The Governor's budget for 1988-89 is described as it applies to California higher education. The scope of the higher education enterprise and its 1988-89 budget is discussed, including information on areas of increased funding and new policy initiatives and capital outlay funding. Budget issues that have long-term policy implications for…

Applications for Federal Assistance (Form 424) from the Library Development Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission are presented, along with supporting documentation, for each of the following programs: Title I--Library Services; Title II--Public Library Construction; and Title III--Interlibrary Cooperation and Resource…

The Special Education Parents Alliance created an employment project seeking jobs in the business community for special education graduates and other persons with disabilities. The project serves learning disabled, educable mentally handicapped, trainable mentally handicapped, and physically disabled persons in DuPage County and portions of west…

Comparative data about the State University System of Florida (gathered by the Florida State Board of Regents) are provided. Summary information is presented using tabular displays, charts, graphs, and a glossary of terms and abbreviations. Data were gathered from a variety of sources, with the primary source documents being the State University…

This report describes dislocated worker programs operating in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The findings presented are based on the following sources: two National Alliance of Business (NAB) surveys of state administrators of federally funded Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs (conducted in 1987 and 1988), data on JTPA…

Assessed were the views of New Mexico school board members, school nurses, and elementary school counselors regarding school-age day care. Respondents were 277 board members, 214 nurses, and 96 counselors representing a response rate of 62%, 72% and 74% respectively. All three groups reported that latchkey children were evident in their district…

Results are presented of a study of nursing and nursing education that focused on the need for continued federal support of nursing education, ways to attract nurses to medically underserved areas, and approaches to encourage nurses to stay in the profession. Findings are presented on whether the aggregate supply of generalist nurses will be…

Three well-known forms of university-industry collaboration (research parks, cooperative research centers, and industrial extension services) were examined, along with the federal role of stimulating cooperation. The objective was to develop information and guidelines to help policymakers in designing new or revised federal initiatives to promote…

Drawing from an extensive literature review and interviews with state officials, this paper examines the different methods used in the funding processes of the community colleges in Conncecticut and California, traces the evolution of these funding systems, and offers recommendations on how the two states can learn from the recent changes each has…

This report synthesizes findings of a survey of vocational training measures for women in the nine countries of the Western European community. In the first section, some basic figures are presented on numbers of innovative measures, proportion of women gainfully employed, distribution of employed women among economic sectors, and persons…

Reported in this document are observations of early childhood education in England, Israel, Seychelles, and China. Specifically, observations focus on (1) teacher behavior, including behavior toward individuals, small groups, and large groups or whole classes; (2) teacher demonstration behaviors; (3) teacher verbal and nonverbal behaviors, such as…

This document includes written and oral testimony from Senators; representatives of the Department of Health and Human Services; private citizens; and employees and representatives of national and local Head Start organizations, civil rights organizations, and parent groups. In general, discussion centers on the merits and disadvantages of…

Perspectives regarding education for the gifted and talented and excellence in education are addressed in this second volume of a 1982 public hearing. In addition to reports from Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut, and New York, education of the gifted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is discussed, along with a study about programs for…

Perspectives regarding education for the gifted and talented and excellence in education are addressed in this third volume of a 1982 public hearing. Statements from professional associations and from the public concerning education for the gifted are provided. The following positions are taken: there must be increased development of fully-funded…

Characteristics of 187 free universities and 21 learning referral centers and information on registrations and referrals, finance, and staffing are examined, based on 1982 followup survey results. A free university is broadly defined as an organization that offers to the general public ungraded, unaccredited classes that anyone can teach; learning…