House Resolution 745 called for disapproval of proposed amendments to the family contribution schedule and regulations of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The amendments were concerned with the expected family contribution in the Basic Opportunity Grant Program. Testimony is presented from representatives of the Office of Education, student…

As the fourth volume in a four-volume series on the Oklahoma Indian Education Needs Assessment Project, this volume presents the following appendices: (1) Summary of Scope of Services of Bureau of Indian Affairs Contract Number K01C14200605; (2) Procedure for Goals and Need Statements Questionnaires; (3) Needs Assessment Questionnaire; (4) Title…

A summary of speeches and discussions from the Ohio Interlibrary Cooperation Planning Institute includes the reports and opinions of library leaders and decision makers from academic, institution, public, school, and special librarians. The focus is on: long range planning for multitype library cooperation; the current status and future of…

This handbook offers guidance to parents and staff in developing day care programs which include handicapped children. In Section 1 of the handbook, terms commonly used to describe disabilities are defined. Section 2 presents a picture of the current situation in New York City regarding attitudes toward handicapped children and options for their…

This booklet presents (in both French and English) the results of a 1974 survey which assessed the growth of day care services in Canada. Similar national surveys had been conducted in 1971 and 1973. Results indicated that the number of day care spaces and the number of children of working mothers in day care increased substantially from 1973 to…

State government is and is expected to remain the chief source of funding for higher education. At the same time, the state is confronted with serious policy issues relating to support of research, public services, and adult education, to falling enrollments in some public institutions, to the probable closure of some private liberal arts colleges…

Report No. 94-813 from the Senate Committee on Commerce submitted legislation which has the following principal purposes: (1) to expand and perfect with certain amendments, the matching program for construction of noncommercial educational radio and television broadcasting facilities; (2) to authorize to be appropriated $7,500,000 for the fiscal…

Presented is a guidebook for school administrators, teachers, and parents on preschool programing for handicapped children. Chapters are included which discuss the following topics: screening procedures (five steps to secure community support); funding for school programs (acquiring funds from federal, state, and private sources); curriculum…

Certain aspects of the Guaranteed Student Loan, National Direct Student Loan, College Work-Study, and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants programs are reviewed and evaluated. The rules and regulations OE provides to educational and lending institutions for administering the federally sponsored student financial aid programs are found to be…

Innovation programs in higher education are generally received with some skepticism and are often asked to justify their existence and the funding they are accorded. Since the programs are largely efforts to explore and demonstrate effective teaching and learning not present in traditional postsecondary education, the appropriateness of judging…

This study evaluates the current position of minority students in dental school, focusing particularly on the issues of recruitment, financing, separate supportive services, and handling minority affairs. It uses four separate schools to arrive at generalizations about difficulties and capacities in admitting, financing, and policy making in…

The results of a federal audit of attendance and enrollment data from the Boston Public School System are summarized in this paper. The General Accounting Office (GAO) conducted the audit to determine the accuracy of the data submitted to the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts for use in implementing the Boston school desegregation plan and for…

These national norms for ACT financial aid applicants represent a 10 percent random sample of students who used the ACT Student Need Analysis Service from September 1, 1974 to August 15, 1975, for the purpose of applying for 1975-76 funds. Among the variables analyzed are: income level according to model, class level, and class load; expected…

Prepared under the direction of the Subcommittee on Indian Education by the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress, this compilation constitutes an historical summary of the major enactments dealing with American Indian education. In general, this document includes: the Elementary Secondary Education Act; the federally impacted…

This study of differential opportunities for men and women graduate students was undertaken for several reasons: (1) to help reach a consensus on a proper and operational definition of sex discrimination in graduate schools; (2) to turn the debate over sex discrimination toward efforts to document quantitatively the allegations previously…