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Young, Bruce – 1975
The study described the development of the New England Farm Workers' Council, Inc., and documented significant interactions among selected elements of the Puerto Rican migrant farm labor system in the Connecticut Valley. These elements were the migrant farmworker community, the farm labor employers, and agencies of the federal government and of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Trends
Peterson, Mike; Calnimptewa, Gerald – 1978
The Fort Yuma Reservation of the Quechan Tribe is located on 9,246 acres in the southwest corner of California in Imperial County and the southeast corner of Arizona in Yuma County. Historical records indicate the Quechans have inhabited the area since approximately 800 A.D. The 1974 tribal rolls show a population of 1,687. The unemployment rate…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Production, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Kerins, C. Thomas; Stenzel, Norman K. – 1976
The role of a program evaluation unit in the Illinois State Educational Agency (SEA) as it attempts to provide meaningful data for a variety of audiences about projects that have extremely short life is investigated. The focus is on two programs--migrant programs and neglected/delinquent programs--funded under Title I, Public Law 89-750. A common…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Delinquency
State Univ. System of Florida, Tallahassee. – 1969
After an introductory commentary in which recommendations for and evaluations of the government's handling of international educational and cultural affairs are offered, this report indicates a need for continuity of personnel in both the Advisory Commission and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. A proposal is made to establish a…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Role, Annual Reports, Cultural Activities
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (Dept. of Interior), Washington, DC. – 1967
The requirement that the handicapped be given special consideration as prerequisite to state participation in the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program is stated, and the following groups of handicapped are specified: the physically, visually and aurally handicapped, and those persons with special health problems; the mentally retarded; the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Camping, Design Requirements, Emotional Disturbances
Cortes, Michael E. – 1974
After surveying the vocational rehabilitation (VR) needs of disabled migratory and seasonal farmworkers in the U.S., a national plan to meet those needs was developed, in cooperation with designated state agencies. A random cluster sample of farmworkers was interviewed to determine service needs. Additional planning data were gathered by…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers, Attitudes, Blacks
Mississippi Library Commission, Jackson. – 1996
This report provides a brief narrative of the activities of the Mississippi Library Commission in fiscal year 1996, featuring discussion of the Role Planning and Setting Study, telecommunications and technology initiatives, and Libraries Online! project. In the process of developing a strategic 5-year plan, the Mississippi Library Commission…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Agency Role, Annual Reports
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg. – 2000
This guide is intended to bring all the policy and tools approved by the Pennsylvania State Workforce Investment Board (SWIB) into a single reference for local workforce investment board (LWIB) members involved in chartering. Part 1 lists the guiding principles and benefits of Team Pennsylvania CareerLink, which is Pennsylvania's one-stop system.…
Descriptors: Administration, Agency Role, Certification, Check Lists
Mahlman, Robert A.; Austin, James T. – 2002
Career-technical educators face three issues in credentialing through assessment. First, the occupational credentialing domain is large and evolving, and a clear understanding of it is a prerequisite to considering adoption of a credential. Three types of credentialing are registration, certification, and licensure. Credentialing organizations are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Competency Based Education, Compliance (Legal)
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Lehane, Con – Thought & Action, 1997
In an interview, the president of the National Education Association (NEA) discusses issues in higher education, including the NEA's role, relationships between higher education and elementary-secondary education, professionalism and the union, technological advancement, the role of postsecondary education, allocation of educational resources,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Agency Role, College Faculty
Ministry of Education and Science, Madrid (Spain). – 1994
This report of a 1994 World Conference on Special Needs Education affirms the principle of "Education for All" and the specific concept of inclusion of students with special educational needs in schools throughout the world. The conference was represented by 92 governments and 25 international organizations. The text of the Salamanca…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Role, Change Strategies, Conferences
August, Diane; And Others – 1995
The guide provides analysis and guidance on issues that arise in serving limited-English-proficient (LEP) students through Title I of the Improving America's Schools Act. It is intended for Title I coordinators at state and local levels and administrators of related programs serving LEP students. The guide presents the issues in the order in which…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Agency Role, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)
Development Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1991
A study of the status of vocational training for limited-English-proficient (LEP) adults in New York State looks at the overall demographic situation of LEP residents in the state, state policy and action in serving LEP adults, and the specific situations in two regions. An introductory section reviews social, economic, and employment data…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Role, Church Role, College Role
Boruch, Robert; And Others – 1983
High-priority mission areas concerning schools are identified that are appropriate for research and development centers supported by the National Institute of Education (NIE). This draft summary report to the director of NIE focuses on the study of schooling, including subject content, teachers and their preparation, school organization and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Curriculum Evaluation, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Assessment
Wintemute, Ginger, Ed.; Messer, Bonnie, Ed. – 1980
A handbook on social work practice with Native American families, developed for use by students in undergraduate social work programs and by social service practitioners who work with Native American people, is divided into four sections. The first section contains four articles, written by Joseph A. Dudley (Methodist minister and Yankton Sioux)…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Aging (Individuals), Alcoholism, American Indian Culture
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