SPECIAL CONDITIONS Discrimination Prohibited Pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, "No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." Therefore projects and programs supported through the Office of Education, like every other program or activity of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, must be operated in compliance with this law. The Utilization of Talent Program, authorized by Section 408 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, is concerned with the identification, motivation, and encouragement of qualified youths of exceptional financial need to complete high school and, hopefully, to pursue post-secondary education. In accordance with the objectives of Contracts to Encourage the Full Utilization of Educational Talent, forty-two contracts have been awarded to institutions of higher education, state scholarship commissions, boards of education, and non-profit organizations for the purpose of initiating talent searches designed to identify and counsel students on further educational training, to publicize information on available financial aid and educational opportunities, and to encourage high school and college dropouts of demonstrated aptitude to re-enter educational programs. The projects funded support activities in a number of areas: they establish working relationships with high school and college dropouts, evening division students, and adult dropouts as well as with matriculated students at the secondary school and college level all of whom require informed and systematic encouragement in order to undertake further education. - For the information of the educational community interested in submitting proposals for consideration for funding in fiscal year 1967, the following abstracts of projects approved in fiscal year 1966 have been prepared. All inquiries for further information regarding the guidelines for proposals should be directed to the Program Staff, Educational Talent Section, Bureau of Higher Education, U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C. 20202. California Golden Gate College San Francisco A Project "To Identify, Inform, Encourage, and Assist Qualified Youths of Exceptional Financial Need to Undertake Post-Secondary Education and to Encourage College Dropouts of Demonstrated Aptitude to Undertake Educational Programs," will emphasize a program of personal contact with youths from financially limited families and from minority groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. A project coordinator will actively seek out youths from poverty areas and neighborhood centers in order to counsel these youths regarding post-secondary educational opportunities commensurate with their needs and abilities. Mr. Leonard H. Hildebrandt Cooperative Education Project Golden Gate College 220 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 775-5774 Plan of Action for Challenging Times San Francisco Project "San Francisco Bay Area Education Opportunity Clearinghouse," proposes to establish a clearinghouse to provide educational services, including guidance and financial aid information, for the disadvantaged students in the six county San Francisco Bay Area. With the cooperation of high school and college administrators and community groups in the area, the agency will identify talented, needy students and dropouts, encourage them to undertake further education, and publicize financial aid information. Mr. Harold Jones Director San Francisco Bay Area Clearinghouse 2999 Shattuck Avenue Telephone: (415) 848-6701 |