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Lumina Foundation for Education, 2009
The purpose of this guide is to help readers clarify their roles in the college access and success system and to identify how they might use data to create change for students. This guide shows how data can strengthen current programs and support broader changes that ease the path to college for students. This guide illuminates how a long-term…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Access to Education, Guides, Data
Drumtra, Jeff; Melville, Keith – 1985
Appropriate for secondary school social studies or community programs, this publication considers the issue of taxation in America. The first of five sections, "Taxing Matters," considers the growing perception that the present tax code is unfair and in need of drastic reform. Alternative solutions to the problem are considered. "The Loophole…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Finance Reform, Instructional Materials
Melville, Keith, Ed. – 1983
Although designed for participants in the National Issues Forum, this booklet, which describes the impact of the federal deficit and the federal budget process, is also useful for secondary school social studies. The six sections begin with an introduction describing why the deficit grows yearly and why it is difficult for Congress to stop its…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Decision Making, Economics
Melville, Keith, Ed. – 1984
Appropriate for secondary school social studies, this booklet considers the decline of certain basic industries in the United States and the unemployment which accompanies this decline. The document contains five sections. Section one, "The Blue-Collar Blues," examines the uneven nature of the current economic recovery, which has left many…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Decision Making, Economics
Melville, Keith, Ed. – 1984
Appropriate for secondary school social studies, this booklet covers the causes, problems, and possible solutions for the high cost of American health care. The topic is discussed in five sections. The first section, "The $350 Billion Health Care Bill," discusses how the nation's priority on health care has led to the emergence of medicine as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Melville, Keith, Ed. – 1984
Appropriate for secondary school social studies, this booklet considers the dilemmas and choices confronting Americans concerned with their environment. The document contains five sections. The first section, "The Gross National By-Product," discusses the progress that has been made in reducing air and water pollution while the nation has only…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Decision Making, Environmental Standards
Melville, Keith; Landau, David – 1985
Appropriate for secondary school social studies or community programs, this publication considers United States-Soviet conflict. The first of four sections, "US-Soviet Relations at the Crossroads," looks at different American perceptions of the Soviet Union. "Regional Conflicts, Global Ambitions" focuses on Nicaragua as a case…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Conflict, Foreign Countries
Melville, Keith, Ed. – 1983
Appropriate for secondary school social studies, this booklet outlines approaches for dealing with the threat of nuclear warfare in six sections. The first section, "Learning to Live with Nuclear Weapons," introduces the topic and considers what can be done to decrease the risk of nuclear warfare without jeopardizing the nation's security. "Arms…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Decision Making, Disarmament
Melville, Keith; Longman, Phillip – 1985
Appropriate for secondary school social studies or community programs, this publication considers the issue of welfare in the United States. The first of five sections, "Reassessing the Welfare State," looks at the history of welfare in America since Franklin Roosevelt and assesses the need for reexamining policy. "The Generous Revolution" looks…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Instructional Materials, Policy Formation