"Forum Focus" was a semi-annual magazine of the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) that featured articles on the role of business and higher education on significant issues affecting the P-16 education system. The magazine typically focused on themes featured at the most recently held semi-annual Forum meeting at the time of publication. "Forum Focus" also highlighted members' viewpoints and the work of their organizations. This issue of the publication includes: (1)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, School...
The "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" examines what is arguably the single most powerful authority over the teaching profession: state government. This Alaska edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ's) "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" is the first of what will be an annual look at the status of state policies impacting the teaching profession. It is hoped that this report will help focus attention on areas where state policymakers could make improvements to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Yearbooks, State Standards, State...
The "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" examines what is arguably the single most powerful authority over the teaching profession: state government. This Rhode Island edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ's) "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" is the first of what will be an annual look at the status of state policies impacting the teaching profession. It is hoped that this report will help focus attention on areas where state policymakers could make...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Yearbooks, State Standards, State...
This report synthesizes major themes in local policymaking during the last year, as local school districts continue to grapple with legal and economic constraints on policies that are aimed at creating diverse schools. The report last year on the second anniversary of "Parents Involved" began to uncover some of the consequences of the difficult economic situation facing many local and state governments in terms of budget cuts that affected integration efforts. There are also a number...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Civil Rights, School Desegregation, Federal Legislation, Student Diversity, School...
Technology is now considered by most educators and parents to be an integral part of providing a high-quality education. There is concern, however, that not all students, particularly students in rural schools or schools with a high percentage of minority or poor students, have equal access to educational technology, both in terms of the availability of equipment and the successful integration of technology into the classroom. To address these concerns, the federal government funds a number of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Rural Schools, Surveys, Educational Technology, Federal Government, Federal Aid,...
Council for American Private Education (CAPE) is a coalition of national associations serving private schools K-12. "Outlook" is published monthly by CAPE. This issue contains the following articles: (1) Supreme Court Issues 9-0 Ruling in Religious School Case; (2) White House Honors Champions of Change; and (3) CAPE Notes.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Private Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Court Litigation, Religious...
This Issue Brief states that, in spite of the obvious "reciprocal relationship" between housing and school policy, government housing and education agencies have rarely collaborated to promote the common goals of racial and economic integration. Recent efforts to promote collaboration among housing and school agencies have focused on place-based interventions to enhance the learning environment for low income children in segregated, high poverty schools and neighborhoods, However...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Government, State Government, Government Role, School Policy, Public Housing,...
Prosperous regions are educated regions. Ohio's relatively low share of residents with college degrees has concerned one governor after the other and proposals for managing Ohio's university system have differed substantially. The Kasich administration's higher education proposal, the "Enterprise University Plan for Ohio," is based on the idea that (1) cost savings ensue from deregulation of university management; (2) university administrators respond to these hypothetical savings by...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Regulation, Educational Change, Politics of Education, Educational Policy,...
The findings and recommendations of a 21-month study of the culture, needs, and concerns of native Hawaiians are presented in this final report, the first volume of a report commissioned by the United States Congress. Following a brief description of the approach and methodology used and the executive summary, part I deals with socioeconomic and cultural factors affecting the past and present lives of native Hawaiians. The following topics are covered: (1) demography; (2) the historical and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Demography, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Federal...
Testimony on the bill to amend the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act (1984) is presented. Statements are recorded from: (1) Representative Mary Rose Oakar (Ohio); (2) Keith Geiger, vice president, National Education Association; (3) William L. Smith, Director, Administrative Resource Management Services, U.S. Department of Education; (4) Dr. Beth Stephens, Director, Department of Defense Schools, U.S. Department of Defense; (5) Greg Humphrey, director of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Ladders, Dependents Schools, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary...
On this 20th anniversary of the passage of the Arizona Civil Rights Act, the State is to be congratulated for its successes in civil rights enforcement. The significance of the passage of the Act is twofold: (1) it added the full weight of State law enforcement to the battle against unlawful discrimination; and (2) it underscored the continuing vitality of the Federalist system of Government. The Reagan Administration is committed to the Federalist system, and has fostered a newer and more...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Affirmative Action, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Federal...
