During the fall of 1974, the Higher Education Panel of the American Council on Education conducted a survey of continuing education opportunities available to professional scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who are employed full-time in industry and government. The survey sought to gain information on the nature and extent of offerings…

In a speech to Australian and New Zealand teachers of the visually handicapped the author stresses the importance of educating deaf blind persons regardless of the severity of their handicaps, illustrating his point with three case histories. The deaf blind are viewed under the following five headings: the highly educable (who have college…

The proceedings of a workshop on the growth of Southeast Asian universities emphasize the problems attendant to this growth; for example, expansion versus consolidation of higher education, and mass versus selective higher education. Papers concerned with university growth focus on various countries: Indonesia, Khmer Republic, Laos, Vietnam,…

This booklet presents background material and current facts about the 34 US public Negro colleges and universities that have provided educational opportunities in 19 Southern and border states for able and deserving black students at generally low costs for over 100 years. Because of steady improvement in educational quality, a constantly…

The pamphlet surveys the present status of the Indians (Iroquois League consisting of Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas and Tuscaroras; and also tribes of Shinnecocks and Poospatucks) in New York and the public services made available to them through various governmental units. A historical background of the various tribes relates the…

This is a four-part study designed to describe programs aiding minority or low income students at various institutions of higher learning in California, both public and private. Findings, major questions, and recommendations are summarized after the preface. Chapter One provides an introduction to the problem and furnishes background information…

This document presents a description and preliminary evaluation of a pilot project involving Gorham State College and the Poland Spring Job Corps Center for Women in a cooperative program designed to enlarge student teacher opportunities for working with disadvantaged students and to explore potentialities of Job Corps trainees in higher…

Guidance needs of Mexican American students, as seen at the First Invitational Conference on Guidance Needs of Mexican American Youth, are examined in 6 major papers. Specific guidance needs in areas related to home environment, family income, and language handicap are presented in the introduction. The second part includes 2 major reports on…

The focus of this report is on shared services in the rural setting. The kit contains three documents of useful information for any school planning a shared service activity to improve rural education. 13-A identifies 215 shared services in 50 states along with an indexing of each service by subject area and by state. 13-B is a series of 10…

The Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York (CUNY) presents in this document a critique of the open admissions policy at CUNY. If open admissions students were given a reasonable opportunity for collegiate success, then retention rates would lose much of their significance in evaluating the programs at the CUNY. But…

A sample of adults in Vermont were surveyed by questionnaires to determine interest in, or aspirations for, postsecondary education; motivating forces which create these aspirations, perceived obstacles which might discourage participation, preferences for sponsoring institutions, and location of instruction. A second concern of the study was the…

This report describes the Minneapolis Auxiliary Personnel Program, 1971-72, which is designed to provide better educational assistance and services to eligible, educationally disadvantaged students. Following a brief description of the city of Minneapolis and its schools, the report describes the students who are eligible for the program--students…

Policies for higher education are under active consideration in most countries. A major issue in such policies in the seventies will be the setting up of structures adapted to a stage of development that has either been or is at the point of being reached in most countries, that of transition to mass higher education. To discuss a number of major…

The common goals of Michigan education are grouped into four areas. The goals in the first area, citizenship and morality, deal with morality, citizenship and social responsibility, and rights and responsibilities of students. The goals in the second area, democracy and equal opportunity, deal with equality of educational opportunity, education of…

Over the past several years, the universities of Ontario have made a gigantic effort under the direction of the Committee of Presidents of Universities of Ontario (CPUO) to provide quality higher education for all qualified students. This document presents a review of the activities of the CPUO prior to 1966, a discussion of the highlights of…