"Child Care Helps America Work and Learn" is a new publication produced by the Child Care Bureau. This new series will highlight some of the many Recovery Act-funded child care success stories from communities across the country that illustrate how the Bureau is working toward the shared goal of supporting children and families. This…

THIS CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY 102 PERSONS REPRESENTING LOCAL DISTRICTS, UNIVERSITIES, AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, WAS TO PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF--(1) WHAT THE VARIOUS LAWS MEAN, (2) HOW TO PREPARE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS, (3) HOW TO INITIATE ACTIONS FOR FEDERAL FUNDS, AND (4) WHEN AND WHERE PROPOSALS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED. MAJOR…

Condensed from "Illinois Education, Volume 57 (October 1968), 58-59, 77-78.

On January 23, 2004, President Bush signed the DC School Choice Incentive Act into law. This landmark piece of legislation included $14 million in funding for what would come to be called the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The OSP is the first federally funded K-12 scholarship program in the country and is designed to provide…

An increase in international scholarly exchange may help to improve the United States' foreign language competence and international relations. Federal support for research, expansion of scholarship programs, strengthening of exchange programs, and establishment of a National Foundation for International Studies is needed. (CB)

This report is designed to provide a comprehensive picture of funding by federal agencies to two-year colleges during fiscal year 1981. Tables provide information on the source of funding; specific programs funded; the amount of funds authorized; the amount appropriated; funds obtained by two-year colleges; total number of awards; total number of…

This guide provides information about the various college student loan programs that exist and are available for use within North Carolina. Listed are specific programs that are available from the Federal, State, and private sectors. When possible, the following information is provided with each program: (1) eligibility requirements; (2) the…

This report presents statistics and other information concerning trends in, and the current (1991) status of, various student financial aid programs in New York State. Among the report's findings are the following: (1) New York State spent more on student aid in 1990-91 than 1989-90 out of a smaller State higher education budget; (2) despite the…

Ideas for federal student aid programs that are based on merit or academic achievement are discussed, along with the relationship of this approach to other federal student aid programs. Attention is focused on rewarding merit to the undergraduate student. Recent proposals have been introduced in Congress to promote academic excellence and to…

The fourth edition of analyses of selected federal student assistance and categorical programs prepared by the National Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities is presented. Sections include: (1) federal student assistance--undergraduate programs (Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, State Student Incentive Grants,…

The impact of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-484) on the supply of physicians for the armed services was assessed. As background to the survey findings, information is presented on conditions of three federal programs and differences in their benefit structures and implications for program participation. These…

Data on the financial support received in 1979-80 by full-time graduate students in each of four divisions within each Ontario, Canada, university are presented. Data are provided on: full-time graduate student enrollments by university and division; percentage of students in each income range by university for each division; percentage of…

This guide is designed to help the dependent child of a parent officially listed by the Department of Defense as a Prisoner of War (POW) or as Missing in Action (MIA) in Southeast Asia to locate possible sources of financial assistance for postsecondary education. The first two sections cover the three origins of benefits available: the state, the…

The testimony of John C. Rainer, Director of the American Indian Scholarship Program, before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Affairs (May 1973) examined the Senate's reduction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) appropriation for 1973-74. Rainer explained that the $19,938,000 requested for the year, $10,000,000…

Eleven tables of data concerning the distribution of financial aid funds to students attending Florida public community colleges comprise the bulk of this report. A total of $30,471,818 was distributed in 1975-76 to 49,518 students in 69,494 grant, loan, scholarship, or student employment awards. Grants, primarily from federal sources, accounted…