Continuing Education and Community Service in Massachusetts.

Overview & Synopsis

This report was prepared at the request of the Higher Education Facilities Commission in order to provide background, a progress report, and recommendations for further action to those interested in the Massachusetts programs of continuing education and community service funded under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Among the materials examined were the Act itself and the regulations governing its administration; documents concerning the development of the program from the files for Fiscal Years 1966, 1967 and 1968; proposal summaries for those years; and other relevant background papers. Included in other reports studied are three by the U.S. Office of Education: (1) Federally Supported Community Service and Continuing Education Programs - A Five State Survey - (August 1967); (2) Inventory of Federally Supported Extension and Continuing Education Programs (March 1967); (3) In-Service Training of State and Local Officials and Employees (October 1967). A fourth report was prepared for the Massachusetts Higher Education Facilities Commission Projects in Massachusetts under Title I of the Federal Higher Education Act of 1965 by the organization for Social and Technological Innovation (November 1967). The document includes eight appendices and a list of tables. (se)