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Direct linkAmos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2004
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) It's Education, Stupid: Greenspan Stresses the Importance of Education to Improving Job Prospects, Incomes, and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Policy, Social Promotion, Living Standards
Peer reviewedWebb-Lupo, Anita – CUPA Journal, 1992
Issues concerning college faculty/staff retirement and coping with changes in lifestyle are discussed, including financial planning, psychological adjustment, relocating vs. maintaining current housing, planning for travel, health care, health and life insurance needs, maintenance of an acceptable standard of living, protecting resources against…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Faculty, Continuing Education
Mishel, Lawrence; Bernstein, Jared – 1995
Numerous sources of data about family incomes, taxes, wages, unemployment, wealth, and poverty were used to analyze the impact of the economy on living standards in the United States in 1994-1995. It was discovered that most individuals in the United States are worse off in the 1990s than they were at the end of the 1970s. Between 1979 and 1989,…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Comparative Analysis, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Download full textBrown, Lester R. – 1979
Population growth and resource depletion are discussed. The need is stressed for policy makers to understand how population projections relate to the carrying capacity of the earth's basic biological systems. Because the earth's resources are limited, it is essential that policy makers in developed and developing nations be able to analyze the…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Demography, Depleted Resources, Developed Nations
MURPHY, SARA – 1968
AS A RESULT OF A STUDY BY THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE NEEDS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN, A GRANT WAS OBTAINED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR MIGRANT YOUTH IN THE EXTREMELY ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS SITE WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE OF ITS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A LARGE MIGRANT…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate, Economically Disadvantaged
Knight, C. Gregory; Wilcox, R. Paul – 1976
Emphasizing a problem-solving perspective, the document investigates the world food scene. Simply defined, the world food problem is the apparent inability of the world's people to feed themselves adequately and consistently. Intended for use by college level geography instructors as they develop courses on human uses of the environment, the…
Descriptors: Depleted Resources, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Eating Habits
Medina, Alberto Hernandez; And Others – 1978
The education/employment situations of young people in Mexico and South Asia are examined as part of a project to broaden perspectives on social, educational, and employment issues in developing nations. In Mexico, economic growth between 1940 and 1970 was considerably greater than achievement of social goals such as full employment and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Economic Factors
Kohler, Gernot – 1978
Presenting the view that global society is an apartheid system, this paper defines global apartheid, analyzes some of its most striking features, and suggests strategies to overcome its worst aspects. Apartheid occurs whenever a minority race dominates a majority of other races in a society; an example is South Africa. Global apartheid, then, is a…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Civil Liberties, Conflict Resolution
Kato, Hidetoshi – 1978
The education/employment situation of young people in Japan is examined as part of a project to broaden perspectives on social, educational, and employment issues in contemporary societies. Youth problems in Japan stem from the incredibly rapid industrialization and social change that have taken place in Japan since World War II. In spite of this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education, College Entrance Examinations
Barrett, Nancy S. – 1984
As increasing numbers of women make the transition from the household sector into the labor market, dramatic changes in household composition have occurred that have thrust many women into the role of provider. This new role for women has led to dramatic and rapid changes in attitudes, as well as in the institutions and laws relating to women's…
Descriptors: Day Care, Demography, Economic Change, Economic Status
