The second of 17 modules in a self-instructional course on student financial aid administration, this module offers novice financial aid administrators and other institutional personnel a systematic introduction to the management of federal financial aid programs authorized by the Higher Education Act Title IV. It traces the history of federal…

The Law Education Goals and Learnings (LEGAL) Project of the Dade County Public Schools was funded by the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 2. It is an authorized elective course of study for students in grades seven through twelve which emphasizes criminal and civil law areas. This evaluation was conducted to determine: (1)…

Examining efforts to provide both remedial and special education programs through Chapter 1 of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1980 (ECIA), a study considered two broad areas which influence the quality of remedial instruction offered in schools: (1) aspects of district-level organizational policies and how they influence…

An investigation focused on determining whether additional services should be provided to Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program terminees to help them find and retain employment. It was illustrated that follow-through services were needed to help the significant number of CETA terminees who do not become employed after their…

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is similar to the Disadvantaged Schools Program of Australia in some ways and distinctively different in others. This comparison of the two programs by an Australian educator points out the similarities and differences in program purpose, regulation, funding targets, and local control. Both…

Four major topics are addressed in these papers presented at the Hispanic Roundtable meeting: current staffing patterns at community colleges, transferability trends among Hispanic students, employment barriers, and legislative issues. Introductory comments by Maria Barrera are followed by Mary Jane Garza's paper, "Current Staffing…

Presented are extensive data tables showing the distribution of types and packages of student financial aid in the United States, according to family income, tuition level, and institutional control. Data are drawn from the data bank of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. Federal need-based aid is emphasized. Some narration is…

A five-year bilingual, bicultural program, part of the Experimental Schools Program, employed by the Edgewood Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas, was designed to enhance the affective characteristics of the predominantly Mexican American student population, to train teachers to avoid socioeconomic and cultural biases, and to improve…

Responses to a questionnaire circulated to all state guarantee agencies for the federal Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSL) are reported. Information is reported, in charts and tables, on: dates the states signed GSL agreements with the Office of Education; states that guaranteed loans before GSL began in 1966; agency organizational types;…

This document identifies some government agencies and the programs they administer that address minority group needs and is the first section of "Resources in Bilingual Education," a publication designed to address the information needs of the bilingual community. The format is designed to provide easy identification of available funding, contact…

THE MAJOR CHALLENGE NOW FACING VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF SUCH COMPETING FEDERAL PROGRAMS AS THE PEACE CORPS AND VISTA, IS TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND HOLD A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF PROMISING VOLUNTEERS, PARTICULARLY AT THE POLICY MAKING LEVEL. SINCE FUTURE VOLUNTEERS WILL COME INCREASINGLY FROM THE RANKS OF THE TECHNICALLY EDUCATED…

This resource directory provides a variety of resources that can be useful in making vocational education accessible to all students. The information is organized in four sections. The first section, Organizations, contains a listing of various organizations that offer services to handicapped students and/or educational units. The address, target…

Prepared for the National Advisory Council for Career Education, this report of a study on the current state of career education at the postsecondary level provides an overview of how American colleges and universities perceive and practice career education, together with a set of recommendations for action to encourage and facilitate the adoption…

The study identified programs serving the needs of migrant families and problems in improving services to more adequately address these needs. Exemplary programs were identified which were currently serving migrants through child care, health, education, and outreach services. The study included a literature review, a survey of 90 training…

The document consists of a report by the chairman of the Committee on Anthropology and Education and six essays commissioned by the committee. In addressing the need to support educational anthropology programs, the report suggests: creation of a national fellowship program for graduate students; interchanges among educational anthropology…