Information on how to make an application for a Fulbright Award is presented to assist faculty members, young scholars, and women and minority group members who are often underrepresented in these scholarly opportunities. Ways to help applicants improve their chances of selection in a competitive process are identified. Every year, there are about…

Relates the difficulties that student-initiated and directed projects have had in securing funding. Suggests that students' lack of proposal writing experience has been the major problem. Offers specific guidelines on how to write a proposal, and presents a list of fund sources and addresses. (PC)

Author focused on how a large rural high school in Alberta is serving community needs. (Editor/RK)

Article evaluated the school's role in providing opportunities for the development of occupational competence and the importance of diversity and flexibility in programs. (Author/RK)

Considered the post-16 curriculum and the possibilities for its improvement. (RK)

In this paper some of the issues and recurring problems in operating Multidisciplinary Training Teams in school settings are recounted, and principles and procedures for dealing with such matters as initial attachment of the team to a school, problems within the MDTT team itself, and modification of roles are discussed. (Author)

Reports on a proposal for intensive study of a system for producing reactor fuel and electricity from repeated underground detonations of thermonuclear explosions. (Author/GS)

France's paradoxical top woman official fights for women's rights but is no women's-lib militant. (Editor)

To provide information on what innovations are considered to be desirable and promising in the improvement of education, this study analyzes the grant proposals submitted to the BankAmerica Foundation's Educational Initiatives Program from 1978 to 1980 in terms of technical and practical utility. The results of the study show that California…

Historically, man's educational system and preparation for a role in society has been based on a concept of stability. Our's is the first generation which must educate and reeducate to new dimensions of time and change. Today a person's role in society is determined almost exclusively by his work role. This concept leads to several conclusions:…

Grantsmanship is an organized process for seeking funds from an external funding source to support a desired activity. In large measure, success or failure in receiving funds is determined by the thoroughness with which the process is undertaken and completed. This book outlines the study and care required in each phase of the process: (1)…

A second draft of the University of Kentucky libraries proposal to the Council on Library Resources describes in detail how the grant would be used. A position of Library Service Coordinator is proposed, with librarian acting as liaison to the General Studies program. This would enable the library to contribute to undergraduate education, and…

The commission outlined a legislative program at the Federal level. Federal aid should come under the direct control of the executive branch to consolidate and simplify all education aid programs. This reorganization should include continuous and effective presentation of the State point of view to the responsible authorities. A new three-tiered…

The document is organized into two parts. The first is designed primarily for use by Maryland Governor's Commission staff for reviewing project applications, justifying recommendations to award funds and working with applicants and project staff to satisfy evaluation requirements. A general evaluation model is laid out; this model is predicated…

This document considers the image of schools as "a world apart" and the subsequent question, "What if we teach these young people the wrong thing?" The author discusses many of the questions and problems that exist in this separate world of schools: problems of administration, the innovative process itself, the open education…