Describes the three major types of training programs funded under CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) in Wisconsin and discusses recent trends in CETA program funding and administration, focusing on functions of the Prime Sponsors, particularly as they operate in Wisconsin. (BM)

Student financial aid programs currently play a key role in general governmental support for postsecondary education, and this role is likely to increase in the future. The potential future impact of financial aid on institutions is discussed, with a consideration of program admnistration and alternative delivery mechanisms. (Author/JMD)

Resources for higher education over the last 40 years are reviewed, with special emphasis on the abundance of the 1980s and crisis of the 1990s. Trends in government support are examined, and ways in which individual institutions can measure the adequacy of their resources to pursue their policy goals are discussed. (Author/MSE)

This paper deals with continuities and changes over the period 1963 to 1976 in the organization and goals of the federally supported vocational education program. Summarized first are major pieces of vocational education passed in the years from 1917 to 1963, including the Vocational Education Act of 1917, the Vocational Education Act of 1946, the…