The most common problems associated with establishing educational programs abroad are illustrated by the case of Britain, which has a large population of foreign students. Four problem areas are addressed (program formation, immigration, accreditation, and taxation), with the greatest amount of attention given to taxation. (MSE)

Intended for use by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate, this publication (1) provides background information on the Department of Agriculture's child nutrition programs, (2) describes the legislative history of the programs and their specific components, and (3) outlines policy alternatives for…

Excerpts of the NIE Vocational Education Study are presented. Areas covered include federal goals, distributing funds, special needs students, sex equity, improving planning, extending and improving programs, strengthening evaluations, and options for change. (CT)

Presents an overview of the drafting of regulations for the development and implementation of programs authorized by federal education laws in connection with the Education Amendments of 1978. States that all regulations have been recodified, that is, simplified and clarified. Lists office of education contacts for comments on regulations…

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.…

This document contains transcripts of oral and written testimony given at six days of Congressional hearings on women entrepreneurs, held in April and May 1988. Many of the witnesses were women who run successful companies that they started by themselves, in a variety of fields, from service industries to construction and manufacturing. Other…

Discussion of school responsibility to learning disabled college students outlines legal entitlement to services and the parameters of a learning disability program: identification of students, individualization, individual and program evaluation, and program integration into the institutional setting. (MSE)

This document contains testimony from two Senate hearings on the Reemployment and Training Act of 1994 by U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich and other witnesses concerning the Act and the need for changes in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which requires employers to notify employees of impending layoffs.…

This Congressional report is a compilation of the 1985 amendments to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-113). Included in the report are amendments to the following parts of the act: Title I (national volunteer antipoverty programs, including Volunteers in Service to America, service-learning programs, and special volunteer…

Hearings were held to begin the process of developing legislation to address the child care crisis. Testimony concerns: (1) the Child Development and Education Act of 1989 (H.R. 3) and the 21st Century School program; (2) the use of tax credits to support child care, H.R. 3, and H.R. 30, the Act for Better Child Care (ABC); (3) federal standards…

Second in the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families' national child care initiative, this hearing explored the entire range of issues surrounding child care in order to develop a set of specific recommendations for Congress. Appearing before the committee were representatives of corporations and voluntary agencies in Texas that have…

Experts testifying at the National Nutrition Policy study hearings on June 19-21, 1974 in Washington, at the invitation of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, recommended several steps which the committee staff feel merit a prompt Congressional response. This report prepared by staff incorporates those recommendations,…

Mandated by the Minnesota state legislature, the report summarized a study of the availability and costs of training and certification of transliterators and interpreters for elementary and secondary schools, for use with deaf and hearing-impaired students. It was found that Minnesota has three college-level interpreter preparation programs, none…

This hearing, the first of three on welfare reform, focuses on "how we can reform welfare programs to conserve the best of the past and give us new latitude to deal with the emerging problems of the future," according to Senator Lloyd Bentsen, the Chairman of the Committee. The following individuals were witnesses: (1) Richard E. Lyng,…

This hearing, the third of three on welfare reform, focuses on the problem of child support and ways to improve the current system. One child in four now lives with a single parent; these children must receive the support that they are due. The hearings also focused on the problems of unemployed parents, and how the welfare system can help prepare…