Cooperative education, said to be a "sleeping giant" in vocational education, received special authorization in Public Law 90 576 and was made a priority in vocational education. This publication summarizes information to assist the states in planning development of cooperative vocational education: definitions, funding sources, program…

Alaska has made many attempts to find methods for providing a quality education for students living in rural areas. They include regional schools, boarding dormitories, the Boarding Home Program, area and local high schools, and correspondence study. This booklet discusses the strong and weak points relative to the major financial, social, legal,…

Every student in the Watertown, South Dakota School District is involved in a comprehensive career education program which was locally designed and implemented with technical and financial assistance from State and federal sources. The program is designed to help students become aware of and prepared for the world of work. The emphasis of career…

Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 was enacted by Congress to provide Federal funds to strengthen the community service capability of colleges and universities to assist the people in the solution of community problems, with particular emphasis on urban and suburban problems. Tennessee's major program emphases under Title I since 1972…

This summary report on the distribution of federal postsecondary education funds in the Western states is presented by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. The basic concerns addressed in the study are: What major federal assistance programs affect postsecondary education? How should federal program assistance to states be…

This bibliographic essay discusses books published in the United States and abroad dealing with state patronage of the arts. Art is viewed by governments primarily as a system of opportunities whereby it may reward or quiet constituencies and otherwise put its best face forward in international relations. (RM)

This ERIC Digest provides an overview of tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), including a discussion of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), TCU curriculum, institutional funding, student demographics, and the role of TCUs in developing local economies. The AIHEC was founded in 1972 and currently represents 32 TCUs. The…

The Safe and Drug Free School and Communities Act of 1994 authorizes funding at federal, state, and local levels for school-based drug-and violence-prevention programs. This General Accounting Office (GAO) report reviews the following: (1) accountability measures required at the federal, state, and local levels (by the act); (2) activities used by…

Child care provisions in the federal welfare bill allow state policymakers flexibility in child care fund allocation. This report, prepared for the 75th Texas Legislature, reviews research on the importance of child care programs to low-income families. The report notes that the child care needs of many low-income Texas families have not been met…

Recognizing that a quality preschool program is key to children's high achievement, this videotape presents a U.S. Department of Education teleconference on creating high quality preschool programs and federal funding available for such programs. Panelists from the Department include the director of the Early Childhood Institute in the Office of…

This Senate testimony regarding potential improprieties in Medicaid claims for school-based health services focuses on: (1) trends in Medicaid's spending for administrative costs; (2) the distribution of Medicaid payments for administrative claims to schools and other entities; and (3) the adequacy of federal oversight in approving school…

Whether the U.S. Supreme Court reverses the Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School District (1971)'' decision or upholds it, ordering that state school finance systems not make expenditures a function of local wealth, federal aid can play an important role. (JM)

Six articles address issues in federal support for learning disabilities, including a summary of the amount and type of federal domestic assistance (descriptions of research projects); direct and indirect assistance to higher education; and effects on special education consultants, teachers, and the Arizona state education agency. (CL)

Suggests that equitable funding for public schools can help effectively reduce disparities in socio-economic conditions between urban and rural areas. Advocates the earmarking of a greater portion of general revenue sharing funds. Available from: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Rm. 456 GHI Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20250. (JD)