Graduates, Cooperative Education, Cost Effectiveness