A study assessing the welfare of immigrant and refugee youth in Australia is reported on in this document, which is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 summarizes findings and presents recommendations for government action and policy; overall, it was found that the personal, social, educational, and employment needs of the teenage immigrant population are not presently being acknowledged or met. Chapter 2 describes the background of the Ethnic Liaison Officer Working Party No.2, the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Educational Finance, Educational...
These appendices accompany a study that was conducted to determine whether the state and federal performance standards for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs have influenced Service Delivery Area (SDA) and service provider decisions about program design and implementation practices in ways that have affected the clients served, the types of services provided, and the costs of the services. The first appendix summarizes the study's four hypotheses. Case study findings and conclusions...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Educational Policy, Employment Services,...
This report addresses the opportunities offered by technological advances to improve the dissemination of federal information and highlights two major problems: maintaining equity in public access to federal information in electronic formats, and defining the respective roles of federal agencies and the private sector in the electronic dissemination process. In addition to providing an overview of federal information dissemination, the report discusses: (1) key technology trends relevant to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Information, Advisory Committees, Depository Libraries, Electronic...
In the United states, late in the twentieth century, racial separation prevails in family life, playgrounds, churches, and local community activities. Segregation of housing is a key mechanism for maintaining the subordinate status of blacks. Housing policies and practices have been a leading cause of the nation's decaying central cities and fractured metropolitan communities. This essay discusses the development of racially segregated housing patterns and the nation's limited efforts to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Blacks, Civil Rights, Colonial History (United States), Futures (of Society),...
A transcript is provided of the subcommittee hearing on the effect of Congressional Methodology (the system established to determine eligibility for federal student aid) on federal student financial aid eligibility. The statements of the following persons are provided: Francine Andrea, New Jersey Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators; Lorraine Andrews, parent; Michael J. Bennett, Brookdale Community College; Edward J. Bloustein, Rutgers; John Brugel, New Jersey Department of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Government Role, Grants, Hearings, Higher...
This hearing addresses issues of health, hunger, and malnutrition among Hispanic Americans. Health and poverty agency officials made statements before the committee and expressed difficulty in examining the health- and poverty-related problems among Hispanics because of a lack of data. Testimony indicated that previous data regarding the health of the Hispanic population had been inaccurate, and that part of the problem entailed definition of the term "Hispanic" itself. Testimony also...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Programs, Government Role, Health Programs, Health Services, Hearings,...
The Stanley Foundation annually assembles a panel of experts from the public and private sectors to assess specific foreign policy issues and to recommend future direction. The participants in the round-table discussion summarized in this report agreed that the Soviets are moving from a Marxist-Leninist version of socialism to a broader version, and that Gorbachev appears to be ready to bring in a new form of Soviet socialism, in which both the selfless and self-interested urges of people are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Area Studies, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, Global Approach, Government Role,...
Children comprise the largest group of poor Canadians. While childhood poverty is closely related to a number of factors pertaining to the structure and functioning of families, such as parental marital status and wage-earning patterns, the poverty of children is a consequence of the poverty of families. As such, childhood poverty can be reduced or eliminated only indirectly through policies oriented toward improving families' financial security. The incidence of poverty among Canada's children...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Budgeting, Childhood Needs, Family Income, Family Problems, Federal Government,...
A study was conducted to support the Department of Labor's (DOL) efforts to promote an expansion of the apprenticeship training system. The study began with a review of literature that clearly showed the need for attention in the area of establishing credentials to reflect the quality of training experiences, particularly in the work-based format because of its inherent variability of content. In an effort to obtain more recent information about barriers and opportunities in establishing a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Credentials, Educational Needs, Educational...
The initiation and development of public education in the Philippine Islands is unique in modern educational history. Probably only among a people with an enthusiastic belief in the significance of education, under the benevolent guidance of a nation with an equally enthusiastic confidence in its possibilities, could the educational experiment underway in the Philippines have eventuated. Rarely, if ever before, has a conquering people set about establishing a free public system of schools...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Public Education, War, Educational History, Pacific Islanders,...
