Provides a catalogue of federal programs and gives the key sources of federal funds for child development, social services, nutrition, education, health, community development, etc. (MP)

Describes several work training programs for youth administered by the Department of Labor, Office of Youth Programs. (SS)

Lists and annotates recurrent federal publications that contain basic statistical data on pollution levels and controls, natural resources and wildlife conservation, water resources supply and development, weather and ocean conditions, federal aid programs, and the environmental impact of energy development. It also lists continuing bibliographies…

Two units of the School Based Health Education Project in Howard County, Indiana, have been revised. The Little Smoky unit on smoking for second graders stresses the effects of smoking on the body systems while the Counter Conscious unit examines the uses of over-the-counter substances. (JMF)

Discusses the potential of the "cooperative agency management system," a new management system based on the budgeting process that has been adopted at both the Department of the Interior and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. (Author/JG)

Nutrition programs for the elderly, particularly those funded Federally, are reviewed with focus on career opportunities for administrators, dietitians, and nutritionists, and others. (JT)

A federal secretary of education would be more like a school board chairman than he would a superintendent of schools. (Author/IRT)

Gives examples of how various Department of Labor programs provide aid to the employable handicapped. (LAS)

Asserts that career education is an ill-defined program imposed on local districts from the federal level. Further, the program threatens local autonomy. (Author/IRT)

Historically black colleges and universities need subject expertise and aggressive tactics to win Department of Defense research contracts, despite Pentagon efforts to target black colleges. The colleges compete with institutions whose minority group populations, alone or combined, are a majority of total enrollment. Several approaches useful in…

Explores the relationship between participants' (N=76) perceptions of federally-funded substance abuse prevention training and participants' application of these programs. Most participants (98.7%) gave favorable assessments of the training. Analysis of training application indicates that learning application is influenced by the learner's…

Meta-analysis was conducted on 31 evaluations of 15 government-sponsored training programs for disadvantaged groups, 1964-1998. Earnings effects were largest for women, modest for men, and negligible for youth. Skills training increased earnings; basic education was not effective. No evidence was found that more expensive programs performed…

Colleges and universities are finding that improvements in the guaranteed student loan process are making it more attractive than direct lending. In its third year, the direct lending program's total loan volume remains at 33%, well below the 50% goal set in originating legislation. Even some of its strongest supporters fear the program will have…

Evaluates the budget savings potential of four methods of reducing the costs of the federal student loan program: (1) eliminate excess returns to private lenders; (2) eliminate excess administrative costs; (3) reduce the subsidy; and (4) ration directly by denying loans to some. (JOW)