This document presents some notes on the special study on operating support for the emerging universities in Ontario. That report is an attempt to sketch some guidelines for determining a point of emergence for new universities in Ontario, and to propose a grant formula that might serve as a guide in establishing grants to emerging universities.…

Beginning with the Higher Education Amendments of 1968, Congress has attached anti-disruption provisions to various appropriation bills affecting higher education. These provisions are generically aimed at denying federal and support funds to persons involved in campus disruptions. The programs affected by this legislation are: (1) the Student…

Contrary to the dismal expectations prevalent in the 1950's, educational radio has not only survived the phenomenal growth of educational television, but has shown unmistakable signs of health and maturity. Though some stations are still groping to overcome problems, others have moved steadily toward the goal of wider and better service for the…

The purpose was to determine if any adverse effects have developed in connection with recent increased funding of academic scientific research. Questionnaires designed to assess the respondents' research experience and to evaluate the nature of their research were sent to faculty and graduate students in the physical, biological, and social…

This paper emphasizes the need in junior colleges for comprehensive fiscal planning so that academic planning can be realistically linked to available revenues. Such planning would incorporate the following considerations: (1) available dollars should be used more efficiently since increased expenditures do not necessarily increase educational…

This document, part of the NEFP series, explores the school financing issues raised by the necessity for bringing about educational equality in America. The report analyzes the impossibility of true equality in educational services while such gross variation exists in school districts' fiscal capacities, educational needs, and program costs. This…

The expansion and growth of higher education is not just a question of merely adding facilities or teachers to accommodate the ever-growing number of students. It has been estimated that the total body of human knowledge doubles every 15 years; this fact creates the problem of developing and perfecting new approaches to education that keep pace…

Nine selected proceedings from a study institute discuss program alternatives for the education of deaf mentally retarded (MR) children along with such related issues as identification, size and scope of the problem, instructional approaches, curricular planning, instructional media, program funding sources, and vocational rehabilitation. The…

In May 1971 the regional coordinators of colleges funded in the Program With Developing Institutions met in Washington to plan activities for the 1971-72 fiscal and school year. They asked the national office of the American Association of Junior Colleges to develop a series of workshops on problems of, and programs for low-income students in the…

This directory is intended as a source of information on the types and sources of assistance available to support the information, education, communication (IEC) components of population/family planning programs in developing countries. Forty international agencies are identified as involved in supporting the IEC components of population/family…

Programs and services of the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) are reviewed in this report on resources available for the support of population information, education, and communication activities. Four major sections describe in concise, outline form: (1) the agency and its programs, (2) the specific program in population/family…

The Cost and Funding Studies project of the proposed Western Interstate Bibliographic Network began activities in July 1975. The goals of the project were to: (1) determine representative costs of present library services in the West, (2) estimate future costs of library services in the West with proposed network support, (3) evaluate and compare…

This report provides a summary of the allocation of R&D funds and manpower among the four sectors of the economy - Federal Government, industry, universities and colleges, and other nonprofit institutions. R&D funding data include basic research, applied research, and development over the period 1953-76. Time-series data on R&D…

At the request of members of the House Committee on Education and Labor and other congressmen, the General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed certain aspects of the School Assistance in Federally Affected Areas (SAFA) program. Title I of this law authorizes financial assistance for maintaining and operating local educational agencies (LEAs) in which…

A survey is presented of the scope of the program of the Agency for International Development in the field of educational assistance to certain developing countries. The survey revises and updates previous surveys completed annually since 1966. The regions of the world in which A.I.D. operates--Africa, the Near East and South Asia, Latin America,…