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Consumer education can be defined as "a study of intelligent and effective methods of buying and using goods and services, competent money management, and the relationship of the consumer to the economy, the workplace, a...
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In recent years, many dramatic changes have occurred in the field of adult and continuing education. Enrollments in the Federal adult basic education (ABE) effort alone have increased from 536,000 in 1970 to over 2.5 mil...
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Vocational education is a key to the education of the future, as the schools absorb more responsibility for preparing students to enter a rapidly expanding job market. Although there are great visions for the future of v...
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The U.S. Department of Education has shown support for vocational education through a number of initiatives. Task forces on, for example, defense preparedness and entrepreneurship education have been established at the n...
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In this keynote address, the Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education described federal efforts to foster partnerships in support of rural education. According to the 1980 Census, the country's rural non-fa...
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This document provides examples of the work of the Department of Education's Rural Education Committee during FY84, beginning with its FY84 management plan. Next, "A Rural Education Policy for the 80s," a speech presente...
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Highlights listed for the Department of Education's Intra-Agency Committee on Education's third year include issuance of the national rural education policy statement (October 1984), sponsorship of a national forum on ru...
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Discusses the national perspective on cooperative education, including its role in the areas of economic, technological, and demographic change. Emphasizes the advantages that cooperative education programs offer employe...
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According to a General Accounting Office study, virtually no money is being spent on consumer education, although consumer education has been authorized under the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 and u...
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The address of the Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education before the 1983 Rural Education Association Conference reviews recent Department of Education activities in support of rural education and details...
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Industrial arts education is a comprehensive education program concerned with technology; industry; students understanding of themselves, their talents, and their abilities; development of job skills; and familiarization...
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Summarizes eight papers presented during the Nation's Bicentennial Congress in Adult and Continuing Education (New York City). Focus is on adults' educational needs in career, vocational, and technical areas. Among topic...
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The fluid power industry has been a leader in technical education. The problem of preparing skilled manpower is both short-term as regards current needs and long-term in light of the general objectives of American educat...