This outline contains a description of how the federal role in education has changed in the past year and the implications of this change for future federal activities designed to achieve educational equity. Policies and program functions that are allowed under the new federal role and which may influence the Department of Education's support for…

It is the premise of this booklet, one of a series intended to apply economic principles to major social and political issues of the day, that a revolution in the banking and financial services industry is altering not only the fundamental nature of the services offered but the character of the organizations themselves. The purpose of the essay is…

This leader's guide is designed for use in conducting a seminar to train bank employees in correct procedures for issuing and redeeming U.S. Savings Bonds and in answering routine customer inquiries concerning savings bonds. Included in the first section of the guide are an overview of the purpose and content of the seminar, procedures for…

A study of the existing local needs, resources, and services for limited English speaking residents of the United States was undertaken to clarify local, state, and federal responsibility for the provision of services. For a small but representative sample consisting of eight school districts serving minority language students, the study provides…

Both the state and the federal governments have been interested in two categories of educational variation--with the type of education offered and with the type of learner to benefit from the education. State and federal interest in promoting equity and equal opportunity overlap with each other and with the interests of local schools and…

Roles to be played by institutions of higher education in the face of federal regulation are examined in this summary speech at the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems. Focus is on suggestions for pursuing academe's value imperatives with maximum support and minimum interference from the federal government. Some elements of a…

Tuition tax credits for private elementary and secondary schools would be bad law, bad economics, and bad public policy. These points are made in this twenty-first chapter of a book on school law. Legal arguments against tax credits are based on a number of court decisions concerning church-state separation, particularly the Supreme Court decision…

Many readers will agree that the conditions in our schools need improvement, that problems in schools are closely linked with the problems in our society, and that local control has diminished. The yielding of local control has contributed substantially to these problems. Uniform standards and minimum performance criteria have been tried and the…

A study by the National Education Association (NEA) of the existing literature, teacher opinion polls, federal legislation and regulations, state salary schedules, and collective bargaining agreements revealed important information concerning the differences in salaries in the late 1970s for coaches of male and female athletic teams in the public…

The motion of the American Council of Education (ACE) and the National Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities (NIICU) to reverse the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in The University of Texas vs. Walter Camenisch is presented. The decision had ordered the university to provide free interpreter services to Camenisch, a deaf…

Different types of existing regulations and legislation for correspondence education in France, West Germany, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States are reviewed for the benefit of other countries developing policies. For each country surveyed, four sections are provided in the report: a brief description of the educational system, as…

Speeches from the 1978 annual meeting of the American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities are presented. Contents of the report are as follows: "Earning Respect" by Drew S. Days, III.; "The College in Controversy: Government Relations 1978"; "Until the Year 2000: Reflections of a Retired…

This report documents the low economic status of minorities and women in Cleveland by examining inadequacies in the city's affirmative action plan, deficiencies in Cleveland's contract compliance program, and inconsistencies in the Federal government's civil rights enforcement effort. Four major problems with Cleveland's affirmative action plan…

This report submitted to the Congress from the Committee on Human Resources contains the Career Education Incentive Act, a bill which provides federal financial incentives to states to develop, implement, and strengthen career education programs. A summary of the bill follows a chronological review of the legislation's consideration in Congress.…

This guide informs women about the apprenticeship system and how it operates, provides some background on the problems that women sometimes encounter in seeking apprenticeships, and outlines the apprenticeship application process. Statistics are given concerning the growth in the number of women participating in the apprenticeship system. In the…