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DUNCAN, JAMES A.; AND OTHERS – 1967
LEADERSHIP IN AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF NEW NATIONS CAN BE PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITIES, FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF THE LAND GRANT COLLEGES OF THE UNITED STATES. THREE ROLES ARE SUGGESTED FOR UNIVERSITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES--(1) THE EDUCATION OF AGRICULTURISTS, VETERINARIANS, AND TECHNICIANS WHO CAN APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO FARM…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Developing Nations, Educational Philosophy
Duryea, E. D. – 1979
In a discussion of the development of higher education in America, its European roots are traced to provide a historical perspective to some current issues. The paper examines the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment in relation to the influence that each of these historical periods had on the first colleges and universities in this…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Christianity, Colleges, Cultural Influences
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, DC. Office of Communications Services. – 1979
A survey of student charges at state universities and land grant colleges shows that the percentage rise of median undergraduate tuition and fees is less than the percentage rise of the consumer price index, that non-resident tuition is up almost 10 percent, that New England has the highest median regional student cost, and that resident medical…
Descriptors: College Housing, Cost Indexes, Dentistry, Fees
Haughey, Charles F. – 1978
The evolution, operation, and evaluation of the State Dissemination Grants Program are described. This collaborative effort between the National Institute of Education (NIE) and the State Education Agencies (SEA's) is the third stage in a program development process begun by NIE in 1970 as one of five elements in a dissemination capacity building…
Descriptors: Activities, Agency Cooperation, Background, Coordination
Atkinson, Richard C. – 1976
In a discussion of the crisis in graduate education in the sciences and engineering, focus is on factors that threaten American capability to produce world-class science in universities. While finances play a part, the causes are basically structural--the rigidity of university faculties, stemming from a significant expansion in tenured positions,…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Declining Enrollment, Engineering Education
Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1968
The Advisory Council reviews the administration of programs funded under Title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen State departments of education, and makes recommendations for the future development of State educational agencies through comprehensive educational planning. Topics covered include (1) staffing…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Grants, Program Administration, Program Development
Steiger, JoAnn M.; Szanton, Eleanor S. – 1977
This report presents the findings of the investigation, conducted by the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs, on how federal programs affect girls and women. The council investigated the extent to which the Education Division of HEW has used the tools available to it (including enforcement of Title IX of the Education…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices, Federal Aid
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1978
The resource paper serves as a guide to selected financial aid information for women students. While some of the resources and programs described apply to graduate and graduate students of both sexes, many are geared toward the needs of older women, returning students, minority women, and those in professional and technical programs. Presently…
Descriptors: Directories, Federal Aid, Females, Financial Support
Feingold, S. Norman; Feingold, Marie – 1977
Like the fifth volume of this series, Volume VI provides information about scholarships, loans, fellowships, grants, and awards that are not controlled by school. Material that appeared in Volume V is not duplicated here. For each aid fund listed, information is detailed in these categories: Qualifications; Funds Available; Special Fields of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, College Students, Directories
Lind, Marshall L. – 1973
This document presents a longitudinal view of the Student Loan Program and the Tuition Grant Program, including both statistical and survey information. Tables one to three contain statistical information on the 1972-73 and 1973-74 Student Loan Programs. Tables four and five cover statistical information on Tuition Grants for 1972-73 and 1973-74.…
Descriptors: Costs, Degrees (Academic), Educational Finance, Enrollment
Rusbar, Alice M.; And Others – 1975
The Institutional Research Office at Delgado College (Louisiana) developed a campus-based mini-grant program awarding funds to individual faculty members proposing projects to improve instruction. Inservice workshops assisted the faculty in grant-writing and research development skills before grant proposals were solicited. Criteria for acceptance…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Incentive Grants, Inservice Education, Institutional Research
Batmale, Louis F. – 1975
The San Francisco Community College District has responded to the characteristics and needs of the city's diverse subcultures and ethnic groups by establishing organizational structures which have ultimately caused accreditation problems. Following separation from the San Francisco Unified School District in 1970, the Community College District…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Education
Miele, Madeline, Ed.; And Others – 1976
The twenty-first edition of the Bowker Annual serves as an almanac, handbook, and fact finder for the library and publishing fields. The first section, "Reports from National Associations and Agencies," summarizes the 1975 activities of 14 organizations. The second part, "Developments in Librarianship and Publishing," features articles on the…
Descriptors: Books, Directories, Federal Legislation, Grants
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Research and Development. – 1973
The Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) of 1962 established a "small" grants program for the support of dissertation research of candidates for the Ph.D. degree whose topics are related to manpower. The report presents the budget details of the awards in 1972; total grant proposals submitted; the geographical distribution of…
Descriptors: Awards, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Educational Finance
Pastore, John O. – 1976
Report No. 94-813 from the Senate Committee on Commerce submitted legislation which has the following principal purposes: (1) to expand and perfect with certain amendments, the matching program for construction of noncommercial educational radio and television broadcasting facilities; (2) to authorize to be appropriated $7,500,000 for the fiscal…
Descriptors: Community Services, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Educational Facilities
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