Throughout their history, most black institutions of higher education have struggled against debilitating circumstances: antagonistic communities and legislatures, poverty, poorly prepared students, competition from white colleges, and program duplication with white institutions. In the period of serious desegregation at the elementary and…

Information and guidelines for implementing the various amendments to the federal student financial aid programs are provided. The provisions are effective October 1, 1980 through 1985, except for the Guaranteed Student Loan Program amendments, effective January 1, 1980. General provisions are outlined, concerning the new administrative cost…

Historically Black Colleges (HBC's) are identified as a key component of a responsive and diverse postsecondary education system. Continuing HBC leadership in promoting equal educational opportunity and in producing Black graduates is still seen as necessary in spite of the integration process. Recent achievements of these institutions include:…

Reporting on actions taken in response to 1978-79 state legislative mandates re: Texas public school curriculum, this paper presents representative rural small school curriculum development activities. Specifically, the following are addressed: results of the Texas Assessment Project (TAP); support units; programs for the gifted and talented;…

Child development programs at the 103 California community colleges were studied to justify and demonstrate the need for continued project development of on-campus laboratory facilities. Information, collected from college catalogs, directories, and telephone interviews with college personnel, was analyzed to clarify confusing terminology and to…

Despite the New Jersey Public School Education Act of 1975, Jersey City remains one of the poorest municipalities in New Jersey in terms of per capita property wealth, and this is having a negative effect on its educational system. Even though the new law increased State aid to public education, conditions in Jersey City have worsened. Educational…

In order to establish a clearer sense of what California community colleges are expected to accomplish, to insure adequate resources to accomplish those tasks, and to provide a sounder basis for the assessment of the return of public investment in community colleges, the Board of Governors and the Office of the Chancellor of the California…

The Evergreen State College, Washington's newest four-year college, was established in the midst of an unprecedented enrollment expansion. It also responded to contemporary calls for reform in higher education. Two conditions, the recent lack of growth in higher education and a subsiding of enthusiasm for nontraditional higher education, have…

Volume 1 of a two-volume series, this case study tells the story of the events and decisions associated with the 1976 court-ordered shutdown of schools in New Jersey. It also analyzes the state educational decision-making structure. The school closing was undertaken because, according to the New Jersey Supreme Court, the state had not properly…

Sixty-four books pamphlets, papers, and journal articles published, for the most part, between 1964 and 1968 are listed in this annotated bibliography on the evaluation of educational programs on the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels. Topics covered include the evaluation of school subject programs, vocational programs, State aid…

This book contains 28 papers on the interdependence of school finance in the nation, State, and city. The papers discuss the social, economic, and political forces shaping interdependence and tools such as programming-planning-budgeting systems (PPBS) which assist in developing educational programs within these demands. Topics of the papers…

This paper traces the arguments and effects of both the Serrano and Rodriguez decisions and examines the state litigation and legislation spawned by them. The author notes that while the pace of school finance reform litigation has slowed, it has not halted altogether. It is now more tailored to the characteristics of the individual states…

This study examines the current Texas school finance plan, the finance plans and proposals of other states, national school finance research, and the results of a survey of Texas leaders and educators before presenting alternative revenue and distribution plans, their effects and costs, and possible revenue sources. The study was conducted under…

The Illinois Task Force on Declining Enrollments, created by the State Superintendent of Education, was charged with developing recommendations to aid in solving some of the economic problems that the state and local boards face in this era of declining enrollments. This publication provides a summary of the task force's research and outlines its…

Library ananual report data for the state of South Carolina, including services and publications for 1974-75, are summarized. Tables list figures for county library construction, circulation, interlibrary loans, and state and federal expenditures; as well as income, expenditures, bookstock, and personnel for college, university, public, and…