Participation in adult education and training opportunities over the entire life-course is necessary in international and technologically advanced economies. However, there is a dearth of literature on equitable access to lifelong education opportunities, particularly for at risk and underserved adults in the labor force. Furthermore,…

Education reforms worldwide, in both developed and developing countries, address the content of education programmes and/or changes education systems. There are different paths, and different socioeconomic contexts, for those nations which pursue education reform, and Vietnam makes for an instructive example. The country's socioeconomic…

This paper presents data gathered in interviews with 29 informants in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan, China--an administrative region with Theravada Buddhist religious identity. The data highlight tensions between the traditional faith-based education provided by Theravada Buddhist temple schools and secular state education. The…

This article seeks to explore how various language policies may have impacted Year 12 language candidature in Victoria. Australian Federal and Victorian State Government language policies are but one of the influences yet, it may be argued, the most significant influence. These stand alongside waves of immigration, global events and conflicts, and…

About 167 residential facilities in Ohio serve approximately 7,000 youth on any given day. Youth are placed in residential facilities because they have committed a crime or have behavioral problems. An "education provider" operates an on-grounds school in most facilities. Because of ongoing concerns about education funding for youth in…

Reported is the National Science Foundation's research and development (R&D) economic standing. Discussed are the national R&D expenditures from 1968 through 1981, funds for R&D from 1975 through 1981, R&D gross national product from 1968 through 1981, national basic research, applied R&D expenditures from 1968 through 1981, and full-time…

If you have access to the Internet, you can obtain information through the U.S. Department of Education (ED) Gopher, a service provided under the auspices of the ED Institutional Communications Network (INet) project, as well as other government gopher servers. At these sites, information can be found on discretionary grants, grants distributed by…

This testimony summarizes a report generated by the U.S. General Accounting Office concerned with internal control problems found in the U.S. Department of Education. Significant internal control weaknesses in the U.S. Department of Education's payment processes and poor physical control over its computer assets made the department vulnerable to…

This report to Congressional Requesters is concerned with internal control problems found in the U.S. Department of Education. Significant internal control weaknesses in the U.S. Department of Education's payment processes and poor physical control over its computer assets made the department vulnerable to (and in some cases resulted in) fraud,…

This index reflects the nature and scope of the Student Financial Assistance hearings, begun in October 1973 by the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, and completed in July 1974. The hearings were devoted to specific topics in postsecondary education which were addressed by a variety of witnesses from within and…

This document presents verbatim transcripts and prepared statements from the hearings on Student Financial Assistance before the Special Subcommittee on Education. The report reviews some of the financial aid programs available as they pertain to the current and projected needs and costs of students attending postsecondary educational…

This pamphlet outlines programs to date of Federal agencies that provide funds for day care projects. Developed by the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor, these programs are federally funded by seven agencies: (1) Department of Agriculture, (2) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, (3) Department of Housing and Urban…

This report summarizes data for two components of the Title I program: (1) Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies; and (2) the State Agency Program for Neglected or Delinquent Children and Youth. Important program-management data regarding several aspects of the Title I program for 1998-99 are presented in six sections: district, schools,…

Describes a government publication which prints rules and regulations governing federal aid grants as well as notices of deadlines for grant applications and submittal of proposals. (Author)

The first section of this report focuses on school finance in Maryland and briefly overviews the relative importance of federal, state and local funding. The next section summarizes state education aid, focusing on policy goals guiding state aid, the brief history of state education aid, and the various approaches Maryland uses to distribute…