Strengthening Instruction in Elementary and Secondary Schools The State education agency may contract with institutions of For further information: Division of Plans and Supplementary Centers Television Equipment (Educational Television Act) Public higher educational institutions and other nonprofit organizations may receive grants to acquire and install broadcasting equipment to be used for educational purposes. Grants of up to 50 percent of cost for an eligible project may be made, plus an additional amount of up to 25% of the cost of eligible transmission apparatus already owned by the applicant. For further information: Educational Television Facilities Branch Institutes on Civil Rights Problems (Civil Rights Act, Title IV) Grants or contracts are made with institutions of higher education to operate short-term or regular session institutes for training in how to meet educational problems occasioned by desegregation. Teachers, supervisors, counselors, and other elementary and secondary school personnel may participate. The Federal share of the cost is 100 percent. For further information: Office of Equal Educational Opportunities Captioned Films for the Deaf (Captioned Films for the Deaf Act) The Office of Education contracts for services of assistance to deaf persons under this program. Films are prepared especially for their use, and a variety of other educational media is made available on a loan basis. Provision is made for captioning, producing, and distributing films and other material, and for training specialists in their use. Higher education institutions may participate and are particularly valuable as regional distribution points. The Federal share of the cost of this activity is 100 percent. For further information: Division of Research Training and Dissemination U.S. Office of Education Science Youth Activities (Public Law 85-875) Institutions of higher education may contract with the Office of Education to conduct out-of-school science youth activities. To develop an interest in science on the part of the young people of America, they may participate in establishing clubs, encouraging exchange of scientific information and ideas, promoting science fairs, and developing an awareness of the satisfactions of a career devoted to science. Individual contracts are for $5,000 or less. For further information: Division of Plans and Supplementary Centers National Teacher Corps (Higher Education Act, Title V-B) The Office of Education cooperates with institutions of higher education and local school districts in the development of programs of teacher preparation which will lead to improved educational opportunities for children in low-income and culturally deprived areas. The Office of Education recommends a qualified recruit to a specific college or university with an approved program for eight to twelve weeks of intensive orientation. If he is admitted, at the end of this period the institution and the Office of Education recommend his assignment to a local school district, contingent on the approval of the district. If he is approved, he is hired For further information: National Teacher Corps Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education Supplementary Plans and Centers 20202 (Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III) Local education agencies which have the responsibility for the operation of special projects of benefit to elementary and secondary education may contract with institutions of higher education to provide consultative services, inservice training and other assistance. For further information: Division of Plans and Supplementary Centers 20202 Foreign Technical Assistance (A.I.D.) (Technical Assistance Act of 1966) Foreign educators are brought to the United States under the auspices of the Agency for International Development and are assigned to the Office of Education for programming of their activities while in this country. Colleges and universities cooperate by offering specialized seminars, workshops, and observational study. In most cases participants are candidates for American degrees. Federal payments cover tuition, fees, and direct costs to the institutions involved. For further information: International Exchange and Training Branch International Teacher Development (Fulbright-Hays Act) Colleges and universities cooperate each year with the Office of Education in the academic phase of the program of International Teacher Development. Each institution usually conducts a seminar during a quarter or a semester for a group of 20 to 25 foreign teachers or school administrators studying in the United States under this program. A course of study in one of the specialized fields for which grants are awarded is supplemented by other campus and community activities which foster mutual understanding and knowledge. The responsibility of the participating institution is set forth in a letter of agreement with the Office of Education, The Federal share of the cost is approximately 100 percent, For further information: International Exchange Training Branch 20202 *** The following programs which support colleges Training programs Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. 20301: for civilian and military personnel are conducted through contract with institutions of higher education. Welfare Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C. 20201: Grants are made to institutions of higher education for special projects in the field of services for crippled children and maternal and child health. Training is Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C. 20420: purchased from educational institutions for the rehabilitation of war veterans with service-connected disabilities. *** |