More Than One-Fourth of U.S. Population To Be Direct Participants in Education in 1983-84.

According to Education Secretary Terrel bell, by the fall of 1983, education will be the primary activity of more than 60.2 million citizens of the U.S. In a nation with a population of 234 million, more than one in four persons will be a direct participant in the educational process, and that figure rises to nearly three out of 10 when the support staff of the nation's schools and colleges is included. Total spending on education in the U.S. will reach an all-time high of $230 billion, up from $215 billion in 1982-83.