Berea College is dedicated to providing an education to Appalachia's bright but poor students and to the goal of interracial education. In addition to a no-tuition policy, all students are given paying jobs. (Author/PG)

Among the ambitious programs in workers' education sponsored by Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are high school equivalency programs, college scholarships, tuition assistance, and overseas travel-study tours. Focus is on the critical thinking seminars offered at the union's Long Island retreat. (JMD)

In view of New Jersey's history of diffidence with regard to education in general, Governor Brendan Byrne and higher education Chancellor Ralph A. Dungan in early 1974 named a Commission on Financing Postsecondary Education. Its "free market" fiscal plan calls for reduction of institutional subsidies and increased direct student…

Through its own Education and Training Center, and in cooperation with neighboring colleges, Tektronix, Inc. of Oregon, is able to offer employees two basic types of educational programs: the in-house program and the college degree program. (JMD)

A new source of students, workers eligible for tuition aid plans offered as incentives or negotiated by unions, is seen as a significant development for higher education. Some worker education programs are described. Low participation rates are seen as the result of lack of information. (MLW)