Matching Requirements None. Who May Receive Federal Aid Institutions of higher education. Application Procedure Institutions of higher education may obtain A Manual for the Preparation of Proposals issued by the Office of Education. Using it as a guide, the institution prepares its proposal or proposals for institutes and then submits the material to the Office. After decisions are made, the Office announces the program in the fall. Elementary and secondary school teachers and those supervising or training teachers of the arts and humanities then request application forms from the director of the institute in which they are interested. They submit their applications to the appropriate director who selects participants according to criteria established by the institution of higher education in agreement with the Office of Education. Developments During the Past Year The enabling legislation was enacted after the olote of fiscal year 1965, with initial authorization being for fiscal year 1966. Legal Basis Public Law 89-209 (National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965), September 29, 1965, section 13 (79 Stat. 855)--20 U.S.C. 962. Additional information may be obtained from the Division of Educational Personnel Training, Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D. C. 20202. TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES FOR ADVANCED STUDY: HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS Purpose 1. To arrange through grants or contracts, with institutions of higher education for the operation by them within the United States of short-term or regular session institutes for advanced study of the humanities and the arts, including study in the use of new materials. 2. To improve the qualification of individuals engaged in or preparing to engage in the teaching or supervising or training of teachers, of such subjects as will, in the judgment of the U.S. Commissioner of Education, after consultation with the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, strengthen the teaching of the humanities and the arts in elementary and secondary schools. The program is authorized by Public Law 89-209; namely, the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965. That legislation also established the Foundation and included within it a National Endowment for the Arts and a National Endowment for the Humanities with each Endowment headed by a Chairman. It defined the term "State" to include "in addition to the several States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands." 1/ Public Law 89-309 of October 31, 1965, appropriated $1,000,000 (79 Stat. Io) to carry out sections 12 (financial assistance for strengthening instruction in the humanities and the arts) and 13 (teacher training institutes) of Public Law 89-209, which authorized $500,000 for each program. Method of Distribution Proposals for institutes are screened within the Office of Education for conformity with the law and related policy and regulations. After any necessary additional information is obtained, proposals are referred to the appropriate panel of consultants from outside the Office and from the pertinent level of education and area of specialization. After panels have read, evaluated, and rated proposals in their fields, recommendations are made to the U.S. Commissioner of Education by Office specialists who take into account the views of consultants and such additional factors as geographic distribution of institutes, and need for balance among subjects to be covered. Contracts for the conduct of institutes are made by the Office on the basis of the Commissioner's decisions on the recommendations. Federal funds under these contracts cover operating costs of institutes and stipends at the rate of $75 a week plus $15 a week for each dependent while eligible participants are enrolled in the institutes. Matching Requirements None. Who May Receive Federal Aid Institutions of higher education. Application Procedure Institutions of higher education may obtain A Manual for the Preparation of Proposals issued by the Office of Education. Using it as a guide, the institution prepares its proposal or proposals for institutes and then submits the material to the Office. After decisions are made, the Office announces the program in the fall. Elementary and secondary school teachers and those supervising or training teachers of the arts and humanities then request application forms from the director of the institute in which they are interested. They submit their applications to the appropriate director who selects participants according to criteria established by the institution of higher education in agreement with the Office of Education. Developments During the Past Year The enabling legislation was enacted after the alone of fiscal year 1965, with initial authorization being for fiscal year 1966. Legal Basis Public Law 89-209 (National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965), September 29, 1965, section 13 (79 Stat. 855)--20 U.S.C. 962. Additional information may be obtained from the Division of Educational Personnel Training, Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D. C. 20202. IMPROVEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE INSTRUCTION Purpose 1. To improve the quality of classroom instruction at the higher education undergraduate level in selected subject areas (science, mathematics, foreign languages, history, geography, government, English, other humanities, the arts, or education) through grants for: a. Acquisition, for use in providing instruction, of laboratory and other special equipment (including audiovisual equipment and materials) and printed and published materials other than textbooks, and necessary minor remodeling. b. Acquisition of television equipment for closed-circuit direct instruction, acquisition of necessary instructional materials for use in such instruction, and related necessary minor remodeling. c. Proper and efficient administration of State plans related to acquisition of the specified equipment and to related ednor remodeling, including expenses the U.S. Commissioner of Education determines to be necessary for the preparation of such plans. 2. To arrange through grants or contracts with institutions of higher education for their conduct of faculty development programs through shortterm workshops or regular session institutes for: a. Individuals engaged in or preparing to engage in the use of educational media equipment in teaching at the undergraduate level. b. Educational media specialists or librarians or other specialists using educational media or individuals preparing to use such media at the higher education level. The Higher Education Act of 1965 authorized the program. The term "State" refers to the 50 States and five territories. 1/ The Higher Education Act of 1965 authorized $35,000,000 for laboratory and other special equipment and materials and necessary minor remodeling, $2,500,000 for television equipment and materials and necessary minor remodeling, $1,000,000 for State administrative expenses, and $5,000,000 for workshops and institutes (79 Stat. 1261 and 1266). 2/ Representing $13,500,000 for laboratory and other special equipment and materials and necessary minor remodeling, and $1,500,000 for television equipment and related instructional materials and necessary minor remodeling. Method of Distribution Half of the appropriation for acquisition grants is allotted to the States on the basis of their respective ratio of higher education enrollment to total higher education enrollment in the Nation. The other half is allotted under a formula taking into account each State's relative higher education enrollment and relative per capita income. Within each State, a State commission determines the priority of eligible projects and the related Federal share for the projects it approves for inclusion in the State plan. Criteria in formulating the State plan include financial need of institutions concerned. No grant may be made for equipment or materials to be used for sectarian instruction or religious worship or primarily in connection with any program of a school or department of divinity. When applications approved by the State commission are found to be in compliance with the law, funds are obligated from the State's allotment to cover the Federal share for the approved projects and the accounts are paid in accordance with contracts between the Office of Education and the institution concerned. (After funds are appropriated, the Commissioner will arrange--through grants or contracts--with institutions of higher learning for the operation of workshops and institutes.) Source of Data: Higher education enrollments: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education. Opening Fall Enrollment in Higher Education, 1964. Circular No. 762. OE-54003-64. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964. 84 p. Per capita income: Computation based on Survey of Current Business; August 1965 data (monthly issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Business Economics). Regulations: 31 F.R. 4795, March 22, 1966, as amended by 31 F.R. 7128, May 14, 1966--45 C.F.R. 171 (with enabling legislation authorizing the program through fiscal year 1970 with fund authorizations through fiscal year 1968 and providing that only such sums as the Congress hereafter authorizes by law shall be available for fiscal years 1969 and 1970). Matching Requirements Acquisition grants: The Federal share shall not exceed 50 percent except in hardship cases when the State Commission may raise it to as high as 80 percent. An institution requesting an acquisition grant must pledge to at least equal from non-Federal funds its acquisition expenditures in the prior fiscal year. Institutes: None specified for the institute nor for the Federal stipend of $75 per week, plus $15 per dependent, per person attending. |