This paper considers 5 positions on federal aid to higher education with particular reference to the groups which support or oppose these positions and the apparent political viability of each. The 5 positions are: (1) fuller funding of present programs, both for student aid and institutional support; (2) substantial new programs for student aid,…

An objection often raised against student participation in university governance is that students don't know enough about institutions of higher education. An undergraduate course that focuses on the functions and role of the university would help answer that objection. Such a course has been developed at the University of Michigan and includes…

This report must be considered in conjunction with the earlier report (ED 024 349). Changes or new recommendations are suggested in the following areas. Higher education priorities for the 70s must include equality of educational opportunity, education for health services, and academic reform. Grants and payments should be made to needy students…

This report presents results of a limited survey of the present status of state support of private higher education in each of the 50 states. It covers support of institutions as well as support of students. The section on each state reflects the view of the statewide coordinating body and financial aid agency that were requested to review and…

This document describes financial aid opportunities for minority students interested in attending collegiate schools of business. It also discusses special programs that certain of the business schools have undertaken to (1) recruit minority students to their campuses; (2) offer specialized courses designed to acquaint the student and businessman…

Given the capacities and applications of closed-circuit instructional television and public (educational) television, the future of open-circuit (i.e., broadcast) instructional television looks bleak. Yet an analysis of the advantages of broadcast ITV leads the author to recommend that the medium remain a part of our educational system and to…

Much of the information used in this report on a model college financial aid office prepared for the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, was obtained from a survey conducted in 1965-66 by the Bureau of Applied Social Research of Columbia University. As part of the survey, questionnaires were sent to directors of financial aid…

Most of the material in this handbook is a general statement of trusteeship as it applies to public libraries. For libraries in first class cities, under city manager jurisdiction, or in counties or regional classifications, deviation from the general case can be expected, and in some cases these differences are noted. The handbook begins with a…

The purposes of Southern Regional Project S-48 were to study: (1) educational and vocational goals of rural teenagers; (2) educational and vocational goals that parents hope their teenagers have for themselves; and (3) comparison of above points. Data were obtained from a sample of 388 ninth and tenth graders and their parents selected from 10…

Evaluation of the ratio of cost to benefit of instruction must play an important part in the formation of a public policy on education. However, it is doubtful if evaluation is sufficiently developed to play such a role, because evaluation is based on student responses to test items which contain an indefinite bias and cannot be accepted as…

The Library Neighborhood Center is an experimental demonstration project designed to explore new ways of bringing books and their contents to bear upon individual and community needs. It is operated by the City of New Haven through its Free Public Library and was created in July, 1964 by moving the Scranton branch to rented store front space on…

This study is concerned with the Nevada state government's administrative arrangements for historical collections, library services, and public records management. Many agencies or institutions are now involved in these activities. For this survey the staff made visits to each major agency included in the study. Discussions were held with…

A report entitled "Resources of Canadian Academic and Research Libraries," by Robert B. Downs, (ED 019 095) was the subject of conference held in Montreal, in April 1968, sponsored by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries. This document consists of two key…

This report includes standards, administration, financing, curriculum, and relationships to other levels of education. A plan for establishing a state system of community junior colleges is presented. (FS)

This survey provides a concrete illustration of the influence of unplanned school district organization on educational programs and finance. The study--(1) evaluates the present status of all aspects of the educational program and facilities of the school districts in Orange County, (2) projects population trends for the next five years, (3) lays…