The 1973-74 annual report of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency covers three main areas. (1) The State Higher Education Grant Program, previously called the State Scholarship Program, awarded grants to 28,133 persons who were 1973 high school graduates, 56,728 "renewals" (also had awards in 1972-73), and 21,613…

As the introductory volume to the 19-volume Highway Safety Program Manual (which provides guidance to State and local governments on preferred highway safety practices), the document concentrates on aspects of planning and administration of a statewide highway safety program. Topics discussed are: the purpose of planning and administration,…

The efforts of local school districts in meeting the educational requirements of children of migrant workers are summed up in the Idaho Migrant Education Evaluation Report for fiscal year 1972. Information was procured from 29 local school districts conducting educational activities, such as, experience curriculum, oral language development, and…

Federal programs, designed to improve the living conditions of migrant and other seasonal farmworkers in 6 agricultural areas in California, Florida, Michigan, New York, Texas, and Washington, were assessed by the General Accounting Office. In fiscal years 1966-70, the government provided about $400 million in grants and loans to assist these…

This document contains the major speeches and other material from the Vocational Research and Exemplary Program Coordinating Conference held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in August 1972. The conference objectives were to: (1) provide a forum for reporting progress in vocational education exemplary projects in Region III (Delaware, Maryland,…

The Institute of Library Research (ILR) is a statewide organizaed research unit of the University of California (UC), affiliated with the School of Librarianship and UC Berkeley and the School of Library Service at UCLA. ILR engages in studies of operations for the entire UC library system and conducts varied research and development projects in…

At the International conference on Social Work Education, Population, and Family Planning, convened at the East-West center in Hawaii under the sponsorship of USA/AID in 1970, specific recommendations were made in regard to the need for extensive work in the development of qualified social work manpower for population and family planning…

The first year of a project to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a system for occupational program planning in community colleges is discussed. The focus of the first year was the development of the system. This report of the first phase is divided into three parts. In part 1, materials and concepts important to the development of the system are…

The workshop on the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in Balance-of-State areas explored the implications for rural areas of various manpower policies. In a previous workshop, it was found that a close correlation existed between counties classified as Balance-of-State and those classified as "rural" by the U.S. Department…

The conference report on planning usable, accessible educational facilities for physically handicapped (orthopedically, visually, and aurally impaired) children features guidelines for eliminating indoor and outdoor architectural barriers. In developing and evaluating the guidelines, the Tennessee School Planning Laboratory analyzed plans of other…

These tables comprise the Technical Supplement to "A Study of the Attitudes Toward Life of Our Nation's Students". They are meant to be used in addition to the information provided in the Technical Supplement to "A Study of the Achievement of Our Nation's Schools". For the numbers of students and schools involved in the following tables see the…

This annual report of the FLES-Bilingual Education Committee of the American Association of Teachers of French begins with a list of National FLES Committee publications. In the first article, C. K. Knop describes ways to publicize FLES and bilingual programs. E. Rainey discusses student produced television programming in her article "Rue Raisin -…

This report summarizes the proceedings of a meeting held to assess foreign language instruction in member states of the Council for Cultural Cooperation and to plan future CCC activities. Progress has been made in determining the basic skills and lexicon needed for primary language competence, and it is hoped that a unit/credit plan will lead to…

Representatives from thirty states and the District of Columbia participated in the Fifth Annual Conference of the Association of Community College Trustees. Written and compiled by Journalism students at Portland Community College, this report presents highlights of the conference addresses and workshops, and interviews with participants, in a…

This 55th annual report on collegiate enrollments examinies the statistics, and presents interpretations and trends in four-year and related institutions of higher education. Of 1,457 responding institutions in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and related territories, there were 4,731,376 full-time and 1,922,975 part-time students, a 6,654,351 grand total…