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Division of Manpower Development and Training. , BAVT. – 1967
Information regarding programs under Section 241 of the Manpower Development and Training Act which provides training for redevelopment area residents is presented. Appropriations increased from $6,500,000 in 1965 to $24,000,000 in 1967. Training costs declined in 1964 and 1965 compared to 1963 but were doubled in 1966 because of an extension of…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Enrollment, Federal Programs, Program Costs
Miguel, Richard J. – 1976
Twenty-seven mini-conferences on career education in grades K-12 were conducted in three phases. Two hundred sixty-one participants, representing all fifty states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, attended the conference. Nine topical areas were considered as they apply to career education: teaching/learning processes, evaluation,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1975
The Education Amendments Act of 1972 authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to improve postsecondary education opportunities by providing assistance to educational institutions and agencies for a broad range of reforms and innovations. The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education was established for this purpose. It…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1970
This report describes various government nutrition programs designed to aid pregnant women and children under six. Programs described include: the Agriculture Extension Program, a home program in Alleghany County, Maryland; supplemental food programs in Washington, D.C. and Denver; and the Chicago Supplemental Food Voucher Experimental Program.…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Federal Programs, Food, Home Programs
Wert, Jonathan M. – 1974
The environmental quality of a region depends largely upon the environmental education received by the citizenry. The original act creating the TVA provided for involvement in education experimentation, and the agency has been providing some environmental education or related services since its inception. This study validated the need for a…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Doctoral Dissertations, Ecology, Educational Programs
Tucker, Marc – 1972
A series of recommendations to the Director of the National Institute of Education (NIE) is presented. In the main, these focus upon effecting compliance with Congressional intent by modifying the existing programs of the National Center for Educational Communication (NCEC) to conform with the mission, functions and program thrust of the NIE. The…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Budgeting, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Vega, Jaime I., Ed.; And Others – 1973
The Juarez-Lincoln Center, National Migrant Information Clearinghouse, funded in 1972, aims to establish an information resource and data bank for migrant programs and to assist with and/or develop information resources for migrant programs. Its primary functions are to collect, analyze, compare, and disseminate information concerning migrant farm…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Background, Federal Programs, Information Dissemination
MacPhee, Barbara Campbell – 1971
In September 1970, Congress launched a comprehensive program to make funds available directly to those school districts facing problems associated with school desegregation. The legislation was entitled the Emergency School Assistance Program (ESAP) and took $75 million from previously authorized appropriations. Ten percent of the funds was…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Nonprofessional Personnel
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1975
A description and an evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded programs for the state of Pennsylvania are contained in this document. It is in two parts. Part I is the evaluation report and presents data on participants and on activities and services. Part II is the analysis of the evaluation report. Results are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Mathematics, Program Descriptions
1976
This handbook is designed as a general guide to the federal establishment as it relates to education. The selection of programs represents those of current popular interest, those involving the greatest sums of money, and those recently enacted and of general interest. Programs discussed include: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare;…
Descriptors: Agencies, Educational Policy, Federal Government, Federal Programs
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Seeber, Allen J. – Environmental Science and Technology, 1978
The American Public Health Association has instituted a Quality Assurance Analysis and Review (QUASAR) program to provide consultative services to laboratories.(BB)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Environment, Environmental Research, Federal Programs
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Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1977
An interview describing steps the Philippine government has recently taken to expand and diversify nonformal education among adults through the School-on-the-Air program designed to bring the classroom to rural people through radio and community followup classes. Extracts from the government orders setting up the program and its pilot centers are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Educational Radio, Federal Programs
Thompson, Donald L. – Appalachia, 1972
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Indigenous Personnel, Paraprofessional Personnel, Preschool Education
Dribin, Eileen – Opportunity, 1971
Descriptors: Child Development, Day Care, Federal Programs, Parent Child Relationship
Gottlieb, Daniel – High Technology, 1983
Demand is intensifying for highly skilled workers qualified for jobs in high technology companies. Training (and retraining) for these jobs is being offered and supported by various groups/programs. Discusses cooperative and federal programs, internal retraining, contract training services, and vocational school training. Examples of such programs…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Federal Programs, Industry, Program Descriptions
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