The United States Congress established the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC) and the network of State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees (SOICCs) in the Education Amendments of 1976. NOICC and SOICCs were mandated to foster coordination and communication among producers and users of occupational…

Discusses the origins of the President's Science Adviser and his Science Advisory Committee and the National Science Foundation. (RH)

State university programs for leadership development awardees, authorized under the Education Professions Development Act offer individual and group learning activities of diverse natures, involving course work, early internship, seminars, research, and a final internship. (Author/SA)

Describes the problems encountered by Clay T. Whitehead, Director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy, in obtaining funding for public television. (PG)

The national program focuses on support of a systematic information network, but the problem at the school library level is that students and others do not know how to use what is available. Support for such education is needed. (LS)

At a joint meeting with NCLIS, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) expressed concern that the NCLIS program was not much concerned with school library programs, and might also reduce their federal support. AASL made some suggestions for improvement. (LS)

The Market Linkage Project (ML) for Special Education and the Basic Skills Validation and Marketing Program are two federally sponsored marketing projects developed under contract by LINC Resources, Inc., a professional marketing organization, for the U.S. Department of Education. LINC developed the marketing programs to provide the option for the…

The official source of definitions for all the major Employment and Training Administration (ETA) programs, this glossary provides a ready reference and an up-to-date list of ETA program terms and definitions contained in laws, federal regulations, and ETA issuances used by sponsors and various ETA service offices on a daily basis; and identifies…

This paper addresses questions concerning the purpose and effectiveness of existing child nutrition programs. Chapter I introduces the major budget issues concerning these programs. Chapter II presents the historical development of the programs and focuses on the federal policies affecting the nutrition and health of children. Chapter III…

Presented here is a detailed summation of the evaluation of 17 Vocational Guidance Institutes initiated, promoted, and supported by Plans for Progress. The data used for evaluation included an analysis of proposals and other pre-institute material, survey data from trainers and participants in the institute, and material resulting from on-site…

The Act was formulated to: (1) establish a National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life; (2) provide for a review of the activities of all Federal agencies including implementation of all Federal laws, regulations, and policies which impede the productive performance and efficiency of the American economy; (3) encourage joint…

The National Audiovisual Center was established in 1968 to provide a single organizational unit that serves as a central information point on completed audiovisual materials and a central sales point for the distribution of media that were produced by or for federal agencies. This speech describes the services the center can provide users of…

The program consisted of a series of talks by invited speakers, informal meetings and addresses by fellows, meetings with U. S. Office of Education personnel, and a trip to Washington to meet with two members of the House Education Committee. Short evaluations written by each participant indicate that most of the fellows thought that the isolated…

Optimism concerning the future of higher education was the keynote of this address by the Assistant Secretary for Education and US Commissioner of Education. He cites the atmosphere of change pervading the nation's campuses and the federal commitment to higher education represented by the establishment of new and the reorganization of existing…