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Walker, Julie – Knowledge Quest, 2012
In 2005, a record breaking 26 named tropical storms including 13 hurricanes ravaged the Gulf Coast of the United States. In response to the devastation of hundreds of schools, the Laura Bush Foundation swiftly created The Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative to help school libraries become fully functional and to offer the needed print…
Descriptors: Caring, School Libraries, Interviews, Library Administration
Benson, Martin K. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the descriptive case study with a multiple case framework was to (a) describe the organizational cultures of education programs and leaders in the United States (U.S.) Department of Defense (DoD) voluntary education system on Oahu, Hawaii; (b) determine if an overlapping common organizational culture exists; and (c) assess the…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Interviews, Feasibility Studies, Public Agencies
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Dunlap, Riley E. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2008
The New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) Scale, published in "The Journal of Environmental Education" by R. E. Dunlap and K. D. Van Liere (1978), has become the most widely used measure of environmental concern in the world and been employed in hundreds of studies in dozens of nations. This article tells the story of the NEP Scale, beginning…
Descriptors: Models, Environmental Education, Environmental Standards, Rating Scales
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
Reported here are the hearings on the Senior Citizen Higher Education Opportunity Act, which requires participants of federal aid to higher education to provide senior citizens with access, on a space available basis, to already scheduled courses and programs. The hearings were held in New York City on June 11, 1977, before the Subcommittee on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Needs, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
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Volk, Valerie – Roeper Review, 2006
Gifted students often show a deep interest in and profound concern for the complex issues of society. Given the leadership potential of these students and their likely responsibility for solving future social problems, they need to develop this awareness and also a sense of confidence in dealing with future issues. The Future Problem Solving…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Research Skills, Academically Gifted, Problem Solving
Dorken, Herbert; LaRocca, Joseph – 1977
Major research findings are synthesized and innovations of current concern to vocational rehabilitation professionals are reported in this paper on national health insurance (NHI) and rehabilitation. Discussion covers the following topics: the concept of insurance, forms of health insurance, issues arising from hearings on NHI, perspectives of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Disabilities