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Ericson, Katharine – 1980
Solutions to this country's energy problems can be found through a combination of conservation measures and solar technology. Accordingly, this book provides an overview of employment in the solar energy and energy conservation fields, an analysis of related life styles and working situations, a listing of solar energy programs and agencies, and a…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Employment Opportunities, Energy, Energy Conservation
Vaughan, Willard S., Ed. – 1989
This report documents research and development performed by principal investigators under the sponsorship of the Office of Naval Research Cognitive and Neural Sciences Division during fiscal year 1989. Programs are conducted under contracts and grants awarded on the basis of proposals received in response to a Broad Agency Announcement in the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Federal Programs, Intelligence
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Education and Human Resources. – 1996
From 1993 to 1995, the National Science Foundation (NSF) support for two-year colleges increased from about $7.6 million to $35.1 million. This report describes NSF activities in support of two-year college science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education for fiscal year (FY) 1995. Following an introduction and overview, including…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, Engineering Education
Academy for Educational Development, 2007
The Academy for Educational Development's (AED's) work in the United States includes programs with many of the nation's major foundations on issues of education reform, parental involvement in the schools, youth development and bridging the distance between school, work, and successful university education. The projects described here cover a wide…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Parent Participation, Marketing, Educational Change
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED). Washington, DC. Div. of National Vocational Programs. – 1997
The abstract booklet contains 38 one-page abstracts of grants awarded by the Indian Vocational Education Program for 1996-98. The grants were awarded to projects offering job training, technical training, small business training, and job placement services to American Indian and Alaska Native adults and high school students, primarily those living…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Federal Aid
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 2000
This booklet presents 12 examples of innovative initiatives to skill shortages nationwide. The description of each one provides this information: the challenge, partners, the story, and contacts with addresses and telephone numbers. The initiatives are Communications Workers of America and Cisco Systems: Military to Work Project; Knowbility and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Auto Mechanics, Building Trades