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Peer reviewedKnowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1992
These excerpts from "Education 2005: The Role of Research and Development in an Overwhelming Campaign for Education in America" describe the rationale for the report's full recommendations. They include the text and discussion of the particular recommendation for the creation of a research, development, and dissemination delivery system…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Peer reviewedPeters, Laurence – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1992
Describes and explores the District Education Agent program, a community-based program proposed by the Subcommittee on Select Education of the U.S. House of Representatives, which is comparable to the agricultural extension service. Ways in which it might incorporate new technological capabilities are suggested. (12 references) (DB)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Action, Computer Networks, Educational Change
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1984
This congressional hearing is the fifth of five volumes examining various aspects of agricultural research, extension, and teaching as a prelude to determining what changes are to be made in Title XIV of the farm bill. Focuses are the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) biotechnology program plans and regulatory concerns and the public benefits…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Education, Computers, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
On June 19, 1972, the subcommittee heard testimony on land-grant colleges and their role in rural America. The hearing's purpose was to determine whether this system of education, research, and extension is working for or against the cause--livable communities in rural America. Among the candid questions asked about the land-grant college system…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Colleges, Black Colleges, Consumer Economics
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1994
A Senate committee hearing received testimony on the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act, which would extend land-grant status and concomitant federal aid to 29 Indian tribal colleges and postsecondary institutions. Senators and representatives of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Navajo Community…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, American Indian Education, Community Colleges, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1996
Three House of Representatives' subcommittee hearings were held in March, May, and July 1996 to evaluate the goals, priority setting, and advisory mechanisms of federal programs in agricultural research, education, and extension. To become competitive in global markets, farmers will need to rely on the research community to provide up-to-date…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology, Federal Aid
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1996
This report describes amounts and sources of education funding for land-grant schools, especially programs funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and major funding sources for historically black or tribal land-grant schools. The report identifies and describes a total of 24 programs, with budget requests of $1.245.1 billion in fiscal year…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Black Colleges, Black Education
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Education workshop participants at the First Statewide Legislative Symposium on Rural Development pinpointed trends, strengths, weaknesses, goals, and public policy questions for grades K-12 and higher education. For grades K-12, rural schools were characterized by increased enrollment due to migration from urban areas, increasing popularity with…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Definitions, Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities
