This handbook for administrators presents six articles dealing with black colleges and federal relations. The articles concern institutional coordination of proposal preparation, the role of the federal relations officer, the federal relations officer and academic planning, the federal relations office management and records, and federal resources…

The Legislative Commission on Expenditure Review (LCER) has recently produced a program audit for educational television (ETV) in New York State. This report by the State Education Department is a response to that evaluation, stating that "the audit is replete with errors in fact, both historical and statistical, misunderstandings,…

The shifting roles of local, state, and federal governments in the financial support of community colleges is discussed. According to the 1970 Carnegie Commission on Higher Education report, the need for broader financial support for community colleges is critical. It is pointed out that the prospect for the immediate future, for Federal support…

Small schools have been slow to respond to changing societal needs because (1) of their isolation, geographically and otherwise; (2) their smallness leaves little flexibility to innovate and explore; (3) staffing patterns are aimed at recruitment from within the community; and (4) information and communication is focused on the localite rather…

Two days of hearings on training needs in gerontology were opened by Senator Lawton Chiles. Statements were made by Senators Frank Church, Harrison A. Williams, Jr., Jennings Randolph, and Edward Kennedy. Witnesses for the first day were J. E. Wilson, III, with George Ebra and Maeve H. Foster; Walter M. Beattie; Percil Stanford; Clavin Fields with…

At the second day of hearings on training needs in gerontology the witnesses were Stephen Kurzman accompanied by Arthur S. Flemming, John Lapp, Gerald D. LaVeck; George Maddox; Elias Cohen; Wilma Donahue; Brin Hawkins with Lettie Graves and Yolanda Owens; and John B. Martin. (MS)

This report anticipates the potential effect upon the financial aid needs of students currently enrolled in Alabama colleges and universities of the Basic Educational Opportunity Program (BOG). The impact of the BOG program on student financial needs at seven types of institutions under current (1972-73) conditions of costs, enrollments, student…

As the second report on physics disciplines, a balanced picture of recent progress in relation to other scientific fields and human civilization is presented in this first volume prepared by the Physics Survey Committee. Fourteen chapters are included with the first one dealing with the origin, objectives, and organization of the Committee. The…

In response to recent economic strictures imposed by state and local property tax structures and inflation, those responsible for operating community colleges have been forced to look for supplementary sources of funds at the state and federal levels. With this reach for necessary supplemental resources have come both explicit and subtle…

The objectives of this project were to: (1) demonstrate that when a public school-supported Adult Basic Education (ABE) program receives support from other agencies, the quantity of students and the quality and diversity of instruction are increased, (2) demonstrate to the Kentucky State Department of Adult Education the value of individualized…

This survey examines student budgets, distribution of student aid, and the relationship between budgets and aid awarded. Information was also obtained on student characteristics in terms of residence, family income, and marital status; and on reactions to the Nixon administration's financial aid proposals. The results were based on responses from…

This report discusses the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), the primary purpose of which is to expand equal educational opportunities to the economically and educationally disadvantaged youth of New York State (1) who are graduates of approved high schools or holders of a New York State high school equivalency diploma, and (2) who are…

This report summarizes the status of the 1970-71 Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), and the Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) programs in the public and non-public colleges and universities in New York State. The major aims of the programs are to encourage economically and educationally disadvantaged students to enter…

The present status of environmental science--the study of all the systems of air, land, water, energy, and life that surround man--is examined historically and in terms of needed solutions to problems caused by the interactions of man with components of his environment. It is concluded that, at present, science can not provide the tools to fully…

Despite the fact that the cost of a college education can be high, over 60% of high school graduates now enter some type of formal post-high school academic program. To find out what financial sources students use to pay for their college education, 28,800 National Merit Scholar Qualifying Test participants were administered a questionnaire. The…