The resource paper serves as a guide to selected financial aid information for women students. While some of the resources and programs described apply to graduate and graduate students of both sexes, many are geared toward the needs of older women, returning students, minority women, and those in professional and technical programs. Presently…

Like the fifth volume of this series, Volume VI provides information about scholarships, loans, fellowships, grants, and awards that are not controlled by school. Material that appeared in Volume V is not duplicated here. For each aid fund listed, information is detailed in these categories: Qualifications; Funds Available; Special Fields of…

Educators in Allegany, Garrett, and Washington counties in Western Maryland voluntarily formed the Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) of Appalachian Maryland on the basis of their shared problems (relative isolation from the rest of the state and mountainous, remote terrain with very severe winters). RESA is comprised of public educational…

This model for a cost effective management and evaluation system is intended to help the administrator of an adult basic education (ABE) program (1) to gather data on a monthly basis, (2) to maintain a monthly data review, (3) to modify program costs and/or student enrollment and class size, and (4) to prepare the following year's budget.…

The maintenance of a system of higher education characterized by a diverse set of quality programs and centers of excellence is essential to the formation of an adequate supply of human capital in future generations. The demand for socialization in higher education is being voiced by a growing proportion of the American public. It is very easy…

This document presents a longitudinal view of the Student Loan Program and the Tuition Grant Program, including both statistical and survey information. Tables one to three contain statistical information on the 1972-73 and 1973-74 Student Loan Programs. Tables four and five cover statistical information on Tuition Grants for 1972-73 and 1973-74.…

This financial report of the New Jersey community colleges is organized around a series of five topics: (1) costs and enrollments; (2) allocation of resources; (3) sources of revenue; (4) enrollment profile and output measures; (5) facilities and capital data. Each of the five sections contains quantative data from budget projections submitted by…

A study was made to develop a rationale for determining the economic justification for a national program of library and information services as described in the second draft of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Services Program Document. The economic rationale is based on improved cost effectiveness and improved utilization of…

The guide provides suggestions concerning possible solutions to specific career education implementation problems. Committee selection and organization are discussed in the first section. Then a detailed approach to a sequential system for program implementation is presented. The program consists of a precommitment stage, commitment stage, and an…

During the spring of 1974 a series of seminars on student aid programs and student access were held in connection with the congressional hearings on Title IV of the Higher Education Act. The final seminar in the series focused on the labor market predictions and conditions facing college graduates. The presentations reported on four major areas;…

In the last 10 years student financial aid has been characterized by a surge of enormous growth that has been both rapid and largely uncoordinated. The current situation is classified into four major headings: student confusion; serious managerial problems; lack of conceptual clarity; and special problems in need analysis. The implications of the…

The materials listed in this bibliography are intended to be of help to volunteer staffs in developing school programs and materials. The entries are cataloged under general subject listings, alphabetical by author under the subject, and an author index is included. Items are listed only once, though many are relevant to several areas. An attempt…

This guide consists of ten articles, each introducing a separate issue important to retirement planning. The series discusses a wide range of information about critical retirement issues and explores the uncertainties, expectations, and decisions that confront the future retiree. The articles also contain suggestions and planning aids, worksheets,…

Presented is a report which reviews and evaluates existing literature and current state practices in financing special education for handicapped children. For each of the four major issues--programing, cost determination, level of funding, and funding formulas--selected research is reviewed, implications of the research are analyzed, and…

Access to college for ethnic minorities and the poor remains very limited. Four times as many high school graduates from high-income families enter the University of California than do graduates of low-income families. The entrance rate to the State University and Colleges for high-income graduates is twice the rate for low-income graduates. An…