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Peer reviewedGreenan, James P. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1982
A study determined the extent to which the states and territories used their handicapped and disadvantaged set-aside funds under the Education Amendments of 1976 to support program improvement projects. The population of 57 research coordinating unit directors was surveyed. (Author)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Federal Aid, Program Costs
Woodruff, Alan P. – VocEd, 1979
The effectiveness with which vocational education programs respond to the objectives set for them will ultimately be determined by the adequacy of vocational education funding. Present systems of vocational education financing (both federal and state) do not generally ensure the adequate funding of vocational education. (LRA)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Government Role
Download full textDepartment of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. HEW Audit Agency. – 1974
This report presents an analysis of and conclusions (based on audits of projects) on the progress being made by state educational agencies (SEA's) in assuring that local educational agencies (LEA's) are designing and implementing projects to meet the needs of educationally deprived children. Two considerations are said to have been employed in…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1978
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) has concluded that Congress must legislate management alternatives for federal agencies which provide services for Indians. Legislation is necessary because these agencies have not corrected management weaknesses in spite of repeated recommendations by GAO, congressional committees, American Indian Policy…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Agency Cooperation, American Indians, Cooperative Planning
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1981
As a result of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) laxness in improving management of programs and services for Indians, the Chairman of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs requested the General Accounting Office (GAO) to review the accountability of federal funds and property involving contracts and grants totaling about $726…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Agency Cooperation, American Indian Education, American Indians
Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, Berkeley, CA. – 1979
In 1979 the Congress and the administration will consider legislation to extend and revise the Higher Education Act and, in the process, will review the structure of the student-aid system. Several alternatives are likely to be considered, but a fourth is proposed here: a major overhaul of the existing package of programs to make them more…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Choice, Equal Education, Federal Aid
Wichowski, Chester P. – 1983
Findings are reported of a survey to determine researchable problems or implications for trade and industrial education as they might be stimulated by "The Final Report of The Vocational Education Study, Publication No. 8," directed by Henry David in 1981 for the National Institute of Education. Research questions and implications provided by…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
New Educational Directions, Crawfordsville, IN. – 1977
A project involved the compilation of recommendations appearing in the final performance and evaluation reports of eighty-one career education programs funded by the U.S. Office of Education (USOE) during 1976. After undergoing four reviews, 475 recommendations which were project specific were eliminated and the remaining 230 recommendations were…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Career Education, Consultants
Lambert, Roger H.; Caulum, David A. – 1978
The Wisconsin Career Information System (WCIS) is a joint effort by several state agencies, institutions, and interested individuals to develop and disseminate accurate, current, and locally relevant occupational information to assist persons making vocational choices. One of eight state-wide occupational information systems funded by the U.S.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Finance, Employment, Employment Opportunities
