The Regional Medical Library (RML) is a federal program created to aid in the equalization of access to information for the health professionals of the nation. The purpose of this paper is to relate the sequence of events in the establishment of the Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRML) and how they influence the present…

This study, an interim assessment, has attempted to understand the role of the Federal-State public employment service as a job search intermediary for insured unemployed workers. The conceptual role, the actual role, and claimant responsiveness to role change have been studied of three selected local offices in providing job search services to…

This publication reports the results of an effort to assess the consequences of targeting federal compensatory funds toward all elementary students showing low achievement rather than only to those who were first low income and then low achieving. The document deals first with technical issues--the suitability, feasibility, and cost implications…

The paper describes four alternative teacher training approaches offering Navajo Indian college students the opportunity to become certified classroom teachers within proximity of their homes and jobs on the reservation. Programs discussed include Navajo Tribal Teacher Education Program, Career Opportunities Program, Teacher Corps, and a…

This work has been done as part of the effort to plan the National Institute of Education (NIE). The report, one of a series, describes four different management systems used by the Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA, the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Air Force in managing programmatic research and…

This work has been done as part of the effort to plan the National Institute of Education (NIE). The report, one of a series, describes four different methods used by three Federal agencies--the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research--in managing fundamental research. Fundamental research…

This general review of the development and demise in popularity of the "audiolingual" method of teaching second languages in America underscores the impact of World War II on the changing needs of the country's manpower resources in the field of international relations. The author develops the thesis that the urgent need for speakers of second…

The statement by the President of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe emphasizes reservation problems that need to be examined. Presented at a 1972 Civil Rights Commission hearing on Indian Concerns, Velarde's statement listed employment, education, the administration of justice, water rights, and medical services as areas for investigation. (KM)

This report covers a Federal review of the operation of the ESEA Title I Program in New Jersey, concentrating its local review in Camden. The State educational agency reported that new methods for teaching the disadvantaged had been developed, achievement had improved, and children had developed a feeling that their parents as well as school…

This profile of Project Head Start as it was in 1968 is based on data compiled from Bureau of the Census surveys. The sample involved 5 percent of the children and their families in the full year program and 1 percent in summer Head Start. Approximately 1 out of every 4 classes in the full year and 1 out of every 20 classes in the summer program…

Prepared by the Civil Rights Program Evaluation Staff of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), this statistical report contains data supplied by 9 USDA agencies handling 23 USDA programs serving whites, Negroes, Spanish Americans, American Indians, and Oriental Americans in such areas as agricultural stabilization, employment, loans, and…

This report on the 1969-70 Title I programs in Rhode Island is based on the individual evaluations prepared by 40 local education agencies. There are nine major parts which include specific data requested by the Office of Education. Among the information presented are basic state statistics (enrollment and expenditures), effect upon educational…

After a study of ten science education projects receiving NSF financing, the GAO concludes that evaluation of educational materials needs more attention, distribution efforts should be strengthened, and a need exists for more active and systematic project monitoring. Chapter 1 of this document gives a general review of NSF activities and funding…

The director of the National Institute of Education (NIE) reports the institute's progress with authorizing and appropriation committees in both the House and Senate of the United States. New and continuing program efforts and budget are listed for FY 76. Guidelines for developing FY 77 program plans are summarized. A progress report contains…

The Suffolk County Coordinated Manpower Program in New York is a pilot project whose purpose is to eliminate duplication in employer contacts and services delivered. Agencies at the Federal, State, and local levels work together for a common goal. Definitive results await data analysis, but developments are encouraging. (Author/AJ)