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The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957, [note 1] aiming to foster economic integration among its member states. It was subsequently renamed the European Community (EC) upon becoming integrated into the first pillar of the newly formed European Union (EU) in 1993.
Following the Johns Hopkins example, in 1977 the University of Washington (UW) inaugurated the first structured early entrance program for students younger than 15. [35] The UW program, known as the Transition School and Early Entrance Program, has provided a model for many subsequent early entrance programs targeting highly gifted students. [35]
The European Union (EU) is an association of 27 sovereign member states, that by treaty have delegated certain of their competences to common institutions, in order to coordinate their policies in a number of areas, without however constituting a new state on top of the member states.
Spain and Portugal acceded to the European Communities, now the European Union, in 1986. This was the third enlargement of the Communities, following on from the 1973 and 1981 enlargements. Their accessions are considered to be a part of the broader Mediterranean enlargement of the European Union. [1] [2]
The establishment of this national association pushed the early education initiative as well in the United States. Additionally in 1965, the Head Start program was founded through the United States Department of Health and Human Services as a program to ready low-income children over the summer months for upcoming kindergarten.
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The 1960 California Master Plan for Higher Education recognized that critical to the success of California's tripartite system of public higher education was a central body responsible for coordination and planning for higher education. The California Postsecondary Education Commission was established in 1974 as the State planning and ...
In view of 2004 enlargement of the European Union: Participation of two new States: 25 July 2007: 9 November 2011: 30 states + EC: Following 2007 enlargement of the European Union: Participation of one new State: 11 April 2014: not yet in force: 31 states + EU: Following 2013 enlargement of the European Union