This document reports on the goals of the President's Cabinet Officers. Included are those by the Secretaries of Agriculture; Commerce; Health, Education and Welfare; Labor; Transportation; Treasury; and Defense. Also included are those by the Administrators of the Federal Energy Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space…

Testimony presented in these hearings centers on the legal problems derived from the many and varied statutory definitions of "tribe" and the resulting confusion on the part of the administrators of Federal programs designed to benefit American Indians and Alaska Natives (e.g., in Alaska, there are currently about 465 legal entities…

This document contains statistical data related to Rhode Island's compensatory education programs. Included is information on (1) allocation of funds to communities; (2) public, private and parochial school eligibility; (3) numbers of eligible students; and (4) the availability of compensatory mathematics and reading programs. Also provided is a…

In March 1977, a project was begun by the Executive Office of the President to seek out comments and recommendations from the public for a comprehensive national energy plan. Three simultaneous approaches were used: (1) ten regional town meetings were conducted; (2) Twenty-one small conferences were held at the White House; and (3) a public notice…

This document reports results of a review of estimated 1977 federal research and development (R&D) funding and requested 1978 federal R&D funding. Highlights include: 1978 estimated R&D total is $26.3 billion, an increase of 7.6% over 1977; average annual R&D growth rate for the period 1974-78 has risen to 10.9% compared to 1.5%…

Postsecondary student aid programs administered by the United States Office of Education (USOE) have helped many thousands of students to obtain an education they may not otherwise have received; however, some schools have engaged in questionable or abusive practices that have frustrated student attainment of the desirable educational goals…

Consumerism as a student-oriented approach to postsecondary education is one that rests on two fundamental premises: (1) it is important that students receive fair treatment in their roles as educational consumers; and (2) some current practices in postsecondary education are not adequately responsive to student needs. Consumerism implies a…

This document contains the text of five hearings (July 30 and November 3-6, 1975) of the Subcommittee on Select Education of a bill authorizing the extension of appropriations for the National Institute of Education. (IRT)

An annual report (1971-72) of New Mexico's State Department of Education, Division of Indian Education, this document presents data pertaining to the 20 school districts receiving Johnson O'Malley (JOM) funds. Data is included on the total district enrollment, Indian student enrollment, Indian employees, what JOM funds were used for, and special…

The regional conferences were sponsored by the Office of Urban Affairs of the American Council of Education. The major purpose of the conferences was to encourage and assist college and university administrators and faculty members to give systematic thought to the dimensions of their involvement in urban affairs during the 1970's, with emphasis…

This report was prepared by the National Research Council, at the request of the National Institutes of Health, in an attempt to evaluate the Graduate Research Training Grant Program and Fellowship Program in bioscience. One of the purposes of the study was to collect objective data that would provide answers to such questions as: What have been…

The purpose of this study was to examine the major issues involved in governmental financing of, or assistance to, higher education. Of central concern was the overall size of governmental support and the justification for it. The study begins with a review of the needs and demands for higher education as shown by projections of enrollments and…

This booklet is one of 34 in a series on childhood education programs in support of a White House Conference on Children, December 1970. The Goldsboro Program included 1,165 first, second, and third grade pupils in ungraded classes at seven schools. The pamphlet describes how the classroom organization and atmosphere, the instructional materials,…

Lack of support, both in funds and in philosophic commitment, is responsible for the limited extent of educational research and development throughout the nation. More convincing results of educational research and more adequate dissemination of findings are needed to enable the educational community to use those findings as the basis for positive…

In education, the road from research to practice is a long one and includes research, development, and application. The notion of a continuum from research to practice was recognized in 1965 when the provisions of the Cooperative Research Program were incorporated into the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Since that time, however, total…