The purpose of this consulting center in Delaware is to encourage intercultural education and school integration by aiding educational and community leaders to design appropriate administrative and teaching strategies. Services of this center at the University of Delaware are supported by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IV and are available to…

An independent evaluation of the VISTA program in two Baltimore, Maryland, schools describes the objectives and activities of this project funded by the Economic Opportunity Act. Assessment of the VISTA efforts was based on questionnaires completed by the 10 volunteers, and interviews with principals, teachers, guidance counselors, pupils, and…

This booklet describes how students can finance their college expenses, how the College Scholarship Service functions, and how financial need is determined. Included are a number of suggestions that are intended to be helpful to a counselor. Among these are: (1) encourage all capable students to continue their education whatever their financial…

The rationale for present manpower programs and its utility for future manpower policy are discussed. The approach focuses attention on such questions as the following: Does the present de facto meaning of manpower policy, which is implicit in what is now being attempted in the so-called "manpower programs," exhaust the potential…

This publication consists of descriptive reports of 183 projects funded by Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act from 1966 to 1968, submitted by the directors of those projects conducted by local educational agencies in California. The reports are reproduced as submitted. The report for each project includes: designation of the…

This report presents a summary of findings and conclusions concerning plans for graduate and professional education together with recommendations for future actions on the part of the agencies cosponsoring the study. In 1967, 149 universities representing all types of institutions across the nation were visited. It was hoped that answers to 4…

This report inventories federal programs which assist children and youth and provides information on the amount of federal funds which finance these programs. It updates an earlier report by concentrating on an analysis of the funds provided by the several agencies and on the various categories of benefits and services for children and youth. Data…

This study attempts to estimate the federal resources required to fulfill the aspirations of Americans for post-secondary education and draws up 2 possible levels of support to be reached by 1976--one to meet the nation's minimum aspirations and one which is more likely to allow the poor to participate in post-secondary education. The report is…

The purpose of this study is to provide an assessment of the Follow Through organization and its major components in order to identify problems in functioning and to suggest possible organizational changes that would lead to improved functioning. Each of the major components of Follow Through - the Follow Through Office, the sponsors, local…

The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed supply and demand conditions for elementary and secondary school teachers as well as federal assistance programs affecting teacher supply. Surveys over the past four years indicate that federal action has helped to alleviate the previous teacher shortage and may have contributed to the present surplus…

The Policy Committee of the Upper Midwest Regional Interstate Project saw a need to inform the State Education Agencies (SEAs) concerning the implications of federal program indirect costs. The Indirect Cost Workshop was established to develop communication concerning the problems between the United States Office of Education (USOE), SEAs, and…

The second annual report of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science describes the activity of the agency between July 1, 1972, and June 30, 1973. It covers the results of investigations and studies that were begun as the first year of operation ended; provides initial information on the surveys and contracts in progress;…

This book is based on a series of 12 lectures delivered at The Rockefeller University where scholars addressed themselves to problems of science today. Science, as a general term used in this book, encompasses research, development, and education in both the academic and industrial sense and by both governmental and private agencies. Concern is…

A 1973 Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) publication, the directory alphabetically lists over 240 federally recognized American Indian tribes. The governing body, title of presiding officer, and address for each tribe are also given. Alaska Natives are not included, although the address for the Juneau BIA Area Office is. A tribal listing by state,…

As a report on the Department of Labor's Technology Mobilization and Reemployment (TMR) program, findings and conclusions from an evaluative review are presented in this volume. Information is obtained from state eployment security offices in Los Angeles and Van Nuys, California; Seattle; Denver; and New Orleans. The program accomplishments are…