THE MAJOR PURPOSES OF THE LAW WERE TO STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TO EXPAND THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NATION THROUGH THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963, AND TO EXTEND FOR 3 YEARS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT OF 1958 AND PUBLIC LAWS 815 AND 874. IT AUTHORIZED INCREASED FEDERAL GRANTS TO…

The 35 predominantly Negro public colleges and universities in the US receive an average of less than 1% of their income from private sources. Since public institutions are excluded from the United Negro College Fund, these colleges depend on state governments, tuition and student fees, auxiliary enterprises such as dormitories and bookstores, and…

This report presents intercorrelations and factor analyses of items from the principal questionnaire administered as part of the Educational Opportunities Survey (EOS). The correlations among selected items from the questionnaire were computed (1) to display their interrelationships, (2) to document them for other researchers, and (3) to serve as…

Lax grading standards, declining test scores, opposition to collective bargaining legislation, the trend toward job-related majors, the end of the open admissions policy at the City University of New York--these and other issues recently appearing in the news media reflect a loss of public confidence in the value of higher education. This loss of…

The 9th session of the Ad Hoc Conference on the Education of Migrants had 3 themes. Theme I was "measures to improve the position of immigrants and their families, primarily in respect of their educational circumstances, at the time of arrival in the host country." The second theme was "measures to secure satisfactory educational…

"Postsecondary" education, that is, education beyond the 12th-grade level, includes vocational, technical, trade, and business schools as well as two- and four-year colleges. The institutions may be public, private, or proprietary. Emphasis on the wide spectrum stems from a national tenet--that there is honor and dignity in work whether…

This recital of the status of the several components of the Florida Plan for Equalizing Educational Opportunity in Public Higher Education is descriptive of some of its developments to about March 1975. The plan projected its greatest impact on desegregation as occuring within the first two years of its five-year course, but with the continuing…

This report begins with a summary of its major points which include: (1) expansion of higher education opportunities in Illinois, (2) elimination of financial problems as barriers to higher education, (3) increasing tuition only for those who can afford it, (4) increasing tuition gradually so that the impact on attendance patterns can be assessed,…

This report is divided in four parts. Part I deals with the effects of federal aid to higher education on class inequality, racial inequality, inequality of opportunity, social mobility and the distribution of degrees. Part II proposes a strategy of cross-commitment to three developments: (1) a year of national service; (2) greater protection of…

The financial crisis for institutions of higher education is deepening. Higher tuition rates may be one of the answers, but this would exclude even more young people from attending college because of inability to pay, at a time when greater equality of opportunity in higher education has become an important goal. Federal support has helped but not…

The Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) of New York State provides grants to institutions of higher learning for the recruitment and education of economically and educationally disadvantaged students who, though not admissible by traditional criteria, have potential for successfully completing a college degree program. This report…

This paper examines the present efforts of colleges and universities to offer educational opportunity to disadvantaged students, briefly reviews some of the studies in this area, and recommends guidelines for planning and implementing educational opportunity programs. The Coleman study clearly documented the problem of educational deprivation;…

This report focuses on the goals, agenda, and policies for access and success within higher education for an increasingly diverse student population. Studies show that access to higher education is often determined by parental income, ethnic origin, proximity to an institution of higher education, and quality of early education. The Commission…

Intended as a practical guide, this British booklet concentrates on characteristics of office supervisors, analysis of job features and training needs, steps in planning and launching programs, forms of internal and external supervisory training, programed instruction and other training techniques, recordkeeping and overall program direction, and…

This survey was undertaken to determine what programs are needed for disadvantaged students at the college level, what programs are underway in New York State, and the primary considerations of persons and institutions operating such programs. Of 167 schools contacted, 86 of the 134 that responded had programs at pre-college or college levels.…