Descriptive summaries of twenty-two rural and urban school systems throughout the United States are presented in this report. Data for each summary include: (1) an introduction which describes the school's student population, the school's desegregation strategy (court ordered or voluntary), grants received by the school, and problem areas focused…

The provisions of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 (P.L. 99-498), which is the major piece of legislation reauthorizing the Higher Education Act of 1965 through 1991, are delineated. A synopsis of the legislative history of this act is provided along with a brief description of the passage of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986. A…