<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Department of Education Hearings: A Comprehensive Examination of Education Policy and Perspectives</dc:title><dc:date>1978-03-28</dc:date><dc:creator>Sroufe, Gerald E.</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_003_2_31_9_0007</dc:identifier><dc:description>The document outlines a series of hearings by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs regarding the Department of Education. The hearings feature various panels including Senators, citizen's committees, academic authorities, education organizations, former United States Commissioners of Education, state and local representatives, and higher education representatives. The panels discuss the importance and potential structure of a Department of Education.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>