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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 195 218 HE 013 333 TITLE A Report on Specific FederallyFunded Graduate Education Programs, 1978 to 1990. TheSecretary's Peport to Congress on Title IX ofthe Higher Education Act of 1965, As Amended. INSTITUTION Department of Education, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE Jar 91 NOTE 171p.: Not available in paper copVdue to marginal legibility of original document. !DRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC NotAvailable trom EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Disadvantaged: *Federal Programs: Fellowships: Females: Fuels: Government Employees:*Graduate Study: Higher Education: Law Schools:Lawyers: *Legal Education: Minority Groups: *Public Service' Occupations: Wcmens Education IDENTIFIERS *Higher Education Act Title IY: *Mining ABSTRACT The annual report on graduateeducation programs funded under Title IX of theHigher Education Act of 1965, as amended, Part E, submitted by theSecretary of Education to the Congress, is presented. Becauseof the transition to the new Department of'Education before the1990 report was due, it was decided to update the 1979 report andsubmit a consolidated report for fiscal years 197B to1980. This combined report on graduate education includes specific data on thePublic Service Program, Domestic Mining and Mineral andMineral Fuel Conservation Programs, the Legal Assistance for theDisadvantaged Program, and the Graduate and Professional OpportunitiesProgram. Data are also includedin the special programs provided forfemale and minority graduatestudents. Findings from- data in the files of theTitle IY programs on the following information are summarized:levels of funding, number of institutions, students receiving awardsfor academic years 1978-79 through 1980-91, and institutionallyreported program outcomes for 1976-77. AppendiceS include a summary paperentitled "Major Concerns Confronting Graduate and ProfessionalEducation" and a report on Title. I! awards for fiscal years1976 through 1980 based on program files.(SR) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDPS are thebest that can be made from the original document. ***************#****************************************************** A REPORT ON SPECIFIC FEDERALLYFUNDED GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS 1978 to 1980 The Secretary's Report to Congress onTitle IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965 As Amended January 1981 U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION &WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- BEST CM AVAILABLE DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANtZATION ORIGIN- ATINC, IT POINTSOF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE- SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE or EDuCAT'ON POSITION OR POLICY C) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction 1 Current Status of HEA Title IX Programs 2 3. 1. Public Service Programs 2. Domestic Mining and Mineral and Mineral FuelConservation Programs 4 6 3. Legal Assis,:ance Program for the Disadvantaged 4 Graduate and Professional Opportunities Program . 7 Higher. Education Panel Survey 9 Appendix A: A Summary Paper of "Major ConcernsConfronting Graduate and Professional Education" 10 Appendix B: Title IX Awards for Fiscal Years 1976through 1980 . 10 3 DEC 1 9198° Disadvantaged Program - Participants are o Legal Training for the graduating from law school andpassing the bar on'the first attempt at a rate which comparesfavorably to national norms. Females - Asurvey of o S ecial Pro rams forMinorities and postsecondary institutions which away post, baccalaureate degrees one formal program indicates that 46 percent had at least specifically designed for female andminority graduates in Spring, financial aid 1978. Programs included special admissions, assistance, and academic assistance. with Title IX We hope the findings ofthis report prove useful in your work programs. John Seal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Evaluation and Program Management Enclosure Introduction annual report on Part E of Title IX of theHi,gher Education Act requires an funded under this Title. The the operations andachievements of the programs for Fiscal Year 1977. Excessive first annual report wassubmitted to C' cted the delivery ofsubsequent delaysin the clearance process ha, 'eport has been preparedfor the reports tothe presenttime. Consequt.., Fiscal Years 1978 through1980. descriptive, The report is based onreadily available u a, therefore it is in Planning and Evaluation rather than output oriented. A continuing r Rction he 'ability of the thenOffice of funds over the past fiscal yearsrestricter,:. fully comply with Education (USOE) and now theDepartment of L.Juation to more IX. the legislativerequirements of Section 971A of Title problems facing graduate The report for FY 1977listed a number of critical who wrote papers education in the view of thegraduate deans and administrators 1977. 