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Morales-Hérnandez, César – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2012
The author discusses the origins and relevant changes that have occurred in Mexican higher education, regarding institutional and academic programs assessment and evaluation.
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change
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Mullin, Christopher M. – Journal of Education Finance, 2013
An increase of over 100% in program expenditures for the Pell Grant program over a five year period of time, from $14.7 billion in the 2007-08 award year to $33.4 billion in the 2011-12 award year, places an otherwise popular program under scrutiny. This article considers the factors and options informing federal policy related to the Pell Grant…
Descriptors: Grants, Program Evaluation, Program Costs, Operating Expenses
National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education, Washington, DC. – 1969
The National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education was established under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for the purposes of giving advice to the Community Service and Continuing Education Program and reviewing the administration and effectiveness of all Federally supported extension and continuing education programs.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Colleges, Community Organizations
Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. Div. of Educational Services. – 1984
The report examines progress for the school years 1981-82 and 1982-83 in implementing P.L. 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Following an executive summary, an analysis of four major aspects of the law's implementation is detailed. A section on students receiving a free appropriate public education cites data on the number of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Due Process
Orkodashvili, Mariam – Online Submission, 2009
The paper discusses the major issues connected with the accreditation procedures in higher education system in the U.S. The questions raised are as follows: what are the reliable and credible indicators of quality instruction that could be measured in the process of accreditation of higher education institutions? How does greater transparency in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Distance Education, Accreditation (Institutions)
President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Washington, DC. – 1972
Reports from 22 federal departments and agencies on their programs related to mental retardation have been compiled for submission to the President's Committee on Mental Retardation for review, analysis, and subsequent action. For each report, the overall mission is given, as well as unit identification, external programs (services or activities),…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Federal Aid, Government Role, Mental Retardation
Chandler, Ronald H. – Vocational Education Journal, 1986
The purpose of this article is to discuss what can be done, what is being done, and what should be done to make the collaboration of JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act) and the Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act a reality. (CT)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Government Role
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
At the request of Congressman Charles B. Rangel, the General Accounting Office (GAO) conducted an investigation of federal efforts in drug abuse prevention and education activities, focusing on: (1) how the federal government provides leadership and coordination; (2) the federal agencies involved in drug abuse prevention and education activities;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Programs, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Merkel-Keller, Claudia – 1982
The future role and importance of educational evaluation are analyzed in terms of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act (1981), a block grant whose provisions minimize planning, reporting, evaluation and accountability requirements to ensure that national goals are met. The background in federal and state evaluation programs is…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Mogulof, Melvin B. – 1973
Special revenue sharing is a tool that can allow almost unlimited state flexibility in social service interventions, while primarily confining the federal role to the specification and measurement of national social service objectives. Goal specification and measurement procedures are crucial to the special revenue-sharing idea. Federally…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship, Government Role
Lief, Donald – Civil Rights Digest, 1974
An evaluation of the federal-state revenue sharing experiment finds it wanting in terms of three basic criteria: (1) responsiveness to the needs of those disadvantaged by race, sex, low income, age, or poor health; (2) public involvement in the budget making process; and, (3) the effectiveness of enforcement of nondiscrimination requirements on…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Disadvantaged, Federal Aid, Federal State Relationship
Chadsey-Rusch, Janis, Ed. – 1985
The report, which is part of a series, provides a summary of a 1985 meeting. The meeting was intended to (1) provide an overview of the Secondary Transition Intervention Effectiveness Institute's programs, (2) discuss how participants could be involved in the Institute's programs, and (3) develop a format for networking the results of federally…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Federal Aid, Government Role
Rainsford, George N. – 1972
Federal aid to higher education is characterized today by two points: the amount of dollar involvement continues to spiral, and the course of this aid in the future is highly uncertain. How did it all get started and where is it going? Both of these questions are explored. Examined are the formative years of congressional assistance to higher…
Descriptors: American History, Bibliographies, Colleges, Educational History
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Tyler, Ralph W. – Public Interest, 1974
Evaluates the educational policy of the 1960's which recognized the responsibility of the states for the administration of public education and the federal responsibility for insufficient educational development, and exercised this responsibility by supporting public education. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy, Educational Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1994
This hearing examined issues concerning Project Head Start quality and expansion. Testimony was offered by: (1) Senator Edward Kennedy, who discussed the importance of strengthening Head Start; (2) Mary Jo Bane, Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, who presented highlights…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Government Role
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