Over 100 representatives of business, labor, government agencies, and educational and research institutions attended the second Manpower Symposium from which these papers and discussion summaries were compiled to encourage efforts by those evolving manpower policy to shape a comprehensive national strategy for the effective development and full…

Information regarding programs under Section 241 of the Manpower Development and Training Act which provides training for redevelopment area residents is presented. Appropriations increased from $6,500,000 in 1965 to $24,000,000 in 1967. Training costs declined in 1964 and 1965 compared to 1963 but were doubled in 1966 because of an extension of…

Estimates of area occupational training needs are required or establishing training or retraining programs under federal legislation. Procedures for identifying occupations in short supply are described: selecting occupations for review, surveying selected occupations and establishments, and tabulating and analyzing data. Instruments included are…

Statistical information for fiscal year 1967 is provided for Indian education under the supervision of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Included are: (1) school census by area and agency; (2) enrollment and average daily attendance by area; (3) boarding schools and day schools enrollment and average daily attendance; (4) hospital schools enrollment…

This report includes testimony and information with regard to: the National School Lunch Act and the supplemental feeding program for women, infants and children (WIC) in Vermont; and school lunch and WIC programs in Oklahoma. Remarks by Vermont and Oklahoma nutrition experts and WIC participants are recorded. Comments made by members of the…

Twenty-seven mini-conferences on career education in grades K-12 were conducted in three phases. Two hundred sixty-one participants, representing all fifty states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, attended the conference. Nine topical areas were considered as they apply to career education: teaching/learning processes, evaluation,…

The Response to Educational Needs Project (RENP) is a compensatory education program being carried out in Washington, D.C. This document consists primarily of statistical and program description data on the effects of RENP in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). The data include: (1) a summary of RENP costs; (2) statistical information…

It may be a mistake to speak of the "higher education community" as a synonym for the Washington-based higher education organizations associated with advocating public policy for American higher education. These organizations represent different views and constituencies including students, states, and institutions such as liberal arts…

The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science's (NCLIS) nationwide information program is based in part on the sharing of resources. The United States Book Exchange (USBE) and its existing services may have a role in this program, since the USBE's major function is the preservation and maximum utilization of publications through…

The Education Amendments Act of 1972 authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to improve postsecondary education opportunities by providing assistance to educational institutions and agencies for a broad range of reforms and innovations. The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education was established for this purpose. It…

This report, prepared by the Comptroller General of the U.S., is an examination of the fiscal year 1974 financial statements of the Student Loan Insurance Fund (OE), and discusses many problems regarding the fund. One of the most serious is that the records maintained by the Office of Education are not adequate to support the financial statements.…

The federal government has traditionally relied on a variety of private accrediting bodies and state chartering and licensing authorities for determining eligibility and exercising direct supervision and consumer protection in education. As Federal financial assistance directly to students has expanded (3 million students received $6.4 million in…

This document provides a framework for the creation of specific research objectives, projects, and programs of special interest to the postsecondary educational community and appropriate for the National Institute of Education. The staff of private foundations, educational and scholarly associations, student representatives, the federal…

The Student Loan Marketing Association ("Sallie Mae") is a government sponsored, private, for profit corporation, created in June 23, 1972, by the enactment of Section 439 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. Sallie Mae provides liquidity to commercial banks, savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, credit unions,…

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, this brochure traces the Committee's beginning and development after World War II. The individuals, groups, programs, and legislation involved in helping the handicapped to a better life are discussed in the narrative. (MF)