Higher education in the State of Connecticut is examined in light of the problems created during a time of retrenchment. Centered on the thought that the state's educational institutions have over-expanded, this report studies the historical background and financial arrangements of Connecticut higher education and offers recommendations for…

Postsecondary student financing policies in the State of Washington are examined in this report that focuses on the interaction between federal and state student aid programs. The increasing importance of this type of investigation is noted in view of the recent growth in federal student aid. Financial aid available to students in Washington State…

A survey conducted to provide general information on instructional costs at universities similar to Montana State is presented in an effort to demonstrate difficulties involved in comparing costs among different universities. A sample of six comparable financial reports from Rocky Mountain area universities were collected. Figures are provided for…

Surveying over 6,000 vocational schools and all state directors of education, this study attempted to (1) describe the organization and governance of state and local agencies and delivery systems for vocational education; (2) describe the basic provisions by which the costs of vocational education are funded; and (3) describe the status and…

Major themes that dominate institutional support for teaching are addressed by representatives of large research-oriented institutions of higher education that form the "Panel on Research and Development of Instructional Resources." The Panel is composed of the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago. Contents are as follows: "The Panel…

A bibliography on tertiary education in Australia is presented. The following topics are included: tertiary education of aborigines; academic salaries; colleges of advanced education; community colleges; the constitutional and legal basis of education; courses and awards; educational policy and the politics of education; entrance requirements;…

Over 70 recommendations are contained in this report submitted to the Joint Committee on Vocational Education by Steiger, Fink, and Kosecoff, Inc. This outside agency received a contract in December, 1978, to: (1) evaluate activities and services provided by the State Department of Education and the Chancellor's Office of the California Community…

The problems, challenges, and opportunities of rural education are the focus of the fourteen speeches and nine workshops presented at the second annual conference on rural education, held February 1-2, 1979, in Des Moines, Iowa. Conference proceedings are presented in this newsletter in transcript or summary form. Speeches cover the topics of…

The operations of a free university are detailed in this manual. The first section gives background information on the funding, explains the design of the manual, and lists contributors to the guide. The second section on starting a free university includes chapters in areas such as models of a free university, community education programs, and a…

Financial statistics of Canadian universities and colleges are presented in this annual report. The report is divided into three sections: historical tables, summary tables, and detail tables. The historical section includes information on Canadian Association of University Business Officer (CAUBO) member institutions and also provides estimates…

Described in this report are the problems faced by the St. Louis public schools. Financing difficulties, the poverty of about 70 percent of public school pupils, the inadequacy of state aid, the shortage of well-qualified teachers, the exodus of whites to the suburbs, and the concentration of Negroes in the inner city are some of the issues which…

Examining the educational system of Greece, this publication discusses the reorientation of policy, organization, and curriculum after overthrow of the military regime in July 1974. In accordance with the broader democratic principles set forth in the Greek Constitution of 1975, education is now compulsory for six years, free to everyone on all…

The 15 educational objectives presented here were arrived at through a process for long-range, continuous effort to improve education in South Carolina. This process included a needs assessment that identified 25 educational needs, examination of those needs by the State Board of Education, reduction of the needs to 15, prioritization of the 15…

The Office of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Center for Applied Linguistics cooperated in a state-of-the-art study of the field of bilingual education. State-of-the-art papers were commissioned in four general areas concerning bilingual education: social science, languages and linguistics, law, and education. Each paper formed the central…

An interim study was conducted in Kentucky to determine the effectiveness of Competency Based Vocational Education (CBVE) and to compare its effectiveness to that of traditional teaching methodologies. Research surveys of those directly involved in the implementation of CBVE were used to ascertain if CBVE is meeting its self-stated goals.…