There exists today a wider gulf than ever before between higher education and the public it is designed to serve and this gulf is widening. Public support for higher education is decreasing at a time when the cry for universal higher education has been taken up by the public and university community alike. One of the major causes for this widening…

Testimony relative to amending the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) is presented in the form of verbatim oral questions and answers, prepared statements, letters and supplemental materials. Witnesses commentating on S.3318, a simple extension of the LSCA, include: (1) James E. Allen, Jr.; (2) Albert L. Alford; (3) Ray M. Fry; (4)…

This paper traces the changing concepts in school finance that have implemented equality of education in New York State. Some financing methods are reviewed such as the foundation program approach -- State and locally financed minimum dollar level; State financing of schools; and a voucher system with its variations. The paper also considers the…

The Phelps-Stokes Fund and Title III of the Higher Education Act have jointly supported the Cooperative College Development Program (CCDP) in which 70 institutions were participating by the end of 1969. One of the major purposes of the program is to train college administrators and trustees in the art of effective fund raising. More generally,…

The theme of the 1970 Annual Meeting of the American Council of Education was "Higher Education for Everybody? Issues and Implications." The papers in this volume address themselves to the question of universal higher education and to the implications of this goal on institutional goals and practices as these relate to a student population that…

The Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) at the University of Iowa was established in April 1968, and has as its purpose the recruitment and provision of financial support and academic assistance to students from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The program was established by President Howard R. Bowen during a memorial…

The conclusions and recommendations of a study of 6 Negro-majority school systems located in Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina are presented in this report. Dual school systems are operating in the districts studied, but all have started the desegregation process. Important considerations include past achievement differences, salary…

Presented is the annual report of Federal aid to State and local educational programs for handicapped children during the 1968-69 school year. Program activities of Title VI-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and Public Law 89-313, an amendment to Title I of ESEA, are reviewed jointly. Included is statistical information related to…

This document is a revision of "Guidelines for Holding a Governor's Conference on Libraries (American Library Association, American Trustee Association, 1963). The report discusses what governor's conferences on libraries are and how they may be helpful. Many aspects of planning for such a conference are presented, including how much time to leave…

The major sources of income for public colleges and universities in the US are state governments, the federal government, auxiliary enterprises (housing, bookstores, etc.), tuition, and student fees. Although the amount of state tax support is rising in dollars, it is declining as a percentage of total income for many public institutions. Because…

US graduate schools are called upon to meet the country's requirements for scientists, scholars, statesmen, administrators, lawyers, and doctors. The financial needs of the US university system have multiplied in the last few decades partly because of the rise in the number of students, but primarily because of the unceasing quest for new…

This paper, which presented a nation-wide picture of the organization, control, and support of community colleges, updated information gathered by a similar study contacted in 1967. Data were gathered from letters sent to the offices in each state that had been identified as responsible for junior colleges by the previous study. Conclusions based…

Although Vermont does not have a comprehensive system of higher education that embodies both the public and private sectors, the study summarized in this report states that the components for such a system are there. The Institute for Educational Development undertook 3 general activities in this study. First, data were gathered to establish a…

Responsibility for operating the Defense Ceramic Information Center (DCIC) was assigned to Battelle in May 1967. This report tells of accomplishments during the first two years of the assignment. The mission, scope and operational standards of the Center are defined, and the report describes the nature and distribution of the various products and…

The American system of financing higher education is highly complex and has long included low tuition, unrestricted appropriations and gifts to institutions, and the use of grants to finance students. Proposals are now being made to raise tuition drastically as one way of meeting increasing costs. This would be a tragic step at a time when efforts…