The low tuition system has worked so well for so long that it should not be abandoned on the basis of very limited data and even more limited assumptions. The rights of millions of college students to a low tuition education should not be bargained away in the name of some notion of "higher educational consensus" or "healthy dialogue." Nor should…

The amendments that compose H.R. 3801 are listed. Testimony follows by witnesses from the administration, from five state departments of education, and from the National Association for Public Continuing and Adult Education. The amendments are classified into four separate categories: (1) technical amendments that correct grammatical errors or…

This document contains the transcripts of three hearings on the impact aid laws; the text of H.R. 5181; and prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials offered to the committee. (IRT)

This report provides an account of federal funding of research and development (R&D) programs for the years 1969-76. Part 1 lists federal R&D expenditures according to function and includes comments and comparisons pertaining to the functions. Part 2 provides more detailed analyses of R&D expenditures for each function individually,…

This paper addresses itself to the role of the federal government in financing higher education. It discusses the change in focus from institutional aid to student aid. In order to provide access to higher education that is compatible with movements toward social equality, the federal focus has shifted in the direction of student financial aid.…

This publication is a comprehensive record of testimony and exhibits presented to a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. Senate during hearings on 1977 budget requests for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW). The hearings transcribed here were held January 29-February 2, 1976 and concerned appropriations…

The purpose of this book is to provide background information on administration of financial aid and financial aid resources. Sections are written by experts in financial aid who represent various geographical areas as well as the various sections of postsecondary education. Sections cover: (1) history of institutional aid in the United States;…

This pamphlet gives a brief history of federally funded programs related to child abuse and neglect and focuses on descriptions of the projects funded under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974. Descriptions of demonstration, research, and funding activities of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect are also included. (ED)

The laws covered in this report were initiated as part of a federal policy of assisting school districts financially burdened as a result of new or expanded federal activities. Public Law 81-874 authorizes financial assistance for maintenance and operation of schools that have been financially burdened by government activities. Public Law 81-815…

Impact evaluations of manpower programs have had many shortcomings, especially in finding control groups for comparison. Methodological bias and inconsistency between evaluators, along with disinterest by program administrators, have prevented evaluation from reaching its potential in program planning. The use of longitudinal studies to solve…

The purpose of this symposium report was to provide information regarding resources for those planning projects in health, physical education, and recreation. Included are an overview of related federal programs, four accounts of successful local programs, guidelines for developing proposals, details of federal support programs, examples of ways…

Contained are reports of five subcommittees of the National Technical Advisory Committee on Water Quality Criteria. Subcommittees were recreation and aesthetics; public water supplies; fish, other aquatic life, and wildlife; agricultural uses; and industrial water supplies. Each committee report contains discussion of the problem area, criteria…

The catalog is a description of the many types of training programs and cooperative relationships that exist among Federal Laboratories and contract centers and universities. The programs are devoted to enhancing or maintaining the professional competence of staff personnel in their fields of specialization. The programs identified in the report…

Aimed at a society which is forced to make decisions relative to their total environment, this pamphlet discusses a few of the problems associated with restoring and maintaining an environmental relationship conducive to the health and well-being of man. The topics covered include: air pollution, noise, solid waste, the urban environment, drinking…

The North American Conference on Cost-Benefit Analysis of Manpower Policies studied the theory and applicability of cost benefit analysis to manpower programs. In the first part of this document various participants at the Conference discussed the theoretical and methodological aspects of cost benefit analysis for investment appraisal. It was…