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Legislative History of Adult Education in the USA
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Chugai, Oksana – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
In the article the involvement of Federal government into adult education is analyzed; the nature and extent of legislative measures taken in order to improve the quality of adult education in the USA is investigated. [For the complete Volume 12 proceedings, see ED597979.]
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Educational History
A History of Federal Aid to Education, 1785-1965.
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Whealen, John J. – 1965
The introduction to this historical survey notes that the Federal educational legislation of 1965--the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Higher Education Act--did not in fact represent the kind of "breakthrough" claimed for these two measures. The Federal government had been involved in educational legislation even before…
Descriptors: American History, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
A Compilation of Federal Education Laws: Volume III--Higher Education, as Amended through December 1999. Prepared for the Use of the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the U.S. House of Representatives, Serial No. 106-B, and for the Use of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the United States Senate, S. Prt. 106-30. One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session. [Committee Print].
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. – 1999
This compilation of Federal Education Laws pertaining to higher education presents the full text of each statute. Statutes are organized in four sections: (1) general higher education programs; (2) Native American higher education; (3) National Science Foundation; and (4) assistance to specified institutions. The following is a unified listing of…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Community Colleges, Federal Indian Relationship, Federal Programs
Small Change: A Report on Federal Support for Black Colleges, 1972.
Southern Education Foundation, Atlanta, GA. – 1972
The contents of this report, whose purpose is to examine Federal financial aid to black colleges, are organized in 11 chapters: (1) service and survival: then and now (the history of black colleges and their present importance); (2) Federal responsibility and resources (a brief history of Federal aid to higher education and a description of…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Education, College Segregation, Community Services
Public Law 96-374--Oct. 3, 1980. An Act to Amend and Extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for Other Purposes. 96th Congress.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1980
The text of the Education Amendments of 1980, which amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, is presented. It consists of 13 parts: (1) establishment of a new Title I of the earlier act, establishing new programs, continuing postsecondary education program and planning; (2) amendment and extension of Title II of the earlier act, college and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cooperative Education, Developing Institutions, Educational Facilities