Background: The field of collaborative biostatistics plays a critical role in translating scientific discoveries into practical applications by providing sound statistical analysis, ensuring data integrity, and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration in translational science and decision-making in healthcare. The role of a collaborative…

Purpose: Most studies of adherence use a single global measure to examine the relation of adherence to outcomes. These studies inform us about effects of overall implementation but not about importance of specific program elements. Previous research on the Strengthening Families Program 10-14 has shown that outcomes were unrelated to global…

The report summarizes data related to funding and implementation of the Education of the Handicapped Act, Title VIB New York Program, a statewide educational effort with a goal of aiding handicapped children to become as self-sufficient as their handicaps permit. Following an overview are chapters focusing on fiscal characteristics (sources of…

In the late 1960's, educators and researchers became concerned with the dropout problem in large urban school districts. In Philadelphia, the Division of Pupil Personnel and Counseling (PPC) is responsible for collection of this data and reports this information to the state. The process has been computerized to cope with the large volume of data.…

This final report of the Montana Commission on Post Secondary Education discusses information and projections relevant to present and future needs, resources, and the economic and social trends relating to the future of postsecondary education. The 11 chapters of the report are: 1. New Times, New Conditions, New Choices; 2. Goals; 3. Educational…

This two-part report seeks to outline the progress made to date by Maricopa Technical Community College (MTCC) through its first eight years of operation, and to recommend specific actions which might be taken in the future by the college to insure its continued progress and response to community needs in light of constraints on funding and…

Factors related to the contextual aspects of educational administrators' information needs were studied in a statewide survey of 199 administrators of adult and community education programs. Attention was directed to: varying preferences for different information sources, the effects of different decision or program development tasks on…

This study was designed to provide current information regarding the status of consumer education in New Jersey public secondary schools, to develop criteria for consumer education curricula and programs, and to assist in preservice and inservice training of teachers. Two questionnaires were used. The first, a status survey, contained 211…

In order to assess the felt needs and interests of the local population and business community relative to education and training, a survey was designed and implemented in the four-county area surrounding Waco, Texas. This volume, part two of a three part series, documents the work done in developing and conducting the business and industry…

Characteristics of Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) programs in New York State which relate to the achievement of their graduates on the State Board Test Pool Examination (SBTPE) were identified. A questionnaire was designed and mailed to all two-year colleges in the states offering the ADN. A total of 32 questionnaires were returned (91 percent).…

A survey was conducted to define the career development needs of women in five school districts which form the Metropolitan Adult Education Program (MAEP) area (San Jose, California). (The survey was a first step in a project to demonstrate the transferability of existing career development programs from other school areas to designated need…

The major objectives of this project were to assist selected vocational educators to develop instructional materials based upon the behavioral objectives of each course, to individualize instruction and develop resource materials to guide other educators. To accomplish these objectives, four workshops were conducted for technical/vocational…

If no radical changes occur over the next 10 years in the aggregate relationships among college-age cohort sizes, enrollment figures and ratios of doctoral faculty-to-students, the mid-l980's and mid-l900's will see precipitous, but probably temporary declines in the demand for new Ph.D. faculty. Without the implementation of policies designed to…

The document reports on the 1974-75 statewide field test of 13 Arizona-developed career education units; it contains unit-specific implementation data. The units were implemented in 10 projects in different parts of Arizona in order to determine their usability in classrooms throughout the State; units meeting all implementation criteria were then…

The report on the 1974-75 statewide field test of 13 Arizona-developed career education curriculum units presents information concerning the overall implementation rationale and a summary of resulting data. The field test was conducted to determine the units' usability in classrooms throughout the State. Units meeting all implementation criteria…