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Download full textTexas Consortium of Geriatric Education Centers, Houston. – 1988
This document contains an executive summary and the report of the workshop. An overview highlights major events and outcomes of the workshop. Major addresses and the staff development sessions that occurred at a workshop for key staff of geriatric education centers (GECs) are discussed. Summaries of presentations include the following:…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Delivery Systems, Educational Gerontology, Federal Programs
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1994
This document records the oral testimony and written reports of witnesses who testified at a Congressional hearing on moving the United States toward a comprehensive employment training system. Witnesses included members of Congress, state officials, labor representatives, and association officials concerned with employment and training. At the…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Job Training
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1975
The Office of Education convened the National Invitational Conference on Institutional Eligibility for the purpose of reviewing and analysing the issues surrounding eligibility for postsecondary educational institutions and programs. Some of the specific goals and purposes of the conference were to review and make recommendations concerning: (1)…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Consumer Education, Consumer Protection, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
An assessment was made of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)'s vulnerability to waste, abuse, and mismanagement and the adequacy of federal, state, and local program oversight to prevent and detect such practices. The study examined JTPA activities in 2 federal regions, 6 states, and 12 service delivery areas, mostly for the program year…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs, Federal Programs
1970
Members of the American Vocational Association and the American Association of Junior Colleges along with Congressional and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare staff members and resource persons, attended a 3-day seminar to probe national policy and federal programs as they affect occupational education. Seminar activities included major…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality
National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education, Washington, DC. – 1972
This report presents the results of a comprehensive study of federally supported programs of extension, continuing education, and community service. The scope of the Council's activities was broadened to include, in addition to Title 1 activities, 142 other relevant Federal programs. Major recommendations include: (1) the establishment of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Services, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
National Commission on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1982
The Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program's current operations, legislative history, and growth are reviewed, along with research needs. GSLs are made by lenders to college students, and the federal government guarantees them and provides incentive payments to lenders and subsidy payments on behalf of students until loan repayment begins. Today,…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Programs, Government Role, Loan Repayment
PDF pending restorationJung, Steven M. – 1983
Two U.S. Department of Education (ED) systems for establishing the initial eligibility and monitoring the performance of postsecondary institutions that participate in ED financial assistance programs were assessed. The evaluation was designed to describe and evaluate the eligibility and certification functions of ED's Eligibility and Agency…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Eligibility, Federal Aid
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1975
The presidents of all postsecondary institutions in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Region VIII (comprised of the states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota) were surveyed to determine important issues in the administration of federally-supported student financial aid programs. The survey…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Federal Programs, Grants, Postsecondary Education
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1995
This report presents an assessment of the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and the new Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (ACSFA), along with recommendations to help improve FFELP and FDLP. It found that congressional priorities and the…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Information Systems
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Bureau of Health Professions. – 1988
This report provides information on approved educational activities for nursing and other nonphysician health professions for which reimbursement is made to hospitals under the Medicare program. Information was summarized from an examination of existing data and a special study of the variations that exist in hospital educational activities. The…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Hospitals
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1992
As part of a larger program to identify and analyze federal programs at high risk for waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement, this publication presents an evaluation of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), formerly the Guaranteed Student Loan Program. The analysis argues that the program has not been successful in protecting the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Colleges, Federal Programs, Fraud
National Commission on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1983
Proposals for the amendment or elimination of the in-school interest subsidy for the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program were evaluated. The proposals were assessed in terms of their effects on the administrative and operational aspects of the GSL program, the availability of loan capital, and their impact on borrowers' ability to meet their…
Descriptors: Banking, Capital, Educational Finance, Federal Programs
Laventhol & Horwath, Philadelphia, PA. – 1988
This guide provides assistance in using two primary management tools--the performance standards and performance-based, fixed unit price contracts--to achieve satisfactory results in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. The guide is organized in six chapters. Chapter 1 reviews the original purpose of the JTPA and introduces the investment…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Songe, Alice H., Comp. – 1972
The document is a supplement to "Vocational Education; an Annotated Bibliography of Selected References, 1917-1966 (Below College)." It provides a list of materials which emphasize the evaluation of vocational education programs in secondary and postsecondary vocational education, trends in management and cost effectiveness, history of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Legislation, Educational Programs, Educational Research
