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Download full textGraham, Hugh Davis – 1982
Analysis of changes in federal education policy in the 1960s, based on archival research and other sources, suggests a reinterpretation of the causes of the success or failure of the new federal programs. A review of the literature on these "Great Society" educational policies finds that most authors feel the policies sprang from a…
Descriptors: Archives, Compensatory Education, Educational History, Educational Policy
Hull, E. W. Seabrook – 1979
Detailed are the first ten years of the Sea Grant Program through 1976. The review is divided into three parts. Part I, Sea Grant Origin and Process, traces the historical development of the program and cites the program's philosophy. Part II, Sea Grant in Action, discusses marine resource development, marine technology, research and development,…
Descriptors: College Programs, Colleges, Environment, Environmental Research
Peer reviewedAtkin, J. Myron; House, Ernest R. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1981
The history of the federal government's involvement in elementary and secondary school curriculum development is traced. An attempt is made to place this involvement within a social and political perspective. Effects of policies and programs are outlined, and questions concerning the federal role in curriculum development are explored. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Peer reviewedKaestle, Carl F.; Smith, Marshall S. – Harvard Educational Review, 1982
Discusses seven stereotypical views concerning the history of federal involvement in elementary and secondary education. Examines federal intervention after World War II; origination of federal programs; the National Defense Education Act; basic skills education; federal aid to precollegiate education; federal pressure for desegregation; and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Desegregation Effects, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLibrary Hi Tech, 1995
Explains the history and organization of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Highlights include participating agencies; data and information management needs, including the Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS); and four sidebars that discuss GCDIS implementation, prototype projects, the library access, search, and retrieval pilot…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Federal Government, Federal Programs, Information Management
Armsby, Henry H. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1946
More than 1.5 million men and women received special training during the period from October 9, 1940 to June 30, 1945 in short, intensive college-level courses designed to prepare for technical and scientific work in war industries. These courses were conducted by colleges and universities under the sponsorship of the U. S. Office of Education.…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Engineering Education, Institutional Autonomy, Engineering
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
This Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1936 includes the annual report from the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner's portion of this report is divided into three parts. Part I, General Outlook in Education, covers: (1) Developments during the Year (In Public Schools; In the Colleges; and…
Descriptors: Public Education, Higher Education, Emergency Programs, Conservation (Environment)
Elfert, Maren, Ed. – 2002
An historical account of the creation and development of the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) is presented. Written in honor of the 50th anniversary of UIE, this institutional history begins with a series of seven prefaces and memoir essays about the organization written by UIE administrators, board members and researchers. Two chapters detail…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Hutchins, Clayton D.; Munse, Albert R.; Booher, Edna D. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
For a period of more than 25 years, this series of publications has provided an authoritative and reasonably comprehensive source of information about Federal activities in education. The present bulletin, Federal Funds for Education, 1958-59 and 1959-60, is the 15th in the series. It describes educational programs supported by the Federal…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Government, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Musgrave, Peter W. – 1985
The organization and funding of educational research in Australia since 1970 has been significantly affected by shifts in the control of the federal government from one political party to another and back. No central policy or focus for educational research existed in Australia until 1970, when the conservative government founded the Australian…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Research, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Groskin, Richard B. – 1981
To determine whether program evaluation will be an important tool for policymaking and management in the Reagan Administration, it would be helpful to consider what the Reagan administration expected and received from evaluation in California during the period 1971-1974. In California, program evaluation activities were frequently implemented on a…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal State Relationship, Information Utilization, Policy
Tippeconnic, John W. – 1980
The Office of Indian Education (OIE) is a classic example of what happens when a new element or force is introduced in a bureaucratic structure and attempts to propose and implement change in the behavior of individuals in the organization. OIE was administered and functioned from the beginning in a loose and non-directive manner, and within the…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, American Indian Education, Employee Attitudes, Federal Government
Peer reviewedGarwood, S. Gray; And Others – American Psychologist, 1989
Provides a brief history of Federal agency involvement in programs for children and their families, examines factors that affect the development of Federal social policy, and suggests future trends. Includes a brief summary of the existing 93 programs operated by various agencies of the Federal government. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Hutchins, Clayton D.; Munse, Albert R.; Booher, Edna D. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
For a period of more than 25 years, this series of publications has provided an authoritative and reasonably comprehensive source of information about Federal activities in education. The present bulletin, Federal Funds for Education, 1958-59 and 1959-60, is the 15th in the series. It describes educational programs supported by the Federal…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Government, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
PDF pending restorationUS Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1946
This bulletin presents information relating to the national conference on the Office of Education statistical program which took place October 1-3, 1945. The material herein consists of the agenda of the conference, reports of the three study committees on (1) purpose and scope of the statistical program, (2) collection of data, and (3)…
Descriptors: Educational History, Government Role, Agency Role, School Statistics
