This brief document reports on Federal support to individual universities and colleges both for science/engineering (S/E) and non-S/E activities. The study, the only source of data on total Federal obligations to individual academic and nonprofit institutions, is carried out annually by the National Science Foundation (NSF), as a result of a…

This is the report of a study undertaken by the Institute of Rehabilitation Issues to identify unique problems in rehabilitation services delivery to inner city nonwhite clients. Chapter 1 reviews the literature on vocational rehabilitation for people with mental and physical disabilities and points out the lack of research on nonwhite, lower…

The Standards for Evaluations of Educational Programs, Projects, and Materials for developing an evaluation design were applied to Preservice Innovations in Mainstream Education (PRIME). PRIME, a Dean's Grant Project, is a 3-year federal and state program to modify preservice teacher preparation programs to enable regular education graduates to…

This paper discusses a major educational reform effort in Thailand and examines its development in the light of frameworks suggested by House and by Berman. Internal, or organizational, factors affecting the Thai educational system as well as factors affecting the external context, or environment, are considered. The educational reform had two…

This document--a survey identifying federal legislation and programs that in some way address the adult learner--is one in a series of four developed to provide a comprehensive overview of the scope of training practices relating to adult learning. It provides a panoramic view of adult learning in response to national priorities based upon…

Historical changes in the emphasis and focus of Project Head Start from 1965 to the present are briefly reviewed in this paper. Head Start was conceived of as primary prevention designed to enable children from lower income families to obtain educational prerequisites to formal schooling. The early years of the project were also characterized by…

The Schools and Hospital Program, funded through the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, is not an effective use of federal monies when compared to other Department of Energy (DOE) conservation programs. It is among the highest in cost, yet among the lowest in yielding energy savings. This report identifies changes which could increase…

"Law and the Adminstration of Justice" is a Title IVc three-year project funded by the Federal government and coordinated by the Board of Education, City of Chicago. The overall goal of the project was to provide high school students with an opportunity to learn about and be involved with various aspects of our judicial system. The…

In response to a provision of the Education Amendments of 1978 concerning evaluation practices and procedures, this report examines four aspects of evaluation in education which focus on how funds allocated to evaluation can be spent more effectively and yield more useful results. On this basis, groups of recommendations are made to both Congress…

Designed to highlight those Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) regulations that are most pertinent to women, this guidebook interprets and explains relevant sections, details what the prime sponsors' obligations and responsibilities are, and what the rights of the public are in relation to the prime sponsors. The first of six major…

The National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs was established in 1974 according to one of the provisions of the Women's Educational Equity Act, Public Law 93-380. The Council is charged with overseeing the administration of the program created by the act, making recommendations regarding funding of projects under the act,…

Included in this publication are presentations and summaries given at a forum designed to provide information about the status of the competency-based curriculum and its implications for competency-based education. On the topic "Instructional Support for CBC: Where the System Is Now," three presenters, James T. Guines, Wilbur A. Millard,…

This guide provides summaries of federal programs in the biological sciences of interest to colleges and universities. Programs described fall within the following agencies: National Science Foundation, Public Health Service, Smithsonian Institution, Department of State, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Office of Education,…