Document resumes of 173 substantive publications, produced by the 16 ERIC clearinghouses and appearing in Resources in Education (RIE), are alphabetically arranged by the 2-letter clearinghouse identification prefix, and, within each clearinghouse group, numerically listed by accession number. An abstract is provided for each title and a sample…

This booklet presents proceedings from hearings on H.R. 3781, the Missing Children's Act, legislation which proposes the establishment of a centralized computer system that would become a national clearinghouse of information on missing children and would expedite the efforts of both parents and police in locating and identifying dead and/or…

Federal efforts to meet higher educational needs of Chicanos and Puerto Ricans are analyzed in this report. As part of a study conducted by L. Miranda and Associates, 15 Federal agencies were surveyed to determine their programs and their financial commitment to Hispanic postsecondary education, and the participation of Hispanics in each agency's…

The paper reviews mental retardation research activities of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) and the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (NINCDS). Research activities are cited to illustrate the scope of NICHHD's efforts in a variety of biomedial areas. Activities are…

Activities of the following regulatory and food service agencies of the Department of Agriculture are described: (1) Agricultural Research Service; (2) Cooperative State Research Service; (3) Economic Research Service; (4) Human Nutrition Information Service; (5) Office of Grants and Program Systems; (6) Office of International Cooperation and…

This paper identifies major changes in the area of civil rights which have been instituted during President Reagan's term in office and discusses their implications for Hispanics. Section I briefly outlines central themes of the Administration's attitude towards civil rights. Questions about their negative impact on Hispanics are raised. The next…

The 6 main recommendations and the proposed budget for FY '75 that the National Advisory Council on Indian Education presented in its first Annual Report to Congress are explained. (KM)

This guide presents information on the Child Care Food Program (CCFP), a federal program in which funds are made available to child care centers and family day care homes to assist them in providing nutritious meals to the children in attendance. In an effort to encourage community participation in the program, information is presented on 22…

The small amount of funding provided by the federal government for research on the higher education system and the reasons for this research to be given such a low priority are discussed. A rationale for doing research on higher education and for federal funding of such research is proposed, followed by specific recommendations for documenting the…

This paper discusses two federal programs designed to promote equal employment opportunities for women. It analyzes the impact of the federal contract compliance program (affirmative action) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on the absolute level of the earning of black and white working women over the 1967-1974 period. It was found…

The first part of a report by the Special Committee on Aging of the United States Senate provides additional evidence about the need for far-ranging federal attention to the needs and aspirations of older Americans. A number of difficulties such as special transportation needs in rural areas, contradictions in policies and programs, and disaster…

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, has the expressed purposes of briefly discussing and evaluating some of the gains that have been made in the 10 years since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 20 years after the historic decision that ended legal school segregation.…

The article summarizes the 1975 Manpower Report chapters on: the employment and unemployment record; achievements and open issues of public service employment; changing role of women; CETA Progress report; Program responses to manpower needs; manpower impact of government policy and procedure; and Report of the Secretary of Health, Education, and…

A number of alternative definitions of the independent student were tested to determine what percentage of change would occur in the present distribution of dependent/independent students according to the Basic Education Opportunity Grant (BEOG) definition. Findings are analyzed and implications of possible change in the federal definition…

Traces the development of Australia's binary system of higher education, in which universities granted degrees and colleges of advanced education (CAE's) and teachers colleges issued diplomas and certificates, through the rapid growth of the past 20 years as Commonwealth funding has raised the level of teachers colleges and of CAE's, which now…