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MacDonald, Mia – 1994
The decline in Federal funding for state-provided social services during the 1980s triggered a transformation in the states' roles in family policymaking. This booklet documents four state initiatives designed to bring about systems change: (1) Healthy Start (California); (2) the Governor's Families and Children Initiative (Colorado); (3) the…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Zigler, Edward; Muenchow, Susan – 1992
This book describes the history of the Head Start program. Encouraged by Sargent Shriver, director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, in February, 1965, the Head Start Planning Commission presented a proposal for a program to the Johnson administration, which promoted it as a nationwide program to serve half a million poor children. By the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Compensatory Education, Day Care
Herriott, Robert E., Ed.; Gross, Neal, Ed. – 1979
During the past two decades federal, state, and local school leaders have attempted to institute major changes in educational programs and organizational arrangements. Recent assessment studies reveal that the great majority of change efforts did not meet intended objectives. As a result, policy formulators have developed serious reservations…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Haase, Patricia T. – 1990
This book offers an analytical history of the associate degree nursing (ADN) program and the role of associate degree nurses in the U.S. health care system. It covers the period from just after World War II to the middle of the 1980s. The support of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the Federal Government for ADN education is highlighted. Chapter…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Educational History, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Download full textEngland, J. Merton – 1982
Provided in this book is a legislative and administrative history of the National Science Foundation (NSF) during its formative years (1945-57). The 15 chapter book is organized into three parts. Part 1 ("The Long Debate, 1945-50") narrates the legislative history of the Foundation's creation. Part 2 ("Beginning, 1950-54")…
Descriptors: College Science, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Brown, Ronald M. – 1976
Packaging student financial aid, bringing the various forms of assistance together into a combination of resources sufficient for an individual student to meet college costs, reflects national and institutional philosophy about who should have access to higher education and who should pay, and how the pool of applicants is to be treated equitably.…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Colleges, Comprehensive Programs
Stoynoff, Stephen; Camacho, Terry – 1998
The handbook is intended to help those engaged in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) identify and effectively pursue sponsored support for research and other professional activities. It consists of four chapters. The first is an introduction to the world of sponsored support. Major sponsors are profiled and strategies for…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Awards, Classroom Research, Databases
