This report analyzes questionnaire item responses from the teacher questionnaire administered as part of the Educational Opportunities Survey (EOS). The analyses were conducted (1) to present the number and percent of teachers responding to each questionnaire item alternative, (2) to determine the number of teachers who failed to answer each…

In this second edition of a NY State Education Department publication devoted to higher educational opportunity, the title of the newsletter has changed from COLLEGIATE NEWSLETTER ON THE DISADVANTAGED to the EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FORUM. The change reflects more clearly the broader emphasis that should be placed on efforts to extend the reach of…

The design of new careers involves technical and strategic considerations and commitment on the part of employers that transforms dead-end jobs into opportunities for growth and makes the technical and strategic guidelines relevant. Technical guidelines include (1) titling positions to reflect commitment to a career, (2) using selection procedures…

Although the old distinctions between public and private institutions of higher education are becoming blurred, 1 major difference remains: for traditional and political reasons, public universities have responded to the demand for greatly expanded enrollments whereas private universities have restricted enrollments. In recent years, all…

This address focuses on the topic of open admissions and its implications for policies and procedures. A discussion, defining terms like excellence, equality, and open admissions, initiates a brief examination of issues such as institution-based and individual-based barriers to posesecondary schooling, the organization of college admissions--its…

The Educational Amendments Act of 1972 authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to improve postsecondary educational opportunities by providing assistance to educational institutions and agencies for a broad range of reforms and innovations. To implement this authority, the Secretary has established the Fund for the Improvement…

The document contains the full text of the bill introduced by Mr. Mondale on Nov. 3, 1975, which was referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. The act may be cited as the Women's Vocational Education Amendments of 1975. It presents several amendments to the Vocational Education Act of 1963 that will offer women more opportunities to…

This document supplies a detailed rationale for four principal recommendations: (1) that the campus revise, adapt, or develop selected programs in keeping with open-education patterns, thereby making educational opportunities more readily available to significant constituencies not presently being served; (2) that campus departments schedule more…

The rationale for conducting programs for the adult women who are seeking an "educational course of action" is based on the discontinuities in life styles experienced by women which make it extremely difficult and frustrating for them to contribute their talents to society. Personal characteristics of the women in a non-credit exploration course…

This report presents a proposal for the establishment of the Educational Opportunity Bank as an agency of the Federal Government, authorized to borrow money at going government rates, and to lend money to postsecondary students regardless of the student's resources. The Bank is to recoup the loans through annual payments collected in conjunction…

The document reports on the various services rendered by several State Departments and Divisions to the 8 Indian Reservations (Cattaraugus, Onandaga, St. Regis, Tonawanda, Tuscarora, Shinnecock, Poospatuck, and Allegany Reservations) in the geographical boundaries of New York State. A summary of existing services and future service considerations…

Curriculums offered, student enrollment, and number of agricultural faculty members are listed for each of the 243 institutions in the United States offering technical education programs in agriculture at the post-secondary level in the academic year 1968-1969. The name, address, and telephone number of the institution and the name of the chief of…

A number of Maryland institutes have inaugurated an associate professional continuum, or latticework in mental health. The programs are designedly generalist in character, aiming at the preparation of persons competent to work in a variety of clinical settings. Job assignments and degree of clinical responsibility reflect many factors, level of…

The adaptation of American Indians to the urban society of Dallas, Texas, is discussed by a Baptist minister who spent 5 months informally studying the problem. The author cites 3 basic adjustment patterns found to exist. First, there are those Indians who desire to forget their past values and devote all attention toward achieving success by…

This report marks the conclusion of a special project supported by the Carnegie Corporation as an integral part of the Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) commitment to provide full opportunity for blacks in postsecondary education. The summary report includes a brief account of a writing conference which dealt with seven questions: (1)…