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The Key to America's Global Competitiveness : A Quality Education. Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session on Examining the Key to America's Global Competitiveness, Focusing on a Quality Education (March 8, 2012). Senate Hearing 112-902.

This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines the key to America's global competitiveness, focusing on a quality education. Following opening statements by Honorable Tom Harkin (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) and Honorable Micha...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Corporate Author: US Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2014.
Subjects:
Hearings.
Advisory Committees.
Administrator Attitudes.
Public Officials.
Competition.
Economic Development.
College Faculty.
Teacher Attitudes.
Educational Quality.
Role of Education.
Labor Force Development.
Educational Attainment.
Social Mobility.
Social Differences.
Equal Education.
Organizations (Groups)
Legislators.
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Summary:This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines the key to America's global competitiveness, focusing on a quality education. Following opening statements by Honorable Tom Harkin (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) and Honorable Michael B. Enzi (U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming), the following senators provide statements: (1) Honorable Kay R. Hagan, U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina; (2) Honorable Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico; and (3) Honorable Al Franken, U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota. The following witnesses provide prepared statements: (1) Jennifer Mann, Vice President, Human Resources, SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina; (2) Charles Kolb, M.A., J.D., President of the Committee for Economic Development (CED), Washington, DC; (3) Eric A. Hanushek, Ph.D., Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, California; and (4) Richard Murnane, Ph.D., Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society, Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Item Description:Availability: US Senate. Available from: US Government Printing Office. 732 North Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20401. Tel: 866-512-1800; Fax: 202-512-2104; Web site: http://www.senate.gov.
Abstractor: ERIC.
Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
Educational level discussed: Postsecondary Education.
Physical Description:1 online resource (60 pages)
Type of Computer File or Data Note:Text (Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials)
Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note:US Senate.

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