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Direct linkSchirm, Allen, Ed.; Kirkendall, Nancy, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2012
The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, administered by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are key components of the nation's food security safety net, providing free or low-cost meals to millions of schoolchildren each day. To qualify their children each year for free or…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, School Districts, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition
National Academies Press, 2009
In 1998, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched a program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE). These grants were designed for institutions with PhD-granting departments in the mathematical sciences, for the purpose of developing high-quality education programs, at all levels,…
Descriptors: Sciences, Grants, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
Download full textCotton, John W. – 1975
The Peace Corps has probably had the most comprehensive system ever developed for large-scale selection of personnel; by 1973, nearly 400,000 persons had applied for appearance. During much of its history, a Division of Research has been operative; the monograph surveys most of the publications of that division as well as a number of other studies…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation, Federal Programs, Government Employees
National Academies Press, 2005
This report provides an assessment of NIH's programs for increasing the participation in biomedical science of individuals from underrepresented minority groups. The report examines, using available data and the results of a survey of NIH trainees, the characteristics and outcomes of programs at the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Minority Groups, Trainees, Program Evaluation
Lynn, Laurence E., Jr., Ed. – 1978
Offered in response to a request by the National Science Foundation for information on how knowledge affects policy, the document investigates federal support of social research and development and evaluates the relevance of this research to social policy. Social research and development (R & D) concerns the identification and solution of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Courts, Data Analysis, Developmental Programs
Mattis, Mary C., Ed.; Sislin, John, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2005
Community colleges play an important role in starting students on the road to engineering careers, but students often face obstacles in transferring to four-year educational institutions to continue their education. "Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers," a new book from the National Academy of Engineering and the…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Engineering Education, Engineering, Community Colleges
