This report summarizes the status of the 1970-71 Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), and the Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) programs in the public and non-public colleges and universities in New York State. The major aims of the programs are to encourage economically and educationally disadvantaged students to enter…

The present status of environmental science--the study of all the systems of air, land, water, energy, and life that surround man--is examined historically and in terms of needed solutions to problems caused by the interactions of man with components of his environment. It is concluded that, at present, science can not provide the tools to fully…

Despite the fact that the cost of a college education can be high, over 60% of high school graduates now enter some type of formal post-high school academic program. To find out what financial sources students use to pay for their college education, 28,800 National Merit Scholar Qualifying Test participants were administered a questionnaire. The…

In December 1967, the College Scholarship Service launched an experimental program for need analysis of students who might be independent of support from their parents. In response to the announcement, 434 colleges and universities indicated their interest in using the data collection document, the Student's Confidential Statement (SCS), as well…

This article discusses alternative possibilities to financial problems within funding programs. Areas covered include faculty load, faculty compensation, course additions, and course scheduling. (MJM)

Discussed in this document are problems encountered primarily with the Federal bureaucracy when implementing innovative job training programs for the poor. With the focus on implementing and administering New Careers programs funded by Congress, the document offers a rationale for ensuring consistancy between legislative rhetoric and…

Higher education was perhaps the nation's largest growth industry during the period 1955-1970. Budgets for all higher education institutions rose more than seven-fold, from an estimated $4 billion in 1955 to an estimated total of $28 billion in 1970-71. Current fund income rose more than five-fold to $19 billion, an average annual increase of…

Programs in Michigan, North Carolina, and Oklahoma, under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act were reviewed by the General Accounting Office to determine the ability of the programs to meet the needs of all handicapped persons and their effectiveness in helping individual handicapped persons. Under the act, before vocational rehabilitation services…

A report identifying major institutions providing educational opportunities for adults and indicating financial implications of their annual provision is given. Part I includes objectives, methods, problems and recommendations. Part II contains descriptions of activities of each of the Ministries and organizations providing adult education in…

The source book is a compilation of statistical data from all of the mental retardation programs administered by the various agencies of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The first of three major sections, which concerns inpatient statistics from residential institutions, presents such data as number and characteristics of…

This document presents the procedures used, the results of, and recommendations concerning a study designed to determine the impact of the University of Pittsburgh on the local economy. Findings include the following expenditures by faculty, staff and students in the Pittsburgh area: (1) Colleges related local business volume--$177.3 million; (2)…

The Operating Grants Formula of the Provincially-Assisted Universities of Ontario has as its purpose to provide an objective mechanism for determining the share of the total Provincial operating grant to be allocated to each university. Use of the formula for such distribution presupposes that the amount available will be sufficient, together with…

This document presents reports from the individual universities of Ontario on policies of undergraduate student aid and accessibility to the universities during the academic year 1969-70. In addition, it presents recommendations from the universities as to how student aid policies might be improved to increase equality of access. (HS)

In this instance, the Joint Committee on Higher Education in Washington State was directed to review capital funding methods at the 4-year institutions of higher education in the state. The major finding of the study, which emerged after an intensive survey of bond practices, was that some means should be found to enhance management effectiveness…

Financial statistics for fiscal year 1970 are reported for 91 public radio stations which meet the requirements for CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) general support grants. The statistics are for the aggregate United States, classified by geographic regions and types of licensees. Total income for radio operations for the fiscal year…