With the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands as a Territory in 1898, the people of the United States assumed responsibility for leadership of the Hawaiian people toward social and economic goals, as well as for the establishment and maintenance of democratic government. In a democracy education is the chief means of promoting stability of government and social welfare. Therefore, the type of school system set up to achieve the purposes indicated, its administration and support, the methods...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Democracy, Public Education, Educational Objectives, Citizenship Education,...
In speaking of "old Tibet" I mean to refer to Tibet prior to the Tibetan diaspora of 1959 or most certainly to the Tibet that was prior to the invasion by the Communist Chinese in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In old Tibet, to a great extent, all education was religious education. Tibetans say of themselves that prior to the arrival of Buddhism in their country, beginning perhaps as early as the 600s of the Common Era, the Tibetan people were barbarians. Mostly nomadic herders, the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Buddhism, Religious Education, History,...
THROUGH FIELD WORK, A FOUR MEMBER RESEARCH TEAM STUDIED PERU'S TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS IN ORDER TO EVALUATE ITS BOOK ACTIVITY. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE--TO DISCOVER WHO IS CREATING, PRODUCING, AND USING BOOKS, TO EVALUATE PAST ATTEMPTS TO UPGRADE THIS AREA, TO ASSESS CURRENT AND FUTURE PRIORITIES, AND TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOOK ACTIVITY IMPROVEMENT AND FUTURE PROGRAMS. THE SURVEY REVEALS THAT (1) THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM SERIOUSLY LACKS TEXTBOOKS, (2) EFFORTS BY...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Books, Coordination, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations,...
THIS IN-DEPTH JOURNALISTIC REPORT ON THE CURRENT RACIAL CRISIS ANALYZES THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE RECENT GHETTO RIOTS, THE HOSTILE REACTIONS OF WHITES, AND THE FAILURE OF AMERICANS TO MAKE A TOTAL COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE. THE REPORT REVIEWS THE NEW NEGRO NATIONALISM, CONGRESSIONAL OBJECTIONS TO FURTHER SOCIAL LEGISLATION, AND THE EFFECT OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM ON ECONOMIC AND LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS. IT DISCUSSES "BLACK POVERTY" AND GHETTOS, THE NEW ROLE OF BUSINESS IN SLUM...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Black Education, Black Organizations, Blacks, Business Responsibility, Civil Rights,...
Data describing conditions, resources, deficiencies, problems, and potentialities in Appalachia are presented as the first step of an evaluative and program-improvement study for the Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center. The rationale for this data collection is that an adult education program can be significant only as it relates to the society in which it occurs. Excerpts from the literature on Appalachia have been compiled in the areas of geography, demography, life-style...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Demography, Economic Factors, Government Role, Health...
Preventive services, treatment services, and community health planning for the potentially and actually handicapped young child in Switzerland, Holland, and Israel are surveyed through visits and interviews with government, public and private agencies and institutions. Regarding preventive services, maintenance and/or integration of the natural family unit is the focal emphasis in all three countries. Treatment services for handicapped preschool children extend consultation or counseling...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Clinics, Community Health Services, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Developed Nations,...
The present system for the delivery of child welfare services to reservation Indians contains many issues of concern to responsible Federal and state government employees, and to Indians. The issues identified by the field research frequently center on questions of the proper respective spheres of authority of the governmental units involved--Federal, state, local, and Indian. Perspective and an understanding of the present system can best be gained by an examination of the historical...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agency Role, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Welfare,...
In collaboration with a county hospital and two local government planning offices, Greenfield Community College (GCC) conducted a survey of 1,200 randomly selected residents of Franklin County, Massachusetts, to obtain a demographic profile of area citizens and to identify their needs in the areas of postsecondary education, health care, transportation, and government services. The survey was conducted in two parts. First, a 34-item questionnaire was mailed to respondents soliciting: (1)...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Age, Agency Cooperation, Community Attitudes, Community Colleges, Community Needs,...
A major objective of this study was to determine how Research and Development (R&D) managers, executives, training directors, and academic administrators, perceive the future demand for continuing education in R&D as well as what new institutional arrangements, program innovations, and policy changes they believe will be necessary to meet future demands. Other objectives were to determine how such decision-makers view the current state of continuing education in the United States and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Change, Engineering, Federal...
