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National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education, Washington, DC. – 1977
This document contains the proceedings of a conference for representatives of organized labor, business and industry, postsecondary institutions, and federal agencies which was held to (1) discuss adult learning needs and opportunities in the United States, and (2) make recommendations on those adult learning issues which ought to be matters of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Business Responsibility, Conference Reports
Download full textNational Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report is the official record of an open forum on recommendations from the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services sponsored by the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), a federal agency charged with advising the President and the Congress on library and information policies and plans.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Childrens Libraries, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Fragomen, Austin T., Jr., Ed.; Tomasi, Lydio F., Ed. – 1980
This collection of papers from a 1979 legal symposium presents the views of government representatives and experts from the private sector concerning the rights of legal and illegal aliens in the United States, international trends in aliens' rights, and immigration/refugee policy options and issues for the l980s. Issues considered include: (1)…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1989
This publication offers a summary of a symposium designed to elicit dialogue on the costs and benefits of eliminating the restrictions on institutional lending in the Stafford Loan Program. Approximately 100 people, representing postsecondary institutions, commercial lenders, guaranty agencies, secondary markets, loan servicing groups, and…
Descriptors: Banking, Colleges, Educational Finance, Eligibility
Lewis, Ann – 1990
A February 1990 meeting, held at El Paso Community College (Texas) honoring language and cultural diversity in the adult literacy field is summarized. The report describes the conference's tour activities sampling local cultural sites, presents "quotable quotes" of participants and leaders, and reviews the issues and trends in literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Delivery Systems, Federal Programs, Global Approach
Nellum (A.L.) and Associates, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report describes the purpose, process, and outcomes of the Symposium on "Policy and Program Issues Related to Child and Family Services to Black Americans," sponsored by the Division of Black American Affairs of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). In stage one of the symposium task group activities, the participants, who came…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Children
Human Environment Center, Washington, DC. – 1981
The Human Environment Center held a national conference on Youth Conservation Jobs and Service in May, 1981, in Washington, D.C., attended by approximately 100 representatives of minority, employment, youth, environmental, and national service interests. The conferees concurred that the Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) and the Youth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Conservation (Environment), Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedCaldwell, Bettye M.; Carr, John – Educational Horizons, 1980
In this interview, John Carr, the executive director of the 1980 White House Conference on Families, discusses some of the conference participants and proceedings and some of its major recommendations and intended follow-up activities to promote a "family perspective" in government and industry policymaking. (SJL)
Descriptors: Conferences, Family (Sociological Unit), Federal Programs, Government Role
Chelius, James, Ed. – 1986
This volume includes the following conference papers: "The Status and Direction of Workers' Compensation" (James R. Chelius); "The Minnesota Experience with Workers' Compensation Reform" (Steve Keefe); "The 1982 Changes in California" (Alan Tebb); "Two Rounds of Workers' Compensation Reform in Michigan" (H.…
Descriptors: Accidents, Administrator Attitudes, Asbestos, Comparative Analysis
Lincoln Inst. for Research and Education, Washington, DC. – 1983
The central theme of the papers presented in this symposium is that the labor market for minorities and youth does not appear to function properly because of structural impediments (often caused by government regulations meant to help minorities) and that these impediments must be identified and effective remedies proposed. Following an…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Civil Rights Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
LaPlante, Mitchell P., Ed.; Kaye, H. Stephen, Ed. – 1998
This proceedings reports on a forum which explored housing statistics for people with disabilities. An introduction identifies three broad areas of recommendations for consideration that arose from the forum: (1) a definition (and taxonomy) of housing that meets current and future profiles of where people actually live should be developed: (2)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Federal Programs, Housing
Kolberg, William H., Ed. – 1983
This book examines the causes of worker displacement in the United States in the context of national economic change. It discusses the promising, through scattered, efforts already underway to help dislocated workers and outlines more far-reaching steps that can be taken with assistance of the federal Job Training Partnership Act of 1982. The book…
Descriptors: Adults, Demonstration Programs, Dislocated Workers, Economic Change
Peer reviewedFocus, 1985
Summarized in this report are the proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Institute for Research on Poverty and the Department of Health and Human Services, and entitled "Poverty and Policy: Retrospect and Prospects." Each section of the report contains a summary of one conference session. Major themes include: (1) the effects of market…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Family Structure, Federal Programs, Government Role
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1976
Presentations at the June 9-10, 1976, meeting of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) concentrated on computer software protection. There were a panel discussion, a briefing from a General Services Administration spokesman, and a presentation by representatives of the educational community. The testimony…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Computer Programs, Copyrights, Federal Legislation
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (USDA), Washington, DC. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. – 1998
This report documents the proceedings of a 1998 symposium on the causes and prevention of childhood obesity sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion to focus attention on the growing problem of childhood obesity in the United States and the link between nutrition and health. Following opening…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children
