The Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education released a report which calls for three new programs of Federal aid to higher education: tuition equalization grants, national student loan bank, support for large research libraries. (GS)

Discussed is the Career Opportunities Program (COP), a nationwide work-study training model designed to improve the educational opportunities of children from the low-income families by employing community residents as teacher aides while preparing for teacher certification. (NQ)

Describes the Small Grants Award program developed by the North Country School Study Council and the Central New York School Study Council to help finance innovative projects proposed by teachers. (JG)

The student financial aid situation at present can be summarized under the following sections: student confusion by the multiplicity of aid programs; managerial problems; lack of conceptual clarity; and special problems in need of analysis. (Author/PG)

Examines the effects of educational planning on developing nations. Particular reference is made to the association that educational planning and educational planners have had with formal educational institutions and to the role that planning and its practitioners have played as purveyors of the "new magic" in traditional societies.…

Analyzes the number of graduate science students on federally supported fellowships and traineeships between 1967 and 1973. Presents enrollment trends of graduate science and engineering students for the same period. (GS)

In 1987 Congress made available a one-time, 1-year emergency appropriation to pay for Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved life-sustaining drugs for people with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). New Jersey received $1.5 million from this program for antiviral drugs for low-income people with AIDS and AIDS Related Complex lacking…

Over the past 8 years, the debate over U.S. policy in Central America has degenerated into an unproductive partisan clash that has obscured the issues and eliminated the possibility of a bipartisan consensus. Conference participants agreed that Central America, for historic, geographic, economic, and political reasons is of vital interest to the…

This document contains the report of the Committee on Education and Labor on bill H.R. 2908 to amend Title XI of the Education Amendments of 1978 relating to Indian education programs. The document contains a summary of the legislation, a description of the need for the legislation, its legislative history, a cost estimate, and a…

In some communities, alcohol becomes a part of socialization early in life. In one such community, softball for women has become a popular pastime. Twenty-seven of 48 teams in the community were sponsored by local taverns, bars, or restaurants where alcohol was served. Teams sponsored by taverns were encouraged to meet at the taverns before or…

Patterns of individual giving to higher education in 1984 are reported, along with the characteristics of donors. The study sample consisted of 66 private and 33 public colleges and universities. Information is presented on: the size of the gift; the income level of donors, by household adjusted gross income; level of giving of donors by whether…

In response to legislative mandate, the Office of the Chancellor for California Community Colleges convened a Task Force on Community College Finance to examine and recommend funding alternatives, focusing on general apportionments. This report provides background on: (1) the formation and work of the task force; (2) the conceptual structure…

A profile of school-based clinics is included in this report. A mailed survey to 153 school-based clinics and their administrators yielded a 62 percent response rate (for 95 surveys returned). Information about populations served, services provided, staff, use patterns, financial support, and policy initiatives is presented. Eight statistical…