Hearing on H.R. 6, the Higher Education Amendments of 1998: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and Life-long Learning of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, June 19, 1997, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 125 pages |
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Page 3 - Mr. Chairman, Members of the Subcommittee, it Is a pleasure for me to appear before you...
Page 115 - Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to speak to you about the High School Equivalency Program (HEP) and the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) on behalf of the National HEP-CAMP Association.
Page 6 - ... Senator MORTON. I do not think a tax credit any way you do it is going to be motivation broadening the base. As I outlined a few moments ago, I think this is a job which must be done by the parties themselves. It has to be a carefully organized campaign with a lot of educational features to it and a lot of hard work on the part of a lot of people. I think that one thing that the American Heritage Foundation, has done is the encouragement through advertising support that was donated by the Advertising...
Page 2 - I look forward to hearing your testimony and working with you to update and improve the Higher Education Act Mr.
Page 24 - Federal education policy comes at a time when, more than ever before in our history, education is the fault line between those who will prosper in the new economy and those who will be left behind.
Page 82 - ACYF means the Administration for Children, Youth and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services, and includes regional staff. Commissioner means the Commissioner for Children, Youth and Families.
Page 115 - Invisible Children: A Portrait of American Migrant Education in the United States," 30 years ago there was no record of a son or daughter of migrant farmworkers ever having graduated from college. CAMP, which provides migrant youth real access to a college education, has steadfastly demonstrated its effectiveness in changing that statistic for 'today's migrant children. An incredible 96 percent of CAMP students complete their first year of college. The retention rate of CAMP students far outstrips...
Page 76 - I would be happy to answer any questions the Committee might have at this time.
Page 64 - Social mobility, and ultimately the viability of participatory democracy, are preserved only through an equitable and rich educational system. But, as David Cohen and Barbara Neufeld argue, [i]n America, equality is at once an achievement to be celebrated and a degradation to be avoided... Public schools are one of the few American institutions that try to take equality seriously.
Page 116 - CAMP class returned for their sophomore year, while only 68 percent of all freshmen returned. 73 percent of CAMP students earn a college degree and many continue their education by attending graduate school and other professional studies. CAMP students have a much higher college graduation rate than do Hispanic young people in general, who complete college at an eight percent rate.