Since its beginning in 1965 as a part of the War on Poverty, Head Start's goal has been to boost the school readiness of low-income children. Based...

The field of health education is of prime importance in a rapidly changing world where computers and the internet make the possibilities almost lim...

In addition to the role of educating future citizens, schools today respond to other social needs, especially to help promote health. The school, i...

Dropping out of high school is related to a number of negative outcomes. Among adults age 25 and older, a lower percentage of dropouts are in the l...

This book reviews research relating to higher education teaching, internationalisation and student issues in higher education. Some of the topics d...

The challenge of access to higher education has been a policy area of great concern to the Obama administration and the President has consistently ...

Higher education has a vital role to play in the social and economic development of all countries. The sector, however, faces a significant number ...

The first chapter of this book is an introduction to the TRIO programs. The TRIO programs are the primary federal programs providing support servic...

Since the establishment of State land-grant universities, our country has rightly recognized higher education as an essential public good, in the n...

Chapter 1 examines Education's role in: (1) recognizing accrediting agencies, (2) overseeing the financial condition of schools, and (3) overseeing...

Many people in this country grow up dreaming about the college experience, leaving home and starting off in their own world, hoping to obtain the e...

Higher education is a critical mechanism for socio-economic advancement among aspiring individuals and an important driver of economic mobility in ...

Higher education is universally viewed as essential, not only to economic prosperity in an increasingly globalized, knowledge-driven economies, but...

The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, authorises a broad array of federal student aid programs that assist students and their families with...

The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) as amended, authorises the federal government's major federal student aid programs (Title IV), as well as ot...

Throughout recent decades, higher education has played a steadily greater role in national development, contributing towards heightened competitive...

In this book, some other attributes of service leadership and the related curriculum materials are introduced. The first one is moral character. Wh...

In the opening chapter the authors investigate and present the concept of internal quality assurance system implementation maturity, aiming to anal...

The Black College and University Act defined a historically black college and university (HBCU) as one that existed before 1964 with a historic and...

This book discusses the investigation into fraudulent, deceptive, or otherwise questionable sales and marketing practices in the for-profit college...

Education tax credits were introduced as a new subsidy for higher education in 1997 and have cost, on average, $4.6 billion a year in lost tax reve...

This book provides background information for the Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorisation process about the direct assistance for education expe...

This book contains a unique set of pieces which examine the plight of Hispanics in today's workforce. A diverse set of scholars share their perspec...