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National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs, Washington, DC. – 1980
The purpose of the Black Women's Symposium was to provide information to the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs to assist in the formulation of policy and legislative recommendations concerning the achievement of educational equity for black women and girls. The Symposium attempted to explore the impact of socialization on…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Blacks, Careers, Conferences
Smith, Glenn – 1981
Based on the observation that speech communication faculty often contribute their expertise in the business world but seldom have the opportunity to do so where administrative policy is concerned, a study was conducted to determine how active the speech communication expert is in the development and implementation of policy on his or her campus.…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Advisory Committees, College Faculty, Conflict Resolution
Chaiklin, Harris; Mosher, Barbara – 1978
There is a relationship between maternal anxiety and lead levels in children. Data were collected from the mothers of 15 children with "normal" lead levels and 15 children with elevated blood levels. Anxiety was measured by the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale. All families lived in areas with poor housing. Treatment of lead poisoning tends…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Disadvantaged, Family Health, Health Programs
Cole, Barbara – 1976
The School Planning, Evaluation, and Communication System (SPECS) is an overall design for districtwide program assessment and development. It is both a way of interrelating planning and evaluation of individual programs and a way of comparing the outcomes of all district programs with the district's community-defined educational goals. Component…
Descriptors: Achievement, Administrator Guides, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs
Office for Civil Rights (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1975
This manual was addressed to all Regional Directors, Education Branch Chiefs, Regional Attorneys, and Elementary and Secondary Education Division Staff of the Office of Civil Rights. Those concerned are directed to follow the manual in the conduct of Title IX or joint Title IX-Title VI/ESAA reviews, as well as in complaint investigations. Although…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation
DeJong, Gerben – 1978
The paper designed to evaluate independent living for handicapped persons as a social movement, analyze the movement's expression in disability services, and consider the movement's implications for disability research. An initial section recounts the movement's constituency, origins, legislative history, and its relationship to such social…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Civil Rights, Consumer Education, Disabilities
Egner, Joan Roos; Friedman, Deborah Rassol – 1977
This annotated bibliography grew out of the need to extract information and opinion about educational policy-making boards in rural areas from the mass of governing board literature, since rural education institutions have distinct differences from urban ones in terms of financial support, student numbers, isolation, and resources. Annotated…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Involvement, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
KNIGHT, DOUGLAS M. – 1968
THE BASIC CONCLUSIONS OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES ARE PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT. INFORMATION UPON WHICH THESE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED CAME FROM FORMAL TESTIMONY, INFORMAL DISCUSSION, REGIONAL HEARINGS, AND SPECIALLY…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Zeller, Frederick A., Ed.; Miller, Robert W., Ed. – 1968
Beginning with a review of the problems and general conditions of Appalachia, this book analyzes past, present, and future manpower needs at both the national and regional levels; outlines and discusses noteworthy Federal programs of manpower research and action; examines the role of formal education and training in manpower development as seen by…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Employment, Extension Education
Tanis, Norman E. – 1967
Because community college boards of trustees and citizens committees often make the initial decisions about major college policies and building plans, it is important that they become aware of the basic sequence of events which will promote excellent community college libraries. The ten steps involve: (1) provision of funds for the library in the…
Descriptors: Administration, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Consultants
Educational Policies Commission, Washington, DC. – 1967
The explosion of knowledge, the development of technology, the increasing demand of minority groups for equal opportunity, and the growing importance of education to each individual and to society--all these affect the role of the teacher. His central role remains that of the stimulator of learning for individuals and groups. Teacher educators and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Citizenship Responsibility, Educational Policy, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Iannaccone, Laurence – 1976
This paper suggests that there is an underlying political revolution in educational governance. Furthermore, there is a need for concern with the changes needed in the roles of researchers and state policy level policy makers in order for research to play a significant part in helping shape reform in education. Given the present political…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Winterbottom, John A. – 1977
A number of problems faced by the custodians of large collections of data which are potentially useful for research in the behavioral sciences, are addressed in this presentation. These problems relate to the rights of individuals who provide research data, to questions of "informed consent", and to the circumstances under which the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Confidentiality, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Hill, C. Russell – 1977
This report reviews and critiques several existing studies of the child care market in order to determine the factors which lead families with working mothers to use different modes of child care. This analysis is further used to discuss federal policies which affect the child care market. Studies reviewed use different data sources and…
Descriptors: Child Care, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Economic Research
Fletcher, Jerry L. – 1978
Demography, urban to rural migration, new educational technologies, and the human potential movement all impact on education. With the decline in number of school-aged children, schools can try to expand the number of students downward (early childhood education/day care), outward (special education, dropouts), or upward (adults), expand service…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Educational Technology
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