Based on the concept of "buyer's rights," this message details the following Presidential recommendations concerning consumer protection: 1) An Office of Consumer Affairs in the Executive Office of the President, with new legislative standing, an expanded budget, and greater responsibilities; 2) A Division of Consumer Protection in the…

This report, prepared by a group of private organizations concerned with the problems of race, education, and poverty, is an evaluation of the first months of the administration of the Emergency School Assistance Program (ESAP). The report is based upon personal visits to nearly 300 school districts receiving ESAP grants by attorneys and other…

This short document highlights community service and continuing education programing in Tennessee under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for the fiscal years 1966-1970. During this period 86 community service and continuing education programs at 22 colleges and universities have used $835,213.15 in Federal funds out of a total of…

This publication describes programs administered by the US Office of Education to aid institutions of higher education, college students, research and community activity. Listings of programs supporting institutions are divided into categories of instructional improvement (26), facilities and equipment (7), and disadvantaged students (4). Support…

Digests of laws with particular reference to their educational and training features are reported in this comprehensive record of enactments by the 90th Congress during its first session of 1967. Acts relating to training and education that concern students, teachers, or educational institutions are included. The information for this report was…

American colleges and universities have long been deeply involved in research sponsored by the federal government. The total cost of such research, which is conducted primarily in the service of government missions, has been borne jointly by the government and the universities. In recent years, a growing concern with the costs of…

This publication offers information that may be of assistance in the development of programs or activities in aviation education. This report includes a listing of: the number of schools in each state offering high school aviation courses, state aerospace education advisory committees, high school teacher associations, full-time state personnel…

There is little agreement concerning which methods of preschool intervention are most effective. In order to evaluate several approaches to early childhood education, Project Head Start, in conjunction with Project Follow Through, has initiated the Planned Variation program. This year only a pilot project is underway with eight schools…

This annual summary provides information about research programs which have been developed and administered by the Office of Manpower Research to June 30, 1969. The first section contains data about all projects in progress at the end of the 1969 fiscal year. Section 2 contains brief summaries of research projects completed during the year and…

The Minneapolis Public Schools' Experimental School Project, Southeast Alternatives (SEA), consists of four alternative elementary programs and two secondary level programs. The elementary level programs are a) the Contemporary School which incorporates promising practices into an essentially teacher-directed structure; b) the Continuous Progress…

This report presents findings based on data obtained during the prospective phase of the study of employee mobility in Head Start programs. Problems were encountered in the study, making the projection of conclusions regarding the extent of mobility in Head Start programs quite tenuous. The extent of mobility reported and the causes of mobility…

Since 1910, the Library of Congress (LC) has collected state publications and announced them in its Monthly Checklist. Over 26,000 titles were listed in 1973, but this does not represent a complete record of official state publications. If a state does not have a law requiring that a copy of each publication issued be sent to the LC, the coverage…

This document explains the main features of Federal Revenue Sharing. The publication begins by describing the historical background of revenue sharing in the United States from action taken during the Johnson administration and by the 91st Congress, the Nixon proposal for general and special revenue sharing, to the State and Local Fiscal…

About one of every 10 dollars in social security benefits under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (OASDI) goes to disabled workers or their families. By the end of 1969, nearly 2,500,000 workers and dependents and 40,000 widows and widowers were receiving some form of social security disability compensation, while another…

The hearings before the subcommittee on education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate on Federal Student Assistance Programs are reported with statements by various witnesses. Additional material includes articles concerning comparative information on family income for educational needs and an analysis of the Basic…