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Rock-Levinson, A. J. – Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, 1979
Outlines a cursory history and commentary on the euthanasia movement in the United States and emphasizes the growing demand for recognition of the individual's right to make informed treatment decisions. The growing numbers and isolation of the elderly and effects in insurance coverage on the care of the dying are also discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Death, Euthanasia, Health Insurance, History
Flanagan, Sherman E. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
The efficiency and moral of members of college faculties are dependent in a large measure on an assurance of economic security. In order, that they may render a high standard of service in teaching youth and in discovering knowledge for the benefit of society, protection for them and their families against the risks and anxieties of the future is…
Descriptors: Disabilities, College Faculty, Comprehensive Programs, Health Insurance
Sies, Raymond W. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
There is in the United States an increasing interest in pensions for teachers. In several cities and States some form of pension system has been adopted. Public opinion on this subject is, however by no means unanimous. Many doubt the wisdom or justice extending to one class of public servants a consideration and help withheld from another class.…
Descriptors: Voluntary Agencies, Foreign Countries, Retirement Benefits, Public Policy
Rogers, James Frederick – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1934
It goes without saying that the work of the school centers in the teacher. While educators acknowledge this principle, they too often overlook the fact that the work of the school can only reach its best when the teacher is at her best. It is the duty of the teacher to make the most of the physical powers which he or she possesses; but on the…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Well Being, Boards of Education, Morale
Capen, Samuel P.; John, Walton C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The year 1916-17 undoubtedly marks the close of an important epoch in the history of higher education in the United States. It is impossible to foretell as yet what changes will be wrought in the purposes, methods, and control of higher institutions by the war. But the events mentioned in the closing sections in this review have interrupted the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Freedom of Speech, Engineering Education
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1906
Volume 1 begins with the Commissioner of Education's introduction and includes state school-system statistics. Chapter I covers education in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Chapter II presents children's growth statistics collected in Worcester, Mass., Toronto, Ontario, and Milwaukee. Chapter III addresses German university pension and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Foreign Countries, Child Development, College Faculty