This report discusses and analyzes federal policies and practices with regard to citizen participation and neighborhood representation in community-based federal programs. Material for the study was gathered through personal interviews with federal management personnel in the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Department of Labor, the Department…

Analyzes the Education Amendments of 1972 in terms of its policy themes and their relationship to postsecondary education. (Author/IRT)

Enumerates different ways federal regulatory and legislative actions affect higher education as a business, social, and educational enterprise. Challenges the postsecondary community, particularly its associations, to carefully monitor legislation, alert institutions, share information, and take a united stand on important issues. (JT)

This article presents a historical perspective of the education of Puerto Ricans. Special emphasis is placed on the interrelationship of Puerto Rican culture and language. The article reviews the federal commitment (through Teacher Corps) and the courts' help in the cause of bilingual-bicultural education. (JA)

Four opinions are presented concerning the controversy over state/federal government responsibility for higher education. (Editor/PG)

Project Volunteer Power was a Manpower Administration pilot program in three cities (Birmingham, Minneapolis, and Malden, Massachusetts) using volunteer women's organizations on a planned basis to develop employment opportunities for the physically handicapped, the mentally retarded, and the mentally restored. (Author/BP)

A former Under Secretary of Labor examines some of the reasons why young people have difficulty in making the transition from student to worker. The Department of Labor has responded by providing 10 initial grants averaging $300,000, during 1974-75 to stimulate the creation of occupational information systems in 10 selected States. (Author/EA)

A proposal from the governor of Pennsylvania for financing all levels of education through a National Education Trust Fund (NETF) that would operate as the present Federal Highway Trust Fund does on a revolving, self-liquidating basis with the cost of an individual's education repaid through a progressive education tax on income. (JT)

Paper delivered at the Adult Basic Education Workshop, at Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland, Jun 68.

Part of speech presented to the Republican Governors' Conference (California, December, 1968).

Document presenting the official views of the American Council on Education as determined by its Board of Directors (January 27, 1969).

This document provides information and suggestions to enable education officials to better control rising energy costs and to plan appropriate reactions to energy supply disruptions. Information is also provided on major changes in federal policies addressing energy shortages and the implications of these policies for state and local…

The handbook is intended to assist evaluators working with preschool model demonstration projects funded by the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP). Background on HCEEP is provided, and the function of evaluation within the network is emphasized. A section on planning evaluations deals with such aspects as focusing, planning…