The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency whose principal function is to encourage the understanding and use of the humanities to national concerns. It serves its various constituencies by supporting the work of individual humanists and of nonprofit institutions and organizations engaged in projects involving the…

This book is a study of the processes through which educational policies are formulated, adopted, and implemented at the national level of government. In particular, the author focuses his attention on policies affecting the programs administered by the U.S. Office of Education during the term of the 90th Congress (1967-68). Although the author's…

This booklet contains an evaluation of the Urban Environmental Education Project instituted in the District of Columbia Public Schools. Data were obtained from interviews and questionnaires given to project staff, teachers, and students. Seven objectives were evaluated to rate the program: (1) assisting teachers in developing programs and…

Presented in this report are statements of science teachers, directors of education, deans of colleges, and professors of science education. A biographical sketch of each participant is presented as well as the entire statement of each. Those addressing the Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology include: Dr. Anna J. Harrison, Professor…

What is the actual distribution of federal financial aid funds across states to students with different characteristics attending various types of institutions? This document presents an effective means of organizing these extensive data in a way that is useful for evaluating the distribution of current federal programs and for estimating changes…

It is proposed that the mandate for evaluation of Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I projects has served to establish models for evaluation design, implementation, and utilization of findings in a large urban school system. Contrary to the experience with evaluation of the "national" Title I program, local efforts were…

Two basic reasons for including Oral Language Development in the instructional program are (1) to prepare students for reading instruction, and (2) to teach students how to communicate effectively in real-life situations. A child is expected to have had five or six years oral practice in a language before learning to read. When children have…

The federal role in education is active when the issues are national in scope (such as in ensuring equal educational opportunities), when a unified research agenda is the issue, or when the problem is assessing the progress of education. The role is reactive when the government must be responsive to the needs of the states and local school…

This guide, in addition to continuing the cost principles that apply to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) grants and contracts performed at colleges and universities, describes in general terms the process of indirect cost rate determinations and sets forth instructions for the submission of rate proposals by grantees and…

The document contains 10 appendixes to the evaluation of 32 projects in the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP). Included are samples of six project-based measurement instruments (including a parent survey form and a student followup assessment), an instruction package for psychologists to use in determining handicapping…

The Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 directed the development and promulgation of a comprehensive, coordinated long-term Federal strategy for all drug abuse prevention and drug traffic control functions conducted, sponsored, or supported by the Federal Government. This second annual report of the Strategy Council builds on the…

This presentation is intended to provide the reader with a perspective on indirect costs in sponsored research and an indication of the type of flexibility available within the provisions of Circular A-21, a document of the Office of Management and Budget that outlines procedures for determining university indirect costs under federal grants and…

The Career Opportunities Program (COP) is a nationwide program established under the Education Professions Development Act of 1967 to train and employ low-income community residents and Vietnam-era veterans as educational auxiliaries for poverty area schools. Indiana University at South Bend (IUSB), in cooperation with the South Bend Community…

Categorical programs presently delivering services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers are diffusely spread throughout several departments and agencies of the Federal Government. On September 26, 1974, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Agricultural Labor of the Committee on Education and Labor met to hear testimony on H.R. 12257 and…

What is the current position of higher education among national priorities? Three different comparisons are examined to establish a frame of reference to assess where higher education stands with respect to the total commitment of the federal government. The total commitment is compared with the level of support for higher education in earlier…