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Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Washington, DC. – 1976
This publication is the edited transcript of a four-hour roundtable discussion of the impact of federal block grants. Participating in the discussion were representatives of four organizations conducting major research on five federal block grant programs--the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, the Brookings Institution, the…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Conference Reports, Conferences, Federal Aid
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1978
Included in this publication are presentations and summaries given at a forum designed to provide information about the status of the competency-based curriculum and its implications for competency-based education. On the topic "Instructional Support for CBC: Where the System Is Now," three presenters, James T. Guines, Wilbur A. Millard,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Conference Reports, Counseling, Curriculum Development
Bronx Community Coll., NY. – 1977
The objective of the final conference was to provide an opportunity for the 10 Associate institutions of National Project II to share what they had learned, both individually and as a consortium. Each institution had been chosen to participate in the project on the basis of an exemplary program for underprepared college students. This document…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Federal Aid
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Conner, James E. – 1975
Content summaries are presented for two national conferences (one in Washington, D.C., the other in San Francisco) designed to bring together prime sponsors, vocational educators, and representatives from industry to take a reading of how CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) programs were progressing and to explore ways of utilizing…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Federal Programs, Industry, Labor Force Development
Petro, Peter G., Ed. – 1973
Conference addresses and summaries of group discussion are included in these proceedings of a symposium held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Employment Service and to explore its future role. The first item is a research report, "The Potential Impact of the Employment Service on the Economy," by Charles Holt, followed by…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Organizations, Conference Reports, Employment Services
EPD Consortium D, Richardson, TX. – 1974
Twenty-nine speeches presented at a five-state (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico) conference are contained in this report. A wide range of vocational education topics are covered including working with the disadvantaged, development and improvement of vocational-technical programs, personnel and staff development, and the role of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development, Federal Programs
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Berkeley, Muriel, Ed.; And Others – 1978
In this report, summaries of papers given at the conference on young women's work to school transition are reprinted. Themes addressed include: (1) problems of teenagers, teenage mothers, and the transition to adulthood; (2) problems faced by youth and minority youth; (3) responsibilities of educators; (4) employment programs; (5) employment…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Counseling, Conference Reports, Educational Responsibility
Cook, Desmond L., Ed.; Stoycheff, Peter A., Ed. – 1973
The papers comprising these proceedings discuss the nature and purpose of the Independent Educational Accomplishment Audit (IEAA), a concept born in the late 1960's to establish accountability for mandatory technical assistance programs funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: (1) origins and rationale of the Independent Educational…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. – 1968
The Conference on Early Childhood Education was held during Early Childhood Education Week (March 1968) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Conference participants included Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) school personnel responsible for the establishment and coordination of proposed BIA kindergartens, representatives of National, public, and voluntary…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anthropology, Community Role, Comprehensive Programs
Peck, Julie L., Ed. – 1977
In major presentations in these proceedings, national leaders discuss futuristic ideas about aging. An awareness of the present and future rights and responsibilities of older persons and the personnel working with them is developed in the variety of topics presented. Topics include: current practices, education, housing, law, creative life…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Conference Reports, Delivery Systems, Employment Problems
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1960
This conference focused on two themes: research in testing and the cooperative research program, and testing in the language arts. The morning session was concerned with the impact of the federal Cooperative Research Program on educational research. Papers were entitled: The Support of Measurement Projects by the Cooperative Research Program.…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Conference Reports, Developing Nations, Educational Problems
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
Wallace, Judi – 1979
Representing over 72 different groups and agencies, 107 participants attended the May 29-31, 1979, National Seminar on Rural Education. Prior to the seminar, experts and practitioners in the fields of rural education and sociology were commissioned to produce 22 papers documenting, summarizing, and interpreting research and practice in 6 areas:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delivery Systems, Demography, Educational Change
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1978
A variety of viewpoints were represented in this symposium for chief state school officials and senior staff of state departments of education. Russell Vlaanderen, Education Commission of the States, opened with a national overview: "The Policy Implications of Minimum Competency Testing: The Case of the Standardized Student." Attorney…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Conference Reports
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Stewart (D.A.) & Associates, Moorestown, NJ. – 1978
The proceedings are taken from a conference designed to encourage and develop dialogue between government planners and railroad industry leaders on public support for railroad training. The conference agenda, opening remarks, keynote address, and speeches on management and labor perspectives introduce the report. The conference proceedings are…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administration, Apprenticeships, Community Organizations
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