Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A National Education Association committee established in 1893 to standardize high schools, Committee of Fifteen.  

A committee appointed in 1895 by the National Education Association that reversed the findings of the Committee of Ten.  

A member appointed to function as the parliamentarian and head of a standing or special committee in the consideration of matters assigned to such committee by the governing body or its leader.  

A task group that is charged with performing some type of specific activity or task. A committee appointed for some special purpose and which automatically dissolves upon the completion of its specific task. A group of people set up for a specific purpose: to consider or investigate a matter, to report on a matter, or…

A management guideline that advises managers to commit funds for planning only when they can anticipate, in the foreseeable future, a return on planning expenses as a result of long-range planning analysis.  

Commission’s first report released to President Richard M. Nixon in 1972. The report recommended wide-scale sex education, revised abortion policy, approval of the Equal Rights Amendment, and contraceptive supplies, information, and procedures available on demand. President Nixon rejected the report and its recommendations.  

Established in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson for the purpose of recommending ways the nation might employ in conquering heart disease, cancer, and stroke.  

A governmental body directed and authorized to carry out a particular task. A percentage of the revenue that the salon takes in from services performed by a particular cosmetologist, usually offered to that cosmetologist once the individual has built up a loyal clientele.  

Broken into small pieces.  

Formal groups that are outlined on the chain of command on an organizational chart.