The continued growth of vocational education has set new trends in the field of American education over the past decade. Its growth can be attributed to government action to reduce unemployment and job immobility. Vocational education is an important aspect in State planning; each State is required by the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 to…

A composite summary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects operated in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Phoenix Area, during fiscal year 1974 is given on an area-wide basis. Data, presented by charts and graphs, cover: the BIA's organization; enrollment in the Phoenix Area schools by agency and school; expenditures;…

This document was prepared in response to the 1973 Minnesota legislature request to "prepare a detailed plan for a fiscal accounting and reporting system of program expenditures for elementary, secondary, and area vocational schools." The plan addresses the organizational and procedural changes, financial resources, and time necessary to…

This is one of four publications presenting higher education financial data for the fiscal year 1966-67. The other three are Current Funds Revenues and Expenditures, Property, and Student Financial Aid. This publication, Federal Funds, was developed from financial questionnaires as part of the Office of Education's higher education general…

Tables in this statistical supplement are based on data submitted by Federal agencies in their annual training report to the Civil Service Commission for Fiscal Year 1968 (see document AC 004 019). The first table (Tab A) summarizes all training activity and expenditures for the year, with data arranged by occupational levels (GS01-04 through GS…

Using questionnaires, interviews, program records, and program visits, a survey was made to evaluate, and to develop guidelines for strengthening, Wyoming adult basic education (ABE) programs at state and local levels. Data were gathered from teachers, students, and administrators as to student and teacher characteristics and background, program…

Twenty papers were selected from the Technical Program of the First Mid-Year Regional Conference of the American Society for Information Science, held at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio in May 1972. The papers cover a range of subjects related to the general theme of cost reduction in libraries and information centers. Following an…

The minutes of a meeting sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is presented. Thirty-one representatives, primarily from the library community, met at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. on July 19, 1974, for an ARL-sponsored meeting to discuss a recently-completed feasibility study of a computer-based system for…

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I program in Arkansas for 1971 is described in this annual report. During this year the 385 eligible public school districts spent in excess of $24 million on programs to meet the needs of educationally deprived children. Major changes in the statewide program included a change from dual segregated…

This document has been issued as a supplement to "School Library Resource Centers: Recommended Standards for Policy and Provision" because it was felt that the original document did not sufficiently deal with non-book materials. Detailed consideration is given to the functioning, financing, organization and administration of a school…

The Division of Indian Education, Arizona Department of Education, distrubutes Federal funds under the Johnson-O'Malley Act. The funds are provided to Arizona public schools and counties with 3% or more American Indian children to help pay the cost of educating children living on tax-exempt reservation lands. The host school district receives the…

In this report, the author analyzes the recent United States Supreme Court decision, compares it with the preceding California case, Serrano vs Priest, and predicts future changes in State school finance systems as a result of this case. The author traces the Court's reasoning for finding that there was no violation of the Equal Protection Clause…

This document presents Part Two (pages 433-672) of the joint hearings held May 25 and 26, 1971 before two subcommittees of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. The hearings were designed to ammend the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to provide for a comprehensive child development program in the department of Health, Education and Welfare…

The document reports an audit review made of educational activities within the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) area offices in Anadarko and Muskogee, Oklahoma; Gallup, New Mexico; Juneau, Alaska; and Phonenix, Arizona. The field work, completed in 1967, was designed to (1) compile financial information to correlate with measures of output, (2)…

This report documents study efforts to obtain information regarding the organization and performance of research and development in Pennsylvania State departments and agencies. Departmental procedures for determining research priorities, performers, project administration, and information dissemination were examined; and the relationship of these…