This publication describes programs administered by the US Office of Education to aid institutions of higher education, college students, research and community activity. Listings of programs supporting institutions are divided into categories of instructional improvement (26), facilities and equipment (7), and disadvantaged students (4). Support…

Digests of laws with particular reference to their educational and training features are reported in this comprehensive record of enactments by the 90th Congress during its first session of 1967. Acts relating to training and education that concern students, teachers, or educational institutions are included. The information for this report was…

American colleges and universities have long been deeply involved in research sponsored by the federal government. The total cost of such research, which is conducted primarily in the service of government missions, has been borne jointly by the government and the universities. In recent years, a growing concern with the costs of…

This publication offers information that may be of assistance in the development of programs or activities in aviation education. This report includes a listing of: the number of schools in each state offering high school aviation courses, state aerospace education advisory committees, high school teacher associations, full-time state personnel…

This annual summary provides information about research programs which have been developed and administered by the Office of Manpower Research to June 30, 1969. The first section contains data about all projects in progress at the end of the 1969 fiscal year. Section 2 contains brief summaries of research projects completed during the year and…

This report presents findings based on data obtained during the prospective phase of the study of employee mobility in Head Start programs. Problems were encountered in the study, making the projection of conclusions regarding the extent of mobility in Head Start programs quite tenuous. The extent of mobility reported and the causes of mobility…

Since 1910, the Library of Congress (LC) has collected state publications and announced them in its Monthly Checklist. Over 26,000 titles were listed in 1973, but this does not represent a complete record of official state publications. If a state does not have a law requiring that a copy of each publication issued be sent to the LC, the coverage…

About one of every 10 dollars in social security benefits under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (OASDI) goes to disabled workers or their families. By the end of 1969, nearly 2,500,000 workers and dependents and 40,000 widows and widowers were receiving some form of social security disability compensation, while another…

The hearings before the subcommittee on education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate on Federal Student Assistance Programs are reported with statements by various witnesses. Additional material includes articles concerning comparative information on family income for educational needs and an analysis of the Basic…

This brochure outlines fellowship programs supported by the United States Office of Education in foreign languages, area studies, and world affairs. The programs will support more than 1,100 graduate academic-year fellowships and approximately 1,000 graduate and undergraduate awards for summer intensive language study. Information is included on…

In this book, originally presented as the third series of H. Rowan Gaither Lectures in Systems Science at the University of California (Berkeley), are examined the contributions that systematic analysis has made to decision making in the government's "social action" programs--education, health, manpower training, and income maintenance. Drawing on…

The records, findings, and recommendations of 15 opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) were synthesized and analyzed so that individual OICs and other manpower programs could benefit. A detailed review of the final reports of the OICs and three field visits were made to collect data. To facilitate comparison, each of the chapters contains…

At the request of the Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, the General Accounting Office (GAO) has reviewed the policies and procedures for the granting of Federal funds to school districts for desegregation. GAO selected grants made to 50 school districts for its review of approval procedures. In many cases, GAO believes that…

This report discusses several kinds of Federal aid to education and decides that a Federal foundation program is the best type. Arguments in favor of such a program are that (1) contemporary societal problems require a national policy (including a federally financed education program), (2) equity of financial responsibility for the educational…

Before discussing plans for the National Institute of Education (NIE), the author briefly reviews some of the research products of the Office of Education including the comparative school mathematics program, individually prescribed instruction, microteaching, intermediate science curriculum study, and Sesame Street. The Institute will be a…