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Study of the Effectiveness of "Privatizing" Remedial Services.

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Maryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1997

This study evaluated a pilot project for privatizing or outsourcing remedial education programs in the state of Maryland. The program was conducted by the mathematics department at Howard Community College and Sylvan Learning Systems, a Baltimore-based tutoring company, and covered four periods the summer, spring, and fall semesters of 1995 and…

Descriptors: Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Higher Education

Eliminating Illiteracy. Hearings on Examining Proposed Legislation To Coordinate and Strengthen Efforts at the Federal, State, and Local and Private and Non-Profit Sector Levels To Challenge and Elimate Illiteracy in the United States, before the Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session (May 4, 18, and July 10, 1989).

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1989

This document reports oral and written testimony of witnesses at three Congressional hearings on eliminating illiteracy held in spring and summer, 1989. Witnesses included Senators Paul Simon, Howard Metzenbaum, Nancy Kassebaum, Strom Thurmond, Thad Cochran, and Orrin Hatch; Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos; literacy program managers and…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Finance

The Bureau of Indian Affairs Should Do More to Help Educate Indian Students. General Accounting Office Report to the Secretary of the Interior.

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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1977

A study done by the United States General Accounting Office at seven higher education institutions that enrolled approximately 2,000 Indian students indicated that Indian students had lower assessment test scores and cumulative grade point averages than the general student population and that Indian freshmen particularly needed help.…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Ancillary School Services

Our Greatest Generation: Continuing a Lifetime of Service. Hearing before the Special Committee on Aging. United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session (Indianapolis, Indiana, August 9, 2001).

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 2001

This Congressional report contains the remarks made at a special meeting of the United States Committee on Aging to celebrate senior citizen's service to their community and examine policies regarding federally funded senior service programs. The following are among the programs, agencies, and organizations represented: Senior Companion Program;…

Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Services, Financial Support, Government Role