The most important principle in Federal education policy is equal access to a good education for every young person, irrespective of race, faith, family circumstance, cultural background, age, or sex, and irrespective of any physical or mental handicap. The Office of Education is doing many things to help the States and local school districts…

The hearings pertain to approximately 50 bills on the education and training for war veterans and their dependents. Among the proposals seeking changes in and liberalization of the several education programs are: extension of the delimiting date of the current program, direct tuition payments to schools, and restoring entitlement of World War II…

Our publics could be better served if verification of a program evaluation were made by an educational program auditor (EPA). The role of the EPA would be to enter the educational cycle after the objectives have been determined and before the programs and criterion measures have been adopted. The audit process would begin with the hiring of the…

The leaders in education, business, industry, commerce, labor, and community organizations in the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana region are challenged to confront problems in training workers for technological occupations. One facet of the problem is the task of meeting immediate manpower needs and the other is the long-range task of providing an…

The Juarez-Lincoln Center, National Migrant Information Clearinghouse, funded in 1972, aims to establish an information resource and data bank for migrant programs and to assist with and/or develop information resources for migrant programs. Its primary functions are to collect, analyze, compare, and disseminate information concerning migrant farm…

A survey of 825 Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) graduates was made to evaluate MDTA programs. A total of 569 responded, representing 69 percent of the sample. The responses indicated that 80 percent of the graduates were employed and over two-thirds held training-related jobs. Sixty percent were between 22 and 45 years of age. A…

This study examines the distribution of applicants for small grants, the consequences of being funded, and the processing of proposals. The sample included every applicant submitting a proposal in fiscal 1968. The following data were collected: 1) questionnaires from applicants, both funded and not funded; 2) factual material from proposals…

This administrator guide describes the objectives and organization of prevocational exploration. After presenting a brief history of manpower legislation, the guide discusses the role and objectives of prevocational education and describes trainee characteristics which have implications for the program. Procedures for developing and implementing a…

The document is the March 1972 final report of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title III project which provides supplementary education for American Indians in rural and reservation areas. The document covers evaluation procedures of the tutorial program, vocational training, counseling, adult classes and activities, summer…

An increasing number of correctional institutions and institutions of higher education (community and junior colleges, postsecondary vocational-technical schools as well as 4-year colleges and universities) are involved in providing prisoner/students educational opportunities to help prisoners (1) establish new personal and social contacts, (2)…

To provide interim guidance for the Office in matters of scientific and technical information (STI) prior to the report of the President's Committee on Science and Technology, MITRE conducted an analysis of Public Law 94-282 based upon common precepts of past reports and documents. The report recommends the creation of new organizational…

This handbook is designed as a general guide to the federal establishment as it relates to education. The selection of programs represents those of current popular interest, those involving the greatest sums of money, and those recently enacted and of general interest. Programs discussed include: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare;…

A citizen's task force appointed by the Department of Energy to study its energy education program has taken DOE sharply to task for not drawing the line between education and propaganda. The task force urged the agency to overhaul the whole operation. (Author/BB)

The American Public Health Association has instituted a Quality Assurance Analysis and Review (QUASAR) program to provide consultative services to laboratories.(BB)

An interview describing steps the Philippine government has recently taken to expand and diversify nonformal education among adults through the School-on-the-Air program designed to bring the classroom to rural people through radio and community followup classes. Extracts from the government orders setting up the program and its pilot centers are…