Financial, educational, and political accountability issues involved in the Disadvantaged Schools Program, initiated by the Schools Commission to improve the learning outcomes of children from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds in Australia, are the focus of this paper. Consideration is given to the views of the Commission in its published…

The quality of college programs at 13 U.S. military bases and the activities of various agencies for maintaining quality control were evaluated. Based on site visits to military bases in the continental United States and Hawaii in 1978, some academic programs appeared to have few standards and practices that promote quality. It is claimed that…

The research methodology of a study to assess 1980-1981 award accuracy of the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG), or Pell grants, is described. The study is the first stage of a three-stage quality control project. During the spring of 1981 a nationally representative sample of 305 public, private, and proprietary institutions was…

Six support systems for black higher education that are needed to achieve educational equity for black Americans are assessed, and recommendations for national program objectives are offered. The six support systems are: federal policy toward black colleges, a research base, a human resource system support, dealing with socioeconomic and…

The proceedings of the 1978 Legislative Work Conference of the Southern Regional Education Board include eight essays on higher education. In the first essay, "Financing Higher Education in the 1980's: Fewer Students, More Dollars?," Lyman A. Glenny outlines nine issues that may affect fixed and variable costs for higher education. In…

As part of an effort to include student educational objectives in the institutional planning process, a Student Goals Inventory (SGI) was administered during registration in Fall 1979 to the total population of students enrolled in credit courses at Florida Keys Community College. The SGI requested students to rank order the importance of goal…

Ways that higher education institutions can improve their compliance procedures in responding to external requests for reports and information are addressed. Institutional officers must first determine how the data will be used by the external agency. By questioning how the requested information will be used, a determination can be made of what…

A research report on financial aid to maritime student (those in the Maritime Provinces) enrolled in postsecondary education in Canada is presented in English and French versions. The study was designed to: (1) prepare a historical perspective of and rationale for programs of financial assistance to students; (2) review and compare existing…

The effectiveness and efficiency of procedures employed by the federal government and participating education institutions to operate and manage the campus based and Basic Educational Opportunity Grant assistance programs are evaluated. Information was obtained by mail surveys of 756 colleges and universities. An overview is presented of the…

This conference was organized around four policy concerns: (1) the needs of handicapped, gifted, and bilingual students; (2) the use of test results to allocate federal compensatory education funds; (3) the validity of minimum competency testing; and (4) the demand for increasingly sophisticated evaluations. Garry L. McDaniels discussed the…

A summary is presented of the Austin Independent School District's demonstration bilingual project, which is funded under Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The purpose of the five-year project is (1) to build up the district's capacity to implement bilingual education through staff development, curriculum development, and…

This paper offers an overview of three previous studies based on surveys of almost 1000 Ontario parents, 3500 teachers, and over 6100 students; each of which monitors the participants' experience with and attitudes towards the system of education. The intention of the overview is to assimilate the findings of the previous research into a single…

This paper explores the way educators are accountable for achieving success in early childhood education. The letters QRS stand for the goals educators should have. The first goal should be to develop a questioning, open attitude and an inquiring mind. The R's are respect for self and respect for others. Educators and our society have failed…

Work experience programs in secondary schools were examined to determine the costs and benefits associated with them. Data on students in these programs were compared with data on students with nonschool-supervised jobs and students with no jobs. Characteristics and experiences of current and former students were compared. A random sample was…

A system for evaluating and monitoring child development projects, with possible computerization capabilities, was developed for the State of Pennsylvania in connection with 26 child development projects funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission. The Ecological Monitoring Information System (EMIS), provides a series of ecological measurement…