How can children, disadvantaged as well as middle-class, be taught cognitive skills through the medium of television? This is the question Richard Polsky addresses in describing the planning and early development (1966-1968) of the Children's Television Workshop. An examination of the period prior to the public announcement of the project tells…

Recognizing the lack of any adequate media resources in Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools, this Department of the Interior report recommends the mandatory placement of an educational media specialist in all areas where there are such schools. The media program, which would use new funds, could be established by fiscal 1975. Further…

Statistics showing the lack of minority workers in the health occupations and in national health schools emphasize the need for more minority students in this field. A brief overview of what to expect in the way of cost of continued education is followed by a discussion of possibilities for financial assistance. The final five pages list public…

The activities of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) for the Fiscal Year 1973, which ended June 30, 1973, are reported. An open letter from the president of CTW summarizes the Workshop's previous successes, its goals, and its financial situation and difficulties. Following this, the major elements of CTW's research and development laboratory…

A review is presented of the first two years of free public access programing on New York City's cable television (CATV) systems. The report provides some background information on franchising, public access to CATV in New York City, and Federal Communications Commission regulations. It also deals with the public access programing developed; it…

The 1970 Annual Credit and Financing Report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs describes the financing available for economic advancement of American Indians. Specific programs and their results are cited in such areas as housing, small business, agriculture, and education. The appendix contains 41 tables which include information such as loans made,…

The purpose of this study was to determine what has happened, is happening and should or may happen to doctoral programs in speech. The study included a review of doctoral education in America and a discussion of early standards and policies. The 44-year period of the doctorate in speech, 1922-1965, was reported with special attention to the early…

A 20-item questionnaire was mailed to 1,032 prospective Continuing Education and Community Service agencies in Oregon. Two follow-up mailings plus interviews helped to produce a 77.8% return and the identification of 176 public and private and school and nonschool agencies. The purpose of the investigation was to ascertain what course and allied…

Ten articles on various aspects of educational finance programs comprise this document, volume four of the NEFP series. Volume one of this series deals with educational needs, volume two with economic factors in educational finance, and volume three with educational planning and finance. The material in this volume provides valuable information on…

This report is a compilation of statistics on minority group enrollment, housing, and financial aid at the institutions under the program at the State University of New York from 1969 through 1971. The report contains data on the minority group status of full-time credit course students only. With few exceptions, the proportion of minority…

This report is the first part of a two-part study designed to measure the training impact of employment under National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants on graduate students and postdoctorals in training status. Using the NIH Research Grant Manpower Survey as a data base, hypotheses were investigated dealing with the relationship of…

In October of each year, the Research and Statistics Section of the South Dakota Department of Public Welfare studies the racial makeup of its recipients to report on the proportion of American Indians, the state's largest minority group (32,402 or 4.9% of the state's population according to the 1970 census), receiving assistance under state…

The study concerns Federal Indian Law--its social origins, its historical growth and direction, and its effectiveness among the 3 affiliated tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara) of the Ft. Berthold American Indian Reservation (population total 2,750, with a birth rate of 40 per 1,000 and a death rate of 9 per 1,000) located in North Dakota. It is…

Career education is a comprehensive effort to prepare all students for a successful participation in our society by increasing their options for career choice and by enhancing learning in all subjects and at all levels of education. To fund these endeavors will require additional financial support for all schools. Local, State, and Federal funds…

The progress of 584 Community Service and Continuing Education Programs for fiscal year 1971 is the subject of this sixth annual report. Tables reflect the monies expended and institutions participating in programs authorized under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Other charts show the projects by geographic area, expenditures by…