1/ Among these were: for the then Office ofEducation in the Summer of by currently underrepresentedgroups o Access to graduate education including minorities and women. education--both institutionalfunding and individual o Funding of graduate student support. and employment opportunitiesfor graduates. o Supply of graduate students of graduate education. o Clarification of the purpose Appendix A. 1/ A detailed review ofthese issues is included in 2 problems still exist, At the present time,it seems fair to say that these Graduate and although some have been partiallyaddressed with the funding of the Professional Opportunities Program. of the In 1978, to better understandservices provided to certain segments of graduate education community, the thenOffice of Evaluation and Dissemination Programs for the .U.S. Office of Educationfunded a survey entitled "Special study Female and Minority Graduate Students." A summary of the findings of that is included in this document. The main body of the report isdivided into two sections. The first IX programs. section summarizes the findingsfrom data in the files of the Title students Program data includes levels offunding, number of institutions, through 1980-81, and receiving awards for academic years 1978-79 Institutionally reported program outcomesfor 1976-77. The second section provides summary data on thenumber and kinds ofspecial formal programs provided for female and minoritygraduate students. included which contain moredetailed In addition, two appendicesare sections. The attachments are a summary ( information for each of the two major and Professional Education" paper entitled"Major Concerns Confronting Graduate 1980 (Appendix A) and a report on Title IX awardsfor Fiscal Years 1976 through based on program files(Appendix B). Current Status of. HEA Title IXPrograms Title IX Limited availability of evaluationfundS and the recency of The programs allows for only alimited assessment of programeffectiveness. initiated in the 1975-76 programs inpublic service and domestic mining were to academic year and, because manyof these p-ograms require several years available complete, only fragmentary data ongraduate and employment rates are Opportunities Program is in the program files. The Graduate and Professional 6 3 for the Disadvantagedthrough even more recent. The Legal Assistance Program (CLEO),however,has provided the. Councilon LegalEducation Opportunties Information on assistance to disadvantagedstudents studying law since 1968. for a longer .the operation and outcomes of theCLEO program is thus available periodic surveys and the results of time period. The Council has conducted is based only those studies are presented inthis report, although some analysis rather than on the upon data from thoseparticipants responding to CLEO surveys students passing the bar entire student population (e.g., number of examination). grants and Data on the total dollar awardsmade in institutional fellowship Title IX from the number of institutions andstudents receiving awards under 1975-80 are given in Exhibits 1and 2. These data and additional information on Education's Title IX the Title IX program werecollected from the U.S. Office of presented in Appendix B. files. A report on these data is Highlights from the various reports arediscussed below by program 1. Public Service. Programs 58 in The number of public serviceinstitutional grants increased from 1978-79 to 74, to 29 1975-76 to 80 in 1976-77 to 86in 1977-78 and decreased in fie same in 1979-80 and down to 10in 1980-81. The number of fellowships for During the academic years were 264,344,312, 332, 431, and 342 respectively. decreased from $2.3 million to same period fundingfor institutional grants $1.7 million to $6,395,000 while funding forfellowship awards increased form $3.5 million. service were used The institutional grantsawarded to programs in public training of primarily in the.following areas: faculty improvement (hiring or associations, staff, research support, paymentof membership in professional new courses,evaluation of existing etc.); program expansion (developing **1 AWARDS MADE UNDER TITLE IX - EXHIBIT 1: INSTITUTIONAL AND FELLOWSHIP OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT,AS AMENDED Public Service 75-76 76-77 77-78 78-79 79-80 Number of institutions 86 .74 29 receiving grants 58 80 Total dollars (in millions) awarded in 1.3 .5 institutional grants 2.1 2.0 1.8 Number of fellowships 312 332 431 awarded 264 344 Total Dollars (in millions) awarded in 2.2 2.6 3.5 fellowships 1.7 .2.0 Number of institutions 74 .97 80 with fellows 52 73 Domestic Mining 75-76 76-77 77-78 78-7.9_ 79-80 Number of fellowships 500 500 464 awarded 181 375 Total Dollars (in millions) awarded in 4.5 4.5 4.5; fellowships 1.5 3.0