THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA), AS AMENDED, IS DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF WORKERS FACING JOB DISPLACEMENT, THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF THE HARDCORE UNEMPLOYED, OTHER UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED, AND THE EMERGENCE OF SKILL SHORTAGE IN CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS. THE ACT IS JOINTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH,…

This conference report presents the position taken by large cities in evaluating projects under ESEA Title I. Since this was the first educational legislation in history to call for evaluation at the local level of programs generated by Federal funds, most districts had little time to design project evaluation and to obtain adequate research…

This paper reviews briefly the development and scope of Federal support programs to higher education which relate to the problems of the small college, and discusses in detail Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and Part E of the Education Professions Development Act. Weaknesses of proposals submitted last year for Title III funding are…

This report presents information on the environmental education objectives, activities, accomplishments, and plans of forty-four agencies of the Federal Government. The agencies were sent a short outline of what might constitute a useful report and asked to submit a report, in narrative form, of about 1500-3000 words. The agency reports contain an…

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…

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;…

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…

An overview of inservice training programs in Ohio is presented. Evidence of the impact of federal assistance is shown through a review of ESEA/Title I and NDEA/Title III programs. A statewide Reading Council has been created to sponsor conferences and workshops and to initiate secondary reading programs. Descriptions of specific inservice…

Uncoordinated community day care efforts often result in an unbalanced availability of kinds of nursery school programs. Too much money is wasted on unnecessary administrative services, and training of personnel is not consistent in quality or quantity. Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) program tries to alleviate this confusion. This handbook…

The Workshop on Regional Drug Abuse Programming was called to investigate the need for a Federally-supported model, stressing inter-agency coordination, to be employed by states as a guide for establishing substate area programs, and to explore other questions related to programs for drug abuse prevention and treatment. The organization of state…

The contents of this report are organized in five parts, as follows. Part One, "Title I: The Cornerstone of Compensatory Education," is a discussion of Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act (PL 89-10): its purpose, the scope of Title I programs, the selection of target areas, aid to nonpublic school children, the…

The data on institutes and teacher fellowship programs used in this study were those which the Bureau of Educational Personnel Development had readily available; none were collected specifically for the Office of Program Planning and Evaluation. Areas in which data tables are presented and discussed are as follows: 1) types of organizations…

To evaluate the effectiveness of Manpower Development and Training Act programs in Utah in terms of graduates' job success and employer and trainee attitudes, 105 graduates and their employers were surveyed. Usable responses from a third of the graduates and half the employers proved the training to be quite effective. Because of inadequate…

Special revenue sharing is one aspect of the Administration's response to the fiscal and administrative complexity of the present structure of federal categorical grants-in-aid to State and local governments. Because of some rather widespread misunderstanding about the nature and objectives of the six special revenue sharing proposals, this…

Summarized in this descriptive brochure are the establishment and current development of the environmental education program in the U. S. Office of Education. An account of the initial planning and financial support systems forms the introduction followed by major emphasis on representative projects for fiscal year 1971. Examples include…