The substantial majority of the more than 2 million employees of the executive branch of the federal government are employed under a common set of personnel laws contained in title 5 of the United States Code. To a degree unprecedented in their history, these laws and the voluminous rules and regulations which flow from them are accused of being…

The purpose of this manual is to assist Migrant Education recruiters in effectively executing their job responsibilities. Part D of Chapter 1 of Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides financial assistance through state education agencies to local operating agencies to meet the special educational needs of children of…

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 355 publications produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1990. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC…

Information from the 1980 U.S. Census concerning population size and geographic distribution of more than 100 ancestry groups in the United States is presented in this unique reference report. The general ancestry question was based on self-identification, provided no prelisted categories, and allowed for one or more ancestry responses. This was…

This report by the Kansas Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights reviews state enforcement of nondiscrimination provisions related to federally funded programs. The report looks at procedures used in fund allocation as well as public participation in the allocation decisions. It also looks at the extent to which…

Reviews activity in Congress, federal agencies, and higher education associations as legislation to extend and improve the 1972 Higher Education Amendments is being fashioned. Issues include a public vs. private debate regarding use of the Basic Opportunity Grant program (BOG) to foster access as opposed to choice among institutions. (JT)

A group of research projects are designed to measure various impacts of this program. The research has provided a new base of information and identified limitations of the procedures used for making allocations. (BT)

The article presents an analysis of the success of training programs based on examination of longitudinal data on one cohort of trainees who participated in classroom training under the Manpower Development and Training Act. (MW)

This report is a resource document which includes a catalog that explains how formulas for federal programs are used to allocate assistance to state and local governments. In addition, it provides information on the agencies and congressional committees that have jurisdiction over these programs, the amount of money allocated through these…

For the United States, fighting World War I involved not only preparing young citizens to fight the enemy abroad, but rooting out alien enemies at home. The national consensus, believed vital to success, presupposed a common set of values, shared behaviors, and a high degree of identification with the nation. The more homogeneous the population,…

This report provides and discusses current statistical indicators of the status of women caregivers in the United States. An introductory message from Lou Glasse, president of the Older Women's League, is included. Charts portraying the following caregiver statistics are presented and discussed: (1) percent of women over 18 who will be caregivers…

The 15 citations in this bibliography were selected through a computer search of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database. Documents and journal articles featured here pertain to the first and second White House Conferences on Library and Information Services (the second conference was originally proposed for 1989). The…

This annotated bibliography provides citations, abstracts, and indexes for the 256 publications produced by the 16 Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouses in 1989. These publications consist of digests, bibliographies, state of the art reviews, and information syntheses of various types. An introduction describes the ERIC…