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Download full textWinkfield, Patricia Worthy – 1985
While the Federal Government has been involved in the care of the elderly since the depression, a comprehensive and unified national retirement policy has never been established. Federal programs for the aged have avoided cutbacks, but adaptations in present retirement policy are required to meet the needs of young and old alike. Although public…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Employment Patterns, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1999
Recent Supreme Court rulings are motivating employers to take actions reflecting their compliance with federal laws protecting against sexual harassment. Three key steps employers can take to counter sexual harassment are as follows: develop a strong company policy specifying outlawed behaviors and penalties for their demonstration; establish…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Employment Practices
Lewelling, Vickie W. – 1992
Recent efforts to make English the only official language of the United States have spurred an "English Plus" language advocacy movement, based on the belief that all U.S. residents should have the opportunity to become proficient in English and one or more other languages. For non-native English speakers, this means opportunity to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law
Kerka, Sandra – 1988
One in every four families with children under the age of 18 is a single-parent family (up from 1 of every 10 in 1970). The vast majority of single-parent families are low-income families consisting of a mother (usually with relatively little formal education) and her young children. Many female single heads of households are either displaced…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Displaced Homemakers, Dropout Prevention
Fitzgerald, Nicholas B. – 1995
A 1994 Department of Education national evaluation of federally-supported adult education programs looked at programs' effectiveness in improving literacy skills, English language proficiency, and secondary school completion. National policy on adult literacy education is articulated in the Adult Education Act (AEA) and National Literacy Act,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Assessment, Educational Demand
Bishop, Ann P. – 1993
Today's information infrastructure provides access to a growing array of software and services for education. As both the capabilities of technology and the number of its uses grow, the need to set national policy for computer networking has become increasingly apparent. The High Performance Computing Act of 1991 established government support for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Trends
