Presented is an overview of the first 150 years of federal legislation and funding for the handicapped. Seventeen terms are defined and the position of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped within the federal structure is examined. The congressional process of authorizing federal funds for special education is explained and 50 specific…

This report examines the involvement of the Commonwealth of Virginia in both the support and governing of public television stations. There are seven such stations in the state, operated by four educational television entities; each of these corporations is controlled by a board of directors made up of citizens from the particular area served by…

This report is a collection of statistical tables whose data were derived from a survey of state library agencies about activities during fiscal year 1977. Subject matter of the tables includes (1) location of state library agencies within state government departments; (2) services administered; library material collections, and additions to these…

As funding for special education increases, it becomes important for educational policy-makers to understand the effects caused by the distribution of monies. This paper focuses on key programmatic and management issues in the funding of special education. Four main topics are discussed: (1) the relationship between special education programs and…

Conference proceedings are summarized from a 1979 national conference on regulations for Title VII of the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental Disabilities of 1978 (P.L. 95-602) which provides for a three part program in independent living for disabled persons. Conference participants represented a wide variety of…

Competition among the many public services for tax supported funding is a major concern for metropolitan public libraries seeking financial support. The absence of the library is an integrated component of the public educational structure or as a general service agency in the mainstream of government has historically placed the library at a…

A response to a call for six-year planning documents from Gonzaga University's instructional units, this report is divided into five broad sections: (1) library collections, an assessment of Crosby Library's holdings and comparison with the overall quantitative standards established by the Association of College and Research Libraries; (2) library…

THIS MONOGRAPH IS A DISCUSSION OF FOUR ASPECTS OF STUDENT UNIONS. PART ONE DISCUSSES THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF A UNION AND THE UNION AS A CAMPUS CENTER. PART TWO DEALS WITH THE PLANNING OF UNION BUILDINGS AND GIVES PROCEDURES, PRINCIPLES AND CAUTIONS. UNION FACILITIES AND SERVICES ARE LISTED. PART THREE DISCUSSES THE ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES OF…

THE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE DATA ON FINANCIAL AID TO COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE ASSESSED TO DETERMINE ITS EFFECTIVENESS AS A MEANS OF ALLOWING STUDENTS WITH ABILITY TO ENTER AND REMAIN IN COLLEGE. THE THREE PRINCIPAL MEANS OF AID ARE EVALUATED--LOANS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE AID IDENTIFIED BY SOCIOECONOMIC…

The evaluation of locally-funded bilingual education programs differs methodologically from that of federally-funded programs. In the latter, comparisons are made between the performance of limited English proficiency (LEP) students in bilingual programs with those LEP students not in the programs, to determine what the proficiency of the program…

This 1977-78 report presents data on the financial support received by full-time graduate students in each of four divisions within each Ontario university. The following information is provided: number of full-time graduate students registered; percentage of students in each income range; and contribution of each source of funds by percentage of…

This volume, number two in a series of three, investigates the relationship between modes of finance for primary schools and educational policy objectives in the countries of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Yugoslavia. The first purpose of the book was to tell the history of educational finance arrangements in order to frame the context…

THIS CONFERENCE WAS ORGANIZED AROUND A 2-PART THEME, CONSISTING OF (1) THE JUNIOR COLLEGE'S COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC RELATIONS AND (2) SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WITH EMPHASIS ON PRIVATE SOURCES OF FUNDS. SPECIFIC TOPICS INCLUDED PUBLICITY, THE IMAGE OF THE COLLEGE IN PRINT, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, THE MACHINERY FOR DEVELOPMENT, GIFTS, AND…

Kansas has a large number of small city-supported public libraries. In many cases because the cities are unable to provide adequate financial support for their libraries, limited services are offered. Because of the need for greater tax bases for libraries, a number of county libraries and one regional library have been formed. However, many of…

Administered jointly by the Claremont colleges in Southern California, the "program of special studies for transition to college" prepares disadvantaged high school graduates with academic potential for eventual entrance into a regular college program. Over a 2-year period the students are provided with special seminars, orientation,…