The laws covered in this report were initiated as part of a federal policy of assisting school districts financially burdened as a result of new or expanded federal activities. Public Law 81-874 authorizes financial assistance for maintenance and operation of schools to local education agencies. Public Law 81-815 authorizes federal financial…

About 150 educators, administrators, and officials of public and private educational agencies took part in three days of discussions that focused on equal opportunity and the related issues of: (1) access, placement, and retention; (2) black colleges; (3) standardized tests; (4) needed change in white attitudes; (5) open admissions; (6)…

Special remarks, reports, and presentations from the anniversary meeting are offered. Topics covered include: advice to students and teachers; teaching in hard times; the arts and the campus; esthetic education: dialogue about the musical experience; affirmative action; the Greek connection; the 31-note equal tuning of Nicola Vincentino;…

As part of a discussion of academic planning for the future decades, a proposition is offered that there is little likelihood that any good ideas advanced at the conference can be adopted, and bad changes will be made, unless ways are developed for higher education professionals to approach each other more effectively. An example is cited from…

The problem of this conference panel was to develop means (strategies, materials, techniques) by which children of cultural and linguistic minority groups can learn to read and communicate effectively in English as well as in the language or dialect of their respective group. The six areas of approach, as outlined in this panel report, are:…

Program operations from July 1, 1973 to June 30, 1975 are reported that deal with four Federal and four State programs of direct benefit to postsecondary education in Iowa. The current biennium has seen a 45 percent growth in State-funded financial assistance for Iowa postsecondary students. State funds invested in scholarships, grants, and…

A report on the Education Satellite Communication Demonstration (ESCD) describes activities of the evaluators during the first quarter of 1975, including staff trips and site visits and activities of various staff members. A calendar of future events in satellites, telecommunications, and education is included, with revision on dates and new…

Twenty-eight mature women were recruited from the community and trained in a 21 category observation code of family interaction. Observers were assigned randomly to three experimental groups and given different expectancy rationales about the outcomes of the studies for which they would be collecting data. All groups were told they would be…

Papers presented at the third annual conference on post-secondary paraprofessional education held at Pennsylvania State University in November 1971 centered around the human service occupations. This rapidly developing area of paraprofessional education will offer increasing job opportunities in the future in health, social service activities, and…

The overview serves as an introduction to seven evaluation reports produced for the Occupational Exploration Program (OEP), a joint developmental effort of the Center for Vocational Education, Ohio State University, and the Jefferson County, Colorado public schools. The 1973-74 project was designed to provide occupational exploration experiences…

The report documents the results of a 1967 survey of health professionals in the four-State Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Mountain States Regional Medical Program (MS/RMP). Addressed to health professionals in each of the four States--Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming--the survey focuses primarily on the…

The 1974 Ohio Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services was the first in a series of meetings mandated by the Long Range Program for the Improvement of Library Services developed by the State Library Board to give citizens a voice in the future of their libraries. Information was gathered on the kinds of libraries--school,…

Comparison studies were made of the academic progress of junior college transfers, four-year college transfers, and continuous juniors (natives) at the University of Illinois, as measured by mean GPA, academic status, and continued enrollment through the two years after transfer; of the performance after transfer with that before transfer on the…

Six reports from a workshop of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) members establish the framework for the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation project on creativity of the school. The reports reflect the workshop's goals to establish priorities for further study and to identify contributions and benefits of…

The reports of Working Committees 1 and 2 of the 1974 Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages focus on teacher training for and implementation of student-centered foreign language programs. These two reports are divided into chapters on: (1) preservice, inservice, and self-service teacher training; (2) program implementation; (3)…