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Shefrin, Carol; Shafer, Dehra – 2000
The Tuscarora Intermediate Unit Adult Education and Job Training Center planned, coordinated, delivered, and evaluated a 2-day institute on organizational change and improvement. The 85 agency staff members who attended the institute received an orientation to organizational change and improvement based on the latest theory and methodologies but…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Role, Change Strategies, Focus Groups
2001
This symposium on measurement and research tools consists of three presentations. "An Examination of the Multiple Intelligences Developmental Assessment Scales (MIDAS)" (Albert Wiswell et al.) explores MIDAS's psychometric saliency. Findings indicates this instrument represents an incomplete attempt to develop a valid assessment of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Critical Incidents Method, Evaluation Methods
Riddell, Abby – 2002
This book contains two case studies--one from Zambia, one from Mozambique--of the implications for donors of pursuing sector-wide approaches (SWAps) in education. (A sector-wide approach is characterized as a sustained partnership led by national authorities involving different arms of government and, where relevant, donor agencies, with the goals…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Budgets, Donors
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Emmons, Margaret L. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1950
The Orientation Center for Foreign Students and Trainees, located at Wilson Teachers College, Washington, D. C., is financed by a grant-in-aid from the Department of State. It is operated under the advice and direction of the National Education Association, the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and the Division of International…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Public Agencies, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
US Department of Education, 1983
The annual report of the U.S. Department of Education includes the Secretary of Education's report, and program-by-program analysis of the agency's principal operating components: the Office of the Secretary; the Office of the Under Secretary, including the Office of Management, the Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation, and the Office of…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Public Agencies, Educational Administration, Budgets
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1954
Part 1 of the 1953-54 Education Directory covers federal and state education agencies. U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Office of Education officials, principal school officers of state and territorial education departments, library extension agencies' executive officers, and U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs…
Descriptors: Directories, State Departments of Education, Public Agencies, Federal Government
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Watson, David – Higher Education Management, 1995
Current and likely future national policy and procedures for British university program evaluation are discussed, including assessments undertaken at different levels of governance. Issues in the national debate over assessment and accountability are enumerated and illustrated in the case of the University of Brighton. Persistent difficulties in…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Agency Role, Case Studies, College Administration
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Charts and graphs present data on changes in fiscal 1996 funding for the Department of Education and other federal agencies, and tables report dollar amounts of fiscal 1995 actual spending, fiscal 1996 estimated expenses, and fiscal 1996 requested aid for student assistance, graduate support, institutional assistance, research, and other purposes.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Art, Bilingual Education, Budgets
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Pack, Nancy C.; Foos, Donald D. – RQ, 1992
Outlines the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 in regard to libraries. Discusses the responsibilities libraries have in hiring disabled persons and providing services, accommodations, and telecommunications, and describes ADA compliance activities in Florida. (96 references/notes) (EA)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
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Williams, Kimberly – Current Issues in Education, 2006
School personnel at seven urban elementary schools in a high poverty area were surveyed to determine if a multi-faceted approach to school violence prevention (including a major emphasis on collaboration between community human service agencies and schools) was successful in reducing indicators of violence (bullying, fighting, gang involvement,…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Violence, Prevention, Cooperation
Wilderness Inquiry Inc. – 1992
This federally mandated study summarizes federal policies and regulations and identifies issues relevant to wilderness accessibility for people with disabilities. The report is based on review of existing federal policies and regulations; a survey of federal unit managers of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS); a survey of programs…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Civil Rights Legislation, Conservation (Environment), Disabilities
Haffner, Richard; And Others – 1995
This manual is designed to familiarize adult basic education (ABE) teachers with the special needs of deaf individuals and strategies for integrating deaf students into ABE classes. The manual is prefaced with a brief discussion of the Comprehensive Program for the Deaf of the Columbus Speech and Hearing Center in Columbus, Ohio. The following…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Classroom Techniques
Fromboluti, Carol Sue – 1997
This booklet lists some of the products available from the National Center for Education Statistics. Each product is described briefly, with some notes about its development and use, and ordering information, including cost and stock number. The following products are described: (1) "Student Data Handbook for Elementary, Secondary, and Early…
Descriptors: Accounting, Classification, Confidentiality, Data Collection
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC. – 1996
This document consists of three separate booklets designed to educate the public and users about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The 54-page "All about OSHA" is intended to provide a nonexhaustive overview of OSHA services. The following topics are discussed: the need for occupational safety and health…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Compliance (Legal), Employer Employee Relationship
O'Dell, Janelle E., Ed. – 1993
The Arizona Educational and Informational Telecommunications Cooperative (AEITC) hosted the Arizona Telecommunications Issues and Policy Symposium in order to provide a forum for telecommunications discussions, planning, and cooperation; bring together Arizona telecommunications leaders from the education, industrial, military, government, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Business, Community Involvement, Computer Networks
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