The objectives, procedures, and recipients of the Danforth and Kent Fellowships are reviewed in a report based on questionnaires, letters, and interviews. The background and philosophy, along with selection and award procedures, of the foundation are outlined, followed by a description of the methodology of the study. Details of the fellows…

Education vouchers are a means of providing money directly to parents enabling them to pay for their children's education at the school of their choice, public or private. Three important ground rules are part of the present proposal: (1) no school should be able to charge parents tuition in addition to the voucher amount, thus preventing…

A survey was made of evening program policies and practices at 64 private institutions, 26 state universities, eight state colleges, and nine junior colleges. Aspects considered were admission policies; titles of divisions, schools, or colleges; faculty recruitment and responsibility; scheduling; fees; research; general policies; and public…

A study was made of the total undergraduate dropout rate at the University of Wyoming for the 1963-64 school year, personal and background characteristics of academically able dropouts, reasons for discontinuance, plans for continuing formal education, the number of dropouts transferring to other institutions of higher educations and their reasons…

This report of Senate committee hearings on legislation to amend Title 38 of the United States Code concerning education and training for veterans contains testimony by senators, educators, and other interested parties, news releases and other background information, and the text of the nine proposed amendments. Such aspects as funding and costs,…

This document presents 700 key tables from the thousands of tabulations made by Government agencies, private surveys, and extensive research projects, comments on their significance to the history and economy of higher education, and provides guidance to their sources. The 28 chapters cover questions relating to undergraduate and graduate student…

This document contains statements by educators, religious groups, government officials, constitutional experts, and concerned citizens and groups on various legislative proposals to provide aid to elementary and secondary education. The proposals would (1) provide payments to the States for elementary and secondary education, (2) redress…

The Maryland State Board for Higher Education publishes this annual report to disseminate information on admission's requirements, tuition and fees, program offerings, and financial aid available to Maryland citizens seeking educational opportunities beyond high school. It provides a description of state and federal financial aid programs, the…

This report looks at the affordability of public 4-year post-secondary education in 50 US States and 10 Canadian provinces. Public 4-year post-secondary education was found to be more affordable in the United States on five of the six affordability measures in the report; on the sixth, the two countries were tied. In general, in the United States…

This paper examines the shortcomings of the existing federal system for providing student financial aid and evaluates the use of tuition tax credits and expanded Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) two of the largest educational provisions contained in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. It finds that tuition is continuing to rise, college…

This publication describes student financial assistance programs available through the U.S. Department of Education's student financial aid programs. Thirteen sections focus on: "Education after High School"; "Paying Tuition and Other Costs"; "Applying for Financial Aid"; "Eligibility Criteria";…

This presentation identifies six areas of common interest between the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) and the Citizens Commission on Higher Education: (1) California needs to plan more effectively for the anticipated enrollment growth, particularly at the community college level; (2) the State ought to create a long-term…

This report contains and analyzes statistical information about the financing of California postsecondary education from 1965-66 through 2000-01. It also presents financial and enrollment information on California public elementary and secondary education as well as information on state government in general. An introduction presents changes in…

This report presents the statistics of 670 universities, colleges, and professional schools for the school year 1919-20. Of this number 109 institutions are under public and 561 are under private control. Only 82 institutions reporting were independent professional schools. Altogether there were 104 schools of theology, 107 schools of law, 77…

The scope of this work has been indicated through the title. There were in New Netherland both Dutch and English settlements; the schools of the former only are included in the study. For a long time after the English took over the colony, the Dutch clung to their language and customs. The effort herein made is to trace the history of these Dutch…