This collection of reprinted speeches delivered at the 1967 Ohio Conference on Disadvantaged Children covers the following topics: learning as the discovery of personal meaning, occupational and vocational training, characteristics of successful Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I Programs, the inherent difficulties of cultural…

In recent years, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has had to re-examine its position regarding the current legal status of youth attending school. Court actions, although still indecisive on this point, precede a new era of school-student relationships which the BIA's Office of Indian Education Programs holds will assure improved conditions for…

The prospect of 1.7 million surplus teachers in the next 12 years is affecting policy at every level, and a recent survey of teacher education institutions shows that many are cutting back or dissolving their programs. There are three reasons for not taking such a course of action: a) there is a possibility of revenue sharing, probably in the area…

This report is a synopsis of past studies of postsecondary education in Montana. Its purpose is to provide a brief sketch of each past study and to fulfill House Bill No. 578's (1973) mandate to the commission to assess the evidence and resulting recommendations made in prior studies relating to postsecondary education in Montana. The report…

Some 3,000 proposals submitted for Research Grants in Education and Small Grants, two of the major topic areas in the 1973 Field Initiated Studies (FIS) program of the National Institute of Education (NIE), are analyzed in this report to identify research features which seemed to receive priority emphasis and to describe some of the methodological…

To increase the supply of doctors, the government has become directly involved in physician education. Of the $673 million appropriated for health manpower programs in 1972, 55% was for medical schools. Legislation to date has emphasized expansion of medical education output in the aggregate, but increasing attention has been directed to the…

This volume presents the letters forwarded to the Secretary of Labor and to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare which summarized the findings and recommendations of the National Manpower Advisory Committee (NMAC) at 32 meetings between September 1962 and December 1971. As March 15, 1972 marked the 10th annivarsary of the passage of the…

The document is submitted pursuant to a contract with the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in preparation for hearings held in New Mexico during November 1972. It covers the protection and preservation of the land and water rights of the American Indian tribes in the Southwest, which is as vital as any problem which now confronts the Pueblo…

A summary of the second annual report of the Interagency Panel on Early Childhood Research and Development describes federally funded research in early childhood done in 1972, research plans for 1973, and long-range plans. Research programs are based on seven major areas: (1) the developmental process, (2) effect of primary environmental…

The report of the Washington State migrant program's sixth year gave evidence of progress in providing educational and health services to migrant children. During Fiscal Year 1972, the program served more than 8,700 migrants in 197 schools in 43 districts. Funded by Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), program objectives were to…

This volume contains the complete text of two Senate bills designed to improve bilingual educational opportunities for children of limited English-speaking ability. One of the bills would amend Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Also included in the volume are numerous statements concerning bilingual education made by Federal…

In the last several years, Federal funds have subsidized occupational training programs which have occurred on the job under employer sponsorship and supervision. This report examines the question of whether Federal financing is substituted for private efforts which would occur in its absence, and how such substitution can be avoided in the design…

Several aspects of the attitudes held by teachers of American Indian children toward their own and other cultures need to be studied. Recommended research topics along these lines include: (1) a study of the teacher subculture where teachers of Indian pupils live in a distinct enclave, with emphasis upon characteristic attitudes toward Indians…

Title VI-A provides matching federal funds for the purchase of college and university laboratory and audiovisual equipment, closed-circuit television equipment and classroom materials related to the improvement of undergraduate education. This report presents case studies of 12 institutions which obtained Title VI-A funds in the past 4 years. The…

This manual was prepared to aid in building an effective evaluation structure for government programs and projects throughout the HEW agencies. It is intended to assist evaluators in the development of a strategy -- when to evaluate, who should evaluate, and how to supervise the evaluation; how to allocate resources among different types of…