The articles in this document describe various aspects of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Program. Two articles compare the CETA program to the WPA Federal Arts Program of the 1930s and describe various job opportunities CETA has provided for out-of-work artists. A photographic essay project of older adults, undertaken by CETA…

Information regarding programs under Section 241 of the Manpower Development and Training Act which provides training for redevelopment area residents is presented. Appropriations increased from $6,500,000 in 1965 to $24,000,000 in 1967. Training costs declined in 1964 and 1965 compared to 1963 but were doubled in 1966 because of an extension of…

Twenty-seven mini-conferences on career education in grades K-12 were conducted in three phases. Two hundred sixty-one participants, representing all fifty states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, attended the conference. Nine topical areas were considered as they apply to career education: teaching/learning processes, evaluation,…

The Student Loan Marketing Association ("Sallie Mae") is a government sponsored, private, for profit corporation, created in June 23, 1972, by the enactment of Section 439 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. Sallie Mae provides liquidity to commercial banks, savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, credit unions,…

This report is the first of three volumes with the main function of recommending an overall plan for an adequate national oceanographic program that will meet the present and future national needs. The volume is divided into four sections. The first attempts to clarify the present state of basic marine science and its relationship to the needs of…

This report describes various government nutrition programs designed to aid pregnant women and children under six. Programs described include: the Agriculture Extension Program, a home program in Alleghany County, Maryland; supplemental food programs in Washington, D.C. and Denver; and the Chicago Supplemental Food Voucher Experimental Program.…

The environmental quality of a region depends largely upon the environmental education received by the citizenry. The original act creating the TVA provided for involvement in education experimentation, and the agency has been providing some environmental education or related services since its inception. This study validated the need for a…

A series of recommendations to the Director of the National Institute of Education (NIE) is presented. In the main, these focus upon effecting compliance with Congressional intent by modifying the existing programs of the National Center for Educational Communication (NCEC) to conform with the mission, functions and program thrust of the NIE. The…

The Urban Internship Program has been established to recruit and train above average graduate and undergraduate students to fill program leadership positions in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The program provides orientation to major HUD programs to integrate the intern into the work force quickly and effectively and…

In April 1976, 95 educational program evaluators were asked the question, "What do you think will be the relationship between the new collective bargaining law (SB160) and the operation and evaluation of A-127 (state and federally funded) education programs?" Working in small groups, participants accomplished the following: (1) They…

Examines the shift from the Manpower Development and Training Act to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and the difference between these programs and the Job Training Partnership Act. Also discusses the training of welfare recipients and setting priorities for the future of such programs. (CT)

Describes the soon-to-be-established National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC), a user-oriented, federally supported computing center for chemists. Discusses probable funding, staffing and organization, data bases, and the priorities of chemical topics to be serviced. (MLH)

There are natural connections between the afterschool community and the law enforcement/crime prevention community. According to a recent report from the organization Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, the hours between three and six PM are the "prime time for juvenile crime." Afterschool hours are when teenagers are most likely to commit crimes, be…

Every possible resource should be used in the continuing problem of improvement of reading instruction for every child in the nation. Resources may be near at hand through the national, State and local programs sponsored by Right To Read. A report of the program's successes. (Author/JN)

Outlines the qualifications school districts must meet to receive Federal funds for a breakfast program. (MF)