In recent years colleges and universities have undertaken programs designed to interpret themselves to the larger community on an unprecedented scale. It is clear that the University of Tennessee is an important economic force on the local economy, accounting for some $123,787,021 in direct and $42,235,596 in indirect income created for a total…

This summary covers the experiences of the staff of the Unified Studies Program at Boston State College from September 1973 through August 1975. Included is: (1) the planning phase, (2) team building, (3) staff, (4) administrative support, (5) potential students, (6) compromises, (7) funding, (8) use of the learning contracts, () contract hours,…

The National Association of College and University Business Officers has taken major strides toward meeting the responsibility for establishing accounting and public reporting standards within the field of higher education. The need for improvement in the reporting procedures has been generally agreed on. It is imperative that revision of the…

The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library have compiled detailed information about its benefit book sales and presents it here as a guide for those who wish to organize sales in their own communities. The committees needed to operate the sale are listed, and the duties of the chairmen are described. Suggestions are given for collecting…

In this paper a review of the major findings of the 1973 Survey of Graduate Science Study Support is presented. Results are compared with similar studies which go back through 1967 and a survey conducted in the fall of 1974 of 360 graduate science departments. From the studies, it was found that graduate science and engineering enrollment…

This report reveals that federal research and development obligations are scheduled to rise from $17.4 billion in fiscal year 1974 to an estimated $18.9 billion in fiscal year 1975 and to $21.7 billion in fiscal year 1976. The gains in funding are 8.4 percent for 1975 and 14.5 percent for 1976, both of these the largest relative rises in the…

This report presents national statistics on federal aid to graduate students in the sciences and engineering for fall, 1973. Data were provided by every institution with a doctoral program in science or engineering. The characteristics of graduate enrollment examined in this report are: enrollment status (full and part time); distribution among…

This reference to colleges in Ontario has been revised as of June 30, 1975. It includes information on: (1) financial assistance to students; (2) students' costs; (3) general information on colleges of applied arts and technology including enrollment, general admission requirements, programs offered, manpower retraining, continuing education…

The Library of Congress presents a guide for visitors and new staff members to the history, organization, functions, funding, and responsibilities of its processing department. The responsibilities of the director and three assistant directors are briefly described. Twenty-three charts illustrate the organization of the department as a whole; the…

Along with the history and objectives of the Survey of Graduate Science Student Support and Postdoctorals (SGSSSP), the general trend for federal support for scientific research is presented. The first formal program designed specifically to support graduate students began in 1952. At its peak, in 1968, more than 50,000 graduate students received…

A mathematical model of the Ph.D. scientist labor market demonstrates that subsidies of graduate training can be more cost effective than higher wages if the supply of doctorates is substantially more responsive to $1000 of early subsidy than to higher future wages with a present discounted value of $1000. Whether this is true is an unsettled…

The 1974 Comparative Performance Study includes 150 endowment pools representing 136 institutions. The market value of the pools which provided information as of June 30, 1974, was 6.9 billion dollars. The study identifies endowment pools by code and indicates each pool's investment objective, approximate market value, the percentage in cash and…

The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency whose principal function is to encourage the understanding and use of the humanities to national concerns. It serves its various constituencies by supporting the work of individual humanists and of nonprofit institutions and organizations engaged in projects involving the…

Written as a tribute to American Indian law enforcement officers and the Indian Criminal Justice System, this monographh details the history of the legislative, judicial, financial, and cultural problems associated with the development of Indian law enforcement. Citing numerous court cases, pieces of legislation, and individual and organizational…

This statement includes the Fiscal Year 1977 Budget Request of the Science Education Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The federal government is discussed as the major consumer of the scientific manpower and knowledge that the system of higher education produces. Specific areas to be funded are outlined; these include new…