In 1983 the National Commission on Excellence in Education published a report based on its findings on student achievement in the United States. The report sparked efforts to reform school curricula a...

When Spanish sea captains returned from their global voyages in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, their first requirement was an accounting, not only to the Royal Treasury, but more importantly t...

Even before her official starting date of September 1, 1988, new HTA Director Jane Landers was "getting the ball rolling" on her new position by sending in a "Call for Proposals" to the October issue ...

FY'89 Appropriations This year Congress succeeded in passing all the appropriations bills prior to the beginning of the new fiscal year on October 1, thereby avoiding the confusion of an omnibus conti...

The theme for the 1988 meeting is "History as Inquiry and Practice," and the Program Committee has put together an impressive array of sessions that emphasize the many dimensions of the discipline. Th...

The first of the three AHA divisional committees to meet this fall was the Research Division, which convened on the evening of September 22 in Washington and continued through most of the following da...

John F. Benton John F. Benton, noted California Institute of Technology medieval historian, recipient of a MacArthur Prize Fellowship, and holder of Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships, died February...

Sharon K. Tune, formerly AHA administrative and editorial assistant, was promoted to executive assistant and convention manager, September 1, 1988. She succeeds Eileen Gaylard, who retired from that p...

National Park Service Hearing: The House Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, which has oversight responsibility for the National Park Service...

Welcome to “Network News Exchange,” a semiannual Perspectives column provided by the Society for History Education, an AHA affiliate. NNE was first published in 1975 as a newsletter for SHE members. U...