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Peer reviewedJacoby, Barbara; Thomas, William L., Jr. – NASPA Journal, 1986
The Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) has put forth uniform national criteria for assessing educational effectiveness through the publication of "Standards and Guidelines for Student Services/Development Programs." This document is described briefly, and guidelines for interpretation are offered. (KS)
Descriptors: Commuting Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Higher Education
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1993
The Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources reports favorably on the bill (S. 286) to extend and strengthen authorities of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) and to promote a number of education-improvement programs through fiscal year 1999. OERI is the research and development arm of the U.S. Department of Education.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Demonstration Programs, Educational Finance
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
This annual report of the Rehabilitation Services Administration for Fiscal 1980 consists of five sections. The first section, devoted to program operations, includes information on the basic vocational rehabilitation program, services to the blind, rehabilitation facilities, and three specific programs. Described in section 2 are such program…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Blindness, Compliance (Legal)
Gossens, Peter J.; Griffin, Joan M. – 1980
Provisions of the Education Amendments of 1980 (P.L. 96-374) are described. Contents of the legislation are as follows: Title I--continuing education program and planning; Title II--college and research library assistance and library training and research; Title III--institutional aid; Title IV--student assistance; Title V--Teacher Corps and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Continuing Education, Cooperative Education, Developing Institutions
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1980
This information paper on the major income and employment issues affecting older Americans survey the economic impacts of an aging population, presents an agenda for future research into principle income and employment policy issues, and provides an outline of those policy options to be reviewed as a basis for governmental policy formation.…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Financial Needs, Income, Needs Assessment
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. – 1985
This hearing, which is the first of a series of hearings on the 1990 decennial census, focuses on automation activities, pretest preparations, and proposed residency rules. Gene L. Dodaro, associate director of the General Accounting Office, calls on the committee to use special purpose tests to adequately evaluate the following: (1) potential of…
Descriptors: Automation, Census Figures, Data Collection, Data Processing
President's Commission on Olympic Sports, Washington, DC. – 1977
This document is the final report of the President's Commission on Olympic Sports, established to determine factors impeding, or tending to impede, the United States from fielding its best teams in international competition. It determines that many of the factors inhibiting U.S. capabilities are self-generated and may be traced to lack of…
Descriptors: Athletics, Centralization, Financial Support, Governance
PDF pending restorationGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1994
The House Armed Services Committee asked the GAO (General Accounting Office) to examine the HPCC (High Performance Computing and Communications) program in terms of: (1) the effectiveness of the program's management structure in setting goals and measuring progress, and (2) how extensively private industry has been involved in the planning and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)
Helge, Doris – 1991
Studies conducted by the National Rural Development Institute (NRDI) indicate that migrant students have a higher school dropout rate than non-migrant students. In addition, rural migrant students experience higher levels of family dysfunction and abuse, teen pregnancy, emotional difficulties such as depression or low self-esteem, poverty,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, Washington, DC. – 2001
This report describes the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Title III: Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students. Part A describes the English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act. Its four subparts include the following: (1) grants and subgrants for English language acquisition…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Alaska Natives, American Indians
Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC. – 1996
Understanding the principles of sustainability and the interdependence of the environment, the economy, and social systems can help individuals learn to make the changes necessary to become effective stewards of natural resources and the environment. This document describes three broad policy recommendations as to how Americans can build concepts…
Descriptors: Action Research, Conservation Education, Ecology, Educational Change
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Sacramento. – 1995
This report presents 26 staff development guidelines from California Code of Regulations Title 5, Sections 80680 through 80690.1: to define, implement, and make specific Chapter 1178, Statutes of 1994 (Senate Bill 1969, Hughes). The guidelines are for teachers working with English learners. Category 1, "Guidelines for the Content of Staff…
Descriptors: Course Content, Diversity (Student), Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Jones, Ramona – 1976
Summarizing the analyses of testimonies presented before the Minnesota Subcommittee on Indian Education by both Indians and nonIndians concerned and/or involved with national, state, or local Indian education, this report focuses on findings at the statewide and individual site levels (Minneapolis, St. Paul, Red Wing, Cass Lake, Duluth, White…
Descriptors: American Indians, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Civil Rights
