time, a program acceptable for full credit towards such a degree, or a two-year program in engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences designed to prepare the student to work as a technician and at a semi-professional level in engineering, scientific, or other technological fields which require the understanding and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles of knowledge. COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS In applying for financial support for a cooperative arrangement, the developing institution submits the application. Two or more developing institutions may band together with or without the cooperation of an established institution. The applicant must have a signed commitment from its cooperating partner or partners. The Commissioner awards the grant to the developing institution rather than to the assisting institution or agency, and he expects the developing institution to fulfill the goals set forth in the proposal. The cooperating agency may be another college or university, a business organization, or an agency judged capable of contributing to the improvement of the academic program, administrative performance, student services, and faculty scholarship and research. The use of regularly available services of a business or of an educational association, the purchase of a firm's equipment, or the retainer services of a consultant at his usual fee does not constitute a cooperative arrangement within the context of title III. A cooperative arrangement should reflect a depth of involvement of sufficient duration to represent a significant effort to achieve relatively permanent qualitative results in the academic performance of the developing institution. NATIONAL TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS A developing institution may apply for National Teaching Fellowships to be awarded to highly qualified graduate students and junior faculty members of established colleges and universities so that they may teach at developing institutions. Such fellowships may be included in a cooperative arrangement, or may be proposed unilaterally by a developing institution. Each fellowship carries a maximum Federal stipend of $6,500 a year plus $400 for each eligible dependent. This program is a means of bringing faculty members to the developing institutions which identify a special need for them and nominate candidates to serve in the areas of need. National Teaching Fellowships are not available to faculty members of developing institutions to pursue advanced studies, degrees, or research. FUND RESTRICTIONS Categories of expenditures may include: (1) salaries, wages, and stipends; (2) travel and relocation expense; (3) tuition and fees; (4) administrative costs; (5) equipment (see below): (6) supplies, books, printing, instructional materials; (7) rental of space, and other expenditures which can be justified as necessary to the effective implementation of a proposed program. EQUIPMENT Proposals must be program-oriented rather than equipment-oriented. Only equipment that is indispensable to the project will be approved for purchase. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES Certain general commitments are required of an institution receiving a grant: (1) it must agree to use the grant to supplement funds which will normally be used for the same purpose, and in no case to supplant these funds; (2) it must provide adequate fiscal controls, accounting, and reports of program expenditures including any non-Federal share stipulated in the proposal; (3) it must make progress reports evaluating the effectiveness of the program in achieving the stated purposes. HOW TO APPLY UNDER TITLE III For application forms and other information, you may write to: Developing Institutions Branch Division of College Support, BHE Office of Education Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Applications must be postmarked not later than December 15, 1966, for consideration in fiscal year 1967. SOME EXAMPLES OF COOPERATIVE Grants may be used for programs such as the following: 1. Faculty or student exchanges of sufficient length and involvement to strengthen and enrich academic life. Distinguished scholars from established institutions who will serve as faculty members for a year or more at a developing institution. 2. Cooperative or reciprocal programs utilizing formal or informal training, internships, research participation, and other means of developing faculty members. 3. Interinstitutional cooperation for the introduction of new curriculums and curricular materials. 4. Cooperative development and operation of workstudy programs involving alternate periods of academic study and business or public employment. Such programs should be directly related to the student's normal academic program. 5. Joint use of facilities such as libraries or laboratories, including necessary books, materials, and equipment. Buildings are not eligible under this title. 6. Consortia of developing institutions, with or without assistance from a major institution, where the sharing of staff, equipment, and programs is feasible. 7. Cooperative relationships between developing institutions and organizations, agencies, or businesses in an exchange of personnel or the provision of research and other training facilities for faculty and students. 8. Cooperative programs aimed at strengthening the quality and depth of instruction, or of obtaining and retaining excellent or promising teachers. 9. Cooperative programs to keep the developing institutions' personnel informed about new developments in instructional methods, procedures, and facilities. 10. Cooperative programs to improve the learning environment of students. Such improvements might be in the student union programs, or in other student activities. II. Cooperative programs designed to improve the administrative efficiency of the developing institution. This includes the development of longrange plans, both academic and fiscal, for a period of at least five years. APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS In the fiscal year 1966, $5 million was appropriated to implement title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Seventy-eight percent ($3.9 million) was for four-year colleges granting bachelor's degrees, and the remaining 22 percent ($1.1 million) was for institutions having at least a two-year program as defined in the act. Current title III grants are funding 84 programs in cooperative arrangements and 263 National Teaching Fellowships at developing institutions located in 38 states and the District of Columbia. |