The American Indian policy of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is Indian self-determination. The budget for fiscal year (FY) 1975 reflects Indian involvement and participation in the budget planning decisions of the BIA. Therefore, the budget includes a new line item, "Direct Indian Operations." This line item appears in each of the…

The presentation reviews selected developments in inter-organizational cooperation and coordination at the local, State, and national levels in order to provide a basis for identifying major questions and issues faced by the National Council of Urban Administrators of Adult Education (NCUAAE) as they strive for synergy in adult education. Trends…

Chapters cover: (1) tuition grants--philosophy and purposes; (2) committee members and staff; (3) statutory authority for the agency; (4) history of the agency; (5) program administered by the agency; (6) expenditures and resources. Appendices cover: (1) full-time student enrollments; (2) freshman enrollments; (3) South Carolina residents…

This paper describes the network coordination for the Health, Education, Telecommunications (HET) system. Specifically, it discusses HET network performance as a function of a specially-developed coordination system which was designed to link terrestrial equipment to satellite operations centers. Because all procedures and equipment developed for…

To establish a base for the development of new educational programs for older adults, a survey was conducted of personnel in 150 community colleges across the country to elicit information and perceptions concerning the following issues: (1) the content and scope of current educational programs for elders; (2) the nature of the developmental…

Based on Edumund Brunner's three studies of 140 U.S. agricultural villages (1924, 1930, and 1936, 13 of Brunner's New York communities were examined in 1974 to determined in 1974 to determine changes in: (1) population between 1920 and 1970, (2) Dun and Bradstreet business listings between 1921 and 1970 (employment opportunities); (3) community…

This publication accompanies the textbook entitled "Civil Aviation and Facilities," published in the Aerospace Education II series. It provides teacher guidelines with regard to objectives (traditional and behavioral), suggested outlines, orientation, suggested key points, suggestions for teaching, instructional aids, projects, and…

Of the 31 migrant projects funded in fiscal year 1974 (FY 74), 27 (11 regular term and 16 summer term) were classroom programs. There were 365 children enrolled during the regular term and 1,601 during the summer. Children were recruited through: visits by school personnel to the migrant camps, information supplied by other project participants,…

During fiscal year 1975, 4 school attendance centers were operated: (1) Migrant Action Program, Mason City; (2) Reinbeck Community, Reinbeck; (3) Muscatine Community, Muscatine; and (4) Muscatine-Scott County, serving Muscatine and West Liberty schools. Although each local educational agency (LEA) approached the migrant child's educational…

Affirmative action was intended as the vehicle to bring about equal opportunities for minorities, including the Hispanics who had been for the most part effectively shut out from full participation in higher education. After more than a decade of affirmative action, there has been little noticeable improvement for the Hispanic in higher education,…

The report helps to define problems and delineate available and needed services for older residents of the DuPage County area. The report contains a summary of Senator Charles H. Percy's keynote address, a brief discussion of a slide presentation, and a summary of an address, "Understanding the Older Adult", by Dr. Bernice Neugarten, University of…

After five years existence of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), the training programs at the various centers and projects are beginning to create an impact on educational development in Southeast Asia. Graduates from the SEAMEO centers have made substantive contributions in various fields of specialization in their…

Presenting evaluations of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) implementation of the School Management Option Project, a project designed to further American Indian control of schools and elevated to the status of Presidential/Secretarial Objective (P/SO) in 1974, this report includes separate evaluations by the National Indian Training and…

The proceedings of the tenth joint meeting of the State and National Advisory Councils on Vocational Education, held in May, 1974, is presented. The agenda and highlights of the meeting are provided. The major part of the document consists of the texts of speeches presented during the meeting. Kenneth Hoyt discussed the relationship between career…

Comprehensive mental health programs should be designed on the basis of identified mental health needs and locally established priorities so that the resulting combination of services is geared to the specific and unique requirements of the catchment area. In addition to being comprehensive, local programs should be physically accessible, ensure…