Each year, recipients of the Manpower Administration doctoral dissertation grants for manpower researchers discuss their research findings at a conference in Washington, D.C. In addition to serving as forums for the interchange of ideas, these conferences also provide an opportunity for participants to meet their peers and experienced manpower…

This pamphlet outlines programs to date of Federal agencies that provide funds for day care projects. Developed by the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor, these programs are federally funded by seven agencies: (1) Department of Agriculture, (2) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, (3) Department of Housing and Urban…

This report provides an overview of the efforts of Iowa's community colleges to train workers for the emerging bioscience/biotechnology sector. The report explains the programs available and the future plans of individual community colleges designed to educate students for careers in the biosciences. Also detailed are a variety of creative…

This guide was designed to be of practical use for organizations and individuals in Wyoming communities to aid in developing and/or accessing life-long arts learning opportunities. The information suggests possibilities for arts program developers in other states. The guide is organized in four subdivided sections that include: (1) an introduction…

Discusses the relationship between school size and per-pupil educational costs and describes a number of possibilities for using state aid formulas to encourage school districts to operate schools of optimal size. Three possible approaches are discussed, including penalty factors, incentive payments, and a combination of penalties and incentives.…

The General Accounting Office conducted a comprehensive assessment of the degree to which the section 427 reforms of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 had been carried out, whether they were working, and whether they were still needed. A Senate Subcommittee and House Select Committee requested the assessment in response to…

A 3-year research and development grant was obtained in 1966 by Emory University from the U.S. Office of Education to increase the quality and quantity of educational research at the University. Funds were made available to individual faculty members in education and related fields to cover released time, research assistance, clerical assistance,…

One of the new and complex issues related to student aid is the independent student controversy. The author wishes to increase the Basic Opportunity Grant (BOG) and substantially increase work study to help the independent student. For the immediate future the author would like to see: (1) The BOG refined as a major Federal grant program committed…

The General Accounting Office examined coordination among federally assisted student financial aid programs including the National Defense Student Loan, the College Work-Study, Educational Opportunity Grant, and Guaranteed Student Loan programs. Eight institutions were visited. The report recommends that the Secretary of Health, Education and…

Explores determinants of research grant getting, using a subsample drawn from a 1972-73 general national survey of faculty in higher education. Findings show that grant getting depends primarily on productivity, secondarily on favor shown to specific fields, and little on particular situational and personal factors. (Author/ND)

The Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC) is an experimental and demonstration program designed to show that private sector investment in poverty areas can be induced by providing financial incentives. This paper focuses on relevant evaluation strategies for such programs. (DM)

Outlines new State and Federal performance contracts awarded to teachers and to private companies based on student achievement. (DE)

Announces the availability of grants from the National Bureau of Standards for the compilation of reliable reference data and the weeding out of faulty data. The grants are in response to the demand for data in all areas of science and technology. (Author/SA)

The "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998" requires that the Secretary provide the appropriate committees of Congress copies of annual reports received by the department from each eligible agency that receives funds under the Act. Congress has made "accountability for results" a central focus of the…