Education Programs: Major Issues Affecting Postsecondary Education, School-to-Work, and Youth Employment Programs. [Report No.: GA0-HEHS-97-212R

Institution	General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div.
Titel	Education Programs: Major Issues Affecting Postsecondary Education, School-to-Work, and Youth Employment Programs. [Report No.: GA0-HEHS-97-212R
Quelle	(1997), (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Persistence; Access to Education; Accountability; Disadvantaged Youth; Dropout Programs; Education Work Relationship; Educational Quality; Federal Aid; Federal Programs; Financial Audits; Higher Education; Job Skills; Job Training; Labor Force Development; Loan Repayment; Management Information Systems; Money Management; Noncollege Bound Students; Paying for College; Postsecondary Education; Program Administration; School Business Relationship; School Holding Power; Student Costs; Student Financial Aid; Tuition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Verantwortung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Arbeitskräftebestand; Managementinformationssystem; Studienfinanzierung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Studienkosten; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienförderung; Unterweisung; Unterricht
Abstract	This document summarizes major postsecondary education issues and school-to-work and youth employment programs for the Education Task Force of the U.S. Senates's Committee on the Budget, and is based on General Accounting Office (GAO) studies completed during 1990-1997. The discussion of postsecondary education issues centers around five themes: ensuring access, increasing retention, improving quality, increasing affordability, and improving financial aid program management and oversight. It is noted that while postsecondary education is important to students' future earning power, the cost of attending college is rising rapidly. In addition, some federal programs designed to help educationally and economically disadvantaged youth enter, stay in, and complete postsecondary education have had limited effectiveness. Also identified are some of the financial management and oversight problems, along with congressional and agency actions taken to address these problems. Programs to help noncollege-bound youth obtain alternative work skills also have not lived up to expectations, and there is a discussion of the Job Training Partnership Act youth programs and the Job Corps programs. Appended is a list of related GAO documents. (SW)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01