A study was done to (1) examine the impact of terminating the G.I. Bill in respect to the number, quality, and representativeness of Service accessions (supply of volunteers for military services), and (2) provide a means for measuring the relative costs and benefits of alternative educational programs which might be needed to sustain military…

The American Association of Community and Junior Colleges surveyed its 919 member colleges in 1976 regarding their knowledge of and participation in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's (CETA) locally-based delivery system. Responses from 519 colleges (56.5%) revealed that 478 (88.6%) of the respondents participated in CETA at some…

This review of the activites of eight Head Start grantees during the 1973-74 program year incorporates for each topic the study findings, recommendations to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), and comments from HEW in response to recommendations. Topics include excerpts of Head Start (e.g., available services, children's…

The current role of the Department of Labor's Manpower Administration as determined by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) is described. CETA shifts the responsibility for training and job placement services from the Federal government to States, cities, and counties which operate their own programs using funds provided by…

Brief descriptions for 45 ESEA Title III projects operating during the 1974-1975 fiscal year are given. Eighteen of these projects have completed their first year of operating with Title III funds. Among these are improving secondary reading, advisement, education by objectives, career education, tapes and techniques for underachievers, early…

This bulletin provides information on financial and participation statistics, including the number of programs, Title I programs, State compensatory education programs, and joint State and Title I funded programs. Children served are given in terms of grade, ethnic/language group characteristics, and public and non-public participation. Program…

This document, presenting a statewide racial and ethnic survey by determining the distribution and composition of student enrollments and school personnel in local districts, is said to represent the most comprehensive effort attempted by Oregon's Title IV Unit, whose purpose is said to lie in improving the quality of services to target clients,…

This is the first annual report to the Board of Regents from the Commissioner of Higher Education. The purpose of the report is to provide the Board of Regents with comprehensive information on programs and policies of the six institutions of the Montana University System: University of Montana at Missoula, Montana State University at Bozeman,…

The stated objectives of the study reported here were to determine the answers to the following questions: what Federal, State and local programs provide contracting opportunities for minorities and women equal to those provided to nonminority males; if not, what the barriers to their full participation are; to what extent special State or local…

The report provides an account of how the U.S. Office of Education's discretionary Vocational Education Research Program for 1975 was planned and implemented. It contains information about the legislative and regulatory framework for Section 131 (a) of Part C Research Program, as stated in the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 Act. Five…

The document is the fourth of a subset of six instructional packages focusing on teacher orientation to career education. The module presents four national career education modules of Federal and State career education projects: (1) the school-based model, (2) the experience-based model, (3) the home/community-based model, and (4) the…

The report contains requirements and practices in credentialing and recredentialing of health professionals by States and by professional societies. It begins with an overview of the health care components of the Health Services Administration (HSA). Credentialing needs and four types of credentialing activities are discussed: basic or initial…

The stated purpose of this report is to locate the scattered pieces of information concerning adolescence and compensatory education in order to assess whether these pieces form any coherent pattern, and determine the possible implications of any such pattern for federal policy in education. Four principal sources of information were available for…

This report provides descriptive information on the research, demonstration, and evaluation program of the Office of Child Development (OCD) for fiscal year 1975. An overview describing the role, function, and long range goals of OCD is included along with a discussion of the research, demonstration, and evaluation program's major areas of…

This report provides an analysis and comparison of three types of day care licensing documents: (1) Model State Day Care Licensing Act, (2) State of Hawaii Rules and Regulations Governing Day Care Centers (1966) and Rules and Regulations Governing Family Day Care Homes (1966), and (3) Federal Interagency Day Care Standards. The first part of the…