The 33 Negro public colleges enroll about one-fourth of all the black students now attending colleges and universities in this country. Although the total enrollment of these schools increased by more than 12 per cent this year alone, eight of them experienced a decline in enrollment and five others gained fewer than 100 students. Fourteen schools…

The 1970 Annual Credit and Financing Report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs describes the financing available for economic advancement of American Indians. Specific programs and their results are cited in such areas as housing, small business, agriculture, and education. The appendix contains 41 tables which include information such as loans made,…

A transcript of testimony given before the U.S. Senate's Special Subcommittee on Indian Education on March 30, 1968, in Flagstaff, Arizona, is presented in this document, which is Part 3 of the hearings proceedings (Part 1 is RC 003 556; Part 2 is RC 003 557). Part 3 contains testimony by various witnesses, including tribal members in leadership…

Volume I, "Development Prospects and Problems," is part of a 2-volume compendium of study papers intended to serve as a resource document for members of the Joint Economic Committee, other members of Congress, and those who are concerned with formulating and executing effective policies of economic development for American Indian and…

A study of the performance pattern of 1,000 elementary school children in Philadelphia was conducted to determine: (a) whether the inclusive Title I program was having a significant impact on reading achievement, and (b) whether the specific intervention models were producing significant changes in the performance rates of their respective groups.…

Divided into two major parts, this report summarizes the findings, recommendations, and conclusions of the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council's analysis of the current function and potential capacity of congressionally appointed federal agencies relative to providing emergency medical care services. More specifically, the…

The results of a study designed to determine the degree to which the public interest has been and will be served by a variety of Federal assistance programs available to non-public schools are reported. Three sets of guideline questions were developed. The first set concerned what programs and to what school levels were offered. The second set…

In 1963, the National Child Labor Committee established the National Committee on the Education of Migrant Children (NCEMC) to give new impetus to its work with these children. The over 300,000 migrant children suffered from educational deprivation in the home, inadequate health care, poor housing, and a lack of desirable learning situations.…

The sixth annual report of the National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education presents recommendations based on a review of 142 Federal programs, in addition to Title I programs, which in whole or in part fund extension, continuing education and community services activities. The report consists of a summary of current and…

The Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) focuses on three objectives: (1) To provide low-income elderly persons with an opportunity to participate in their community, (2) To provide financial assistance to low-income elderly persons, and (3) To provide social, psychological, and educational benefits to children with developmental disabilities.…

The Nutrition Education Program, implemented in 25 Pennsylvania counties in 1969, attempted to help low-income families improve the nutritional adequacy of their diet by teaching food preparation, buying, and storing, and encouraging the use of food stamps. As of June, 1970 monthly turnover of clients stabilized at five percent, but there was a…

In the 1970-71 school year, 24 of the 28 local school districts in New York City submitting proposals for the organization of projects to be funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 had provided for some degree of non-public participation in a total of 53 separate projects. The evaluation reported here is limited…

At the beginning of the 1970-71 school year, eight ESEA Title I programs were implemented in Community District 23. The eight projects that were basic to the Title I program in District 23 included a Pre-Kindergarten Program, the basic aims of which were the development of language, perceptual, and cognitive skills in young children. A second…

This report, the eighth annual report of the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children (NACEDC), is presented as a commentary on the previous year's administration of the programs for disadvantaged children, with recommendations for the future. NACEDC notes that 1.5 million fewer disadvantaged children are now being…

The Individual Communications System (INDICOM) was begun in 1967 in Waterford School District, Michigan, as one of the first public school computer-assisted instruction projects in the Midwest. Its specific aim in developing CAI was to fuse the latest technology with the best thinking in education so as to create an instructional system which…