EDUCATION Expansion of educational facilities and improvements in personnel capability and programs received major emphasis during the year under review. Total appropriations for educational purposes, including support activities and capital improvement projects, amounted to $19,051,344,substantially more than the previous year's allocation for the territory's educational system. In addition, $1,575,800 in Federal 1unds was e."pended for the construction of an J8-classroom elementary school. The College of Guam received $1,608, 177 for its operational expenditure, and the Department of Education $10,678,533. Because of a continuing and acute shortage of teachers and administrative personnel in the public school system, the College of Guam established a separate School of Education during the year to allow greater concentration on and a more proficient direction of the institutic:m'seffort to improve and enlarge its teacher-training program. Among the graduates of J968 were 47 baccalaureate majors in education. The new graduate school offers programs leading to the degree of master of arts in education in the areas of art, biology, English, guidance and counseling, reading specialist, general social sciences, history, and political science. During the year, 289 graduate stu-
dents were registered and three received a master of arts degree in education. The College of Guam adopted its university structure in September, 1967, by establishing three undergraduate schools-arts and sciences, education, and continuing educationand a graduate school. It was granted a maximum 5-year accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in the spring of 1968. Two new buildings were completed and occupied in September, 1967, and a third was scheduled for completion by the summer of 1968. They were the Fine Arts Building, the Library Building, and the Science Building. Cost of the three structures was $2,484,000. The new facilities increased the college's space by 76,500 square feet. Construction of three dormitories to accommodate 300 students began in March 1968, and the first increment of a new student center is scheduled to be completed by July 1969. Two other programs of major significance were instituted at the college--a police academy and a nursing education program. Three policy academy clasess were graduated during the year, for which 60 police officers were enrolled; and 18 students graduated from the nursing program. A secretarial in-service training program also was conducted during the year for personnel of the government of Guam. 9