This monograph outlines public policy responses to deal with the effects of forced worklife changes fashioned by government in the United States, Japan, and Western European countries. From the Morrill Act of 1862, through New Deal policy initiatives and on to the "active" manpower policies operating in Europe, the record of government programs and the economic theories underlying them are surveyed and assessed. Special attention is given in this review to the identification of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Business Cycles, Economic Change, Education Work Relationship, Employment...
These four Congressional hearings investigate the role of the federal government in assisting long-term, structurally unemployed workers and in encouraging private sector efforts to retrain Americans. Witnesses who present statements, prepared statements, and articles represent the Urban Institute, Washington, District of Columbia; Forecasting International, Ltd., Arlington, Virginia; United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; Massachusetts Institute of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Dislocated Workers, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role, Hearings,...
Hearings on the proposed federal fiscal 1984 budget are presented that focus on proposals for federal student financial assistance. One of the major recommendations of the Reagan administration's budget is to eliminate funding for the Pell Grant, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, and State Student Incentive Grant programs and to create instead a self-help grant program with a maximum grant of $3,000. Students would be required to provide 40 percent of their educational costs....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Budgets, Federal Aid, Government Role, Grants, Hearings, Higher Education, Need...
This is a transcript of a public hearing on H.R. 1452, a bill to amend and reauthorize the Refugee Act of 1980. Following the text of the bill, which was introduced in March 1985 by Congressman Romano L. Mazzoli, testimony is presented by a number of government officials as well as representatives of agencies that provide services to immigrants and refugees. Among the issues covered in the discussions and the prepared testimony are (1) the financial costs of refugee assistance programs to State...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship,...
The "new federalism" policies of the conservative governments of Malcolm Fraser in Australia (1975-1982) and Ronald Reagan in the United States (1980-1985) are remarkably similar. Both men rode to power on the wave of conservative political, economic and social forces which swept the United States and Australia in the late 1970's. Both espoused "new federalism" policies which included such common elements as transferring more power and financial responsibility from the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conservatism, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary...
This executive report describes the Commission's purpose, plans, and activities to commemorate the Bicentennial of the Constitution in 1987, emphasizing educational opportunities and the enlargement of public understanding and appreciation of the Constitution. The parts of the report include: the Commission (establishment, membership, headquarters, meetings, staff, and committees); recommendations for amendment of Public Law 98-101 which contains the Commission mandate; general framework for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Government Role, Political Science,...
This report chronicles the history of the Federal role in welfare programs and training and employment programs since the New Deal. Part I presents a chronological summary of legislative action since 1935 and briefly discusses some major issues the Congress has tried to resolve, including: whether Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients should be treated as employable; how employment and training programs should be administered and what they should provide; and how children of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Family Income, Federal Aid, Federal...
The executive summary of the ninth annual report to Congress examines progress made in implementing the requirements mandated by P.L. 94-142, the Education of the Handicapped Act, as amended by P.L. 98-199 with a specific focus on activities during the school year 1985-86. Data are presented regarding the four major purposes of the Act: (1) to assure that all handicapped children receive a free appropriate public education; (2) to assure that the rights of handicapped children and their parents...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education,...
Strategic planning is a technique that has been developed to help managers and leaders address the need for organizational transformation in response to societal change. Its elements include external environmental scanning, internal capacity analysis, participation and involvement, mission and strategic goals, implementation/linkage plans, and monitoring and assessment. This monograph addresses the need for strategic planning in restructuring education to accommodate the societal changes...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperative Planning, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Trends,...
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ERIC ED312119: Focus on the Future: Options in Developing a New National Rural Policy. Proceedings of Four Regional Rural Development Policy Workshops (Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 19-21, 1988; Syracuse, New York, September 28-30, 1988; Birmingham, Alabama, October 3-5, 1988; and Reno, Nevada, October 11-13, 1988).
