The Advisory Committee was created by Congress in the "Higher Education Amendments of 1986" to be an independent and nonpartisan source of knowledge, advice, and counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Education on federal, state, and institutional postsecondary student assistance. One of the most important analytical directives in the…

This handbook is designed to help school officials interpret the Title I, 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act regulations affecting the selection of target areas and to apply them in a manner most appropriate to their particular circumstances. It should help officials designate eligible attendance areas and select project areas, using the best…

This book provides central-office administrators with detailed processes of evaluation and assessment designed to improve upon the deficiencies in the current decentralized grants system. It is designed to help the administrator discern what district support functions are necessary to ensure that legal, ethical, and financial grant requirements…

To acquaint project administrators at the local level with potential funding sources available to them, this booklet examines how funds were obtained to support a number of work and service educational projects currently in operation and funded from multiple sources. The material is organized into three parts. Part 1 is an overview of the projects…