What is the current position of higher education among national priorities? Three different comparisons are examined to establish a frame of reference to assess where higher education stands with respect to the total commitment of the federal government. The total commitment is compared with the level of support for higher education in earlier…

The Policy Committee of the Upper Midwest Regional Interstate Project saw a need to inform the State Education Agencies (SEAs) concerning the implications of federal program indirect costs. The Indirect Cost Workshop was established to develop communication concerning the problems between the United States Office of Education (USOE), SEAs, and…

This monograph contains papers that deal in considerable detail with the major problems and proposals that are most frequently cited in discussions about the finance of higher education. The report is divided into four sections. Section 1: The Economic and Social Background, includes papers by Theodore W. Schultz on economic issues, by Mary Jean…

Postsecondary education in the United States is in a state of financial crisis. The two reasons for this are: (1) the college age population increased at a rate of 4.2 percent per year during the 1960's; and (2) during the 1960's the locus of growth in the number of years of formal education completed by the young shifted from secondary to…

This report provides a summary of the allocation of R&D funds and manpower among the four sectors of the economy - Federal Government, industry, universities and colleges, and other nonprofit institutions. R&D funding data include basic research, applied research, and development over the period 1953-76. Time-series data on R&D…

The major legislative goals of the National Education Association are outlined. (JD)

Reports congressional action on the projected FY 1977 National Science Foundation (NSF) budget, the background and need for a federal science education policy, and probable emphasis in future NSF projects based upon the current proposed appropriations. (SL)

Economics is an applied social science whose technical formulations are embedded in a political, social, historical, and cultural matrix. It is the responsibility of educators to understand and to keep abreast of the nation's changing political economy. (IW)

The governors of the states of Tennessee, Utah, Arkansas, South Carolina, and Texas were interviewed on educational reform in their states. Their interviews show agreement in seven areas relating to educational reform. Presents excerpts from the interviews focusing on six questions. (MD)

The United States Office of Education, in cooperation with the Alliance for Arts Education of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, is administering a program of grants and contracts to encourage and assist the establishment of arts education programs. Guidelines for qualifying for a grant or contact are provided. (Author/RK)

Addresses two general topics: the future direction of the economy and the basic decisions that must be made about the essential goals and objectives of education. (Available from The Ontario Council for Leadership in Educational Administration, Suite N1201, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V5, Canada.) (Author/IRT)

This January 2002 issue of "Federal Literacy Facts" contains the following sections: (1) The Skills and Learning Agenda; (2) Budget 2001; (3) Coming Soon: Green Paper on Skills and Learning; and (4) Ensuring a Strong Response from the Literacy Community.

The Federal Government's current attitude toward public education is not conducive to adequate funding for education or to efficient expenditure of those monies which it provides. More important, it is a barrier to the orderly delivery of educational services and shortchanges both school children and taxpayers. (Author/JN)

The Action Committee for Higher Education--a coalition of 19 Washington-based higher education groups that serves as a national information clearinghouse on student aid, keeping students, parents, the news media, campus officials, and others informed about the Reagan Administration's student aid proposals--is described. (MLW)

The National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education has rejected calls for federal intervention to reduce college costs, but warned that if institutions do not control costs, the government will be forced to intervene, which could destroy academic quality. While colleges appreciate the panel's sensitivity to college autonomy, some observers…