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Problems in federal rural policy arise in a number of areas: the extreme economic adversity of rural America, failure to acknowledge the higher cost of providing rural services, failure to distinguish between rural programs and agriculture programs, and failure to address specific rural needs. Papers in this collection examine rural development choices in six major areas: income and employment; education, retraining and relocation; utilizing natural resources effectively; reducing rural...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agriculture, Change Strategies, Economic Change, Economic Development, Federal Aid,...
This report concerns the present status of children in troubled families and the quality of the child welfare, juvenile justice, and mental health services they receive as compared to 10 years ago, based upon the findings of the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. In Chapter 1, "Children and Families in Crisis," the following findings are discussed: (1) more children are in out-of-home care; (2) children's needs are more severe; and (3) children who are receiving...
Topics: ERIC Archive, At Risk Persons, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children, Childrens...
This presentation reviews the characteristics of the Canadian family at present. Discussion focuses on divorce, family structure, reproductive technology, fertility, family size, family mobility, family support, government role, women's participation in the labor force, daily family routines, television viewing, work and the family, the need for and lack of child care, family influences on job performance, family responsibilities, work environment and corporate change, and population trends. It...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Birth Rate, Day Care, Divorce, Early Childhood Education, Employed Women, Family...
This document is the transcript of a Congressional hearing focusing on the status of the training of scientists and engineers in the United States and the role of the federal government in the improvement of this situation. Included are opening statements from Senators Albert Gore, Jr. (Tennessee), Robert W. Kasten, Jr. (Wisconsin), and Larry Pressler (South Dakota); and prepared statements and testimony from Dr. Richard C. Atkinson (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Erich...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Science, Demand Occupations, Engineering Education, Federal Legislation,...
As part of a series of hearings on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, testimony was heard on the safety and soundness of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae). Witnesses discussed many issues surrounding financial oversight of federal agencies and financial risk to the taxpayer through the potential failure of such institutions. Legislation proposed by the Administration to improve oversight was discussed as well as particulars of the financial status of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Change, Economic Impact, Educational Finance,...
High definition television (HDTV) is an innovation in television that promises improvement in the image the television receiver displays. There are major differences between HDTV and the current National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) formats, and these technological changes are at the heart of debates over the introduction of HDTV. The process of selecting a HDTV standard is exacting and complicated, but no government sponsored standard can be developed without the input of a television...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Broadcast Reception Equipment, Broadcast Television, Electronics Industry, Foreign...
Higher education in Flanders has seen some major changes in the 1990s. One of the key elements of the new higher education regulations was the quality assessment system. This exemplified best the government's policy of granting all institutions of higher education autonomy, making them responsible for their policies, while still keeping the quality of higher education somewhat under governmental control. In this article, we focus on the tension between the government's aim of improving and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Quality Control, Institutional Autonomy, Educational Policy, Policy...
Bills passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in spring 2001 to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reinforce and strengthen the education accountability provisions contained in the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) of 1994. This paper evaluates the accountability provisions in this legislation against the goals of equity, feasibility, flexibility, and focus. The research for this work is based on state accountability systems and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Federal...
This paper makes recommendations for developing the next generation of state accountability systems for postsecondary vocational education (PVE). It focuses on the need to improve the core indicators for PVE; reduce the burden and improve the value of Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 (Perkins III) accountability requirements; and integrate future federal VE measures into a comprehensive institution-centered framework that integrates PVE and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Criteria,...
Society is becoming increasingly aware of the need for education to play a key role in integrating knowledge and understanding about sustainability into practical, vocational skills which can be used in the workplace. Education for sustainability is now a widely accepted concept which seeks to promote and develop sustainability skills and awareness throughout a learner's educational pathway. This report shows that the vocational education and training (VET) sector has a key role to play in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Principles, Educational Policy,...
Recent developments, such as passage of the Children Act 2004, subsequent implementation of "Every Child Matters: Change for Children" and increase in funding to councils for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), the Local Government Association (LGA) asked the NFER to examine the funding mechanisms and priorities in CAMHS. An appendix includes Local Authority Sample Characteristics. This report discusses the research carried out by the NFER and looks at: (1) the local...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Local Government, Health Services, Mental Health Programs, School Involvement, Mental...
