The purpose of this study was to develop an operating plan for the implementation and evaluation of an adult education network, AEDNET, and electronic journal, "New Horizons in Adult Education," at Nova Southeastern University (Florida). The following research questions were addressed in this study: (1) What does the literature indicate…

The American College of Higher Studies (ACHS) in Thessaloniki, Greece, is in the process of expanding and improving its library's collection and facilities in order to meet American regional accreditation standards. An evaluation of the college's Anatolia College Library with regard to collection, staff, services, administration and facilities was…

Sixty-four regionally accredited colleges and universities in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska were surveyed to determine what practices existed in the evaluation of their administrators and to ascertain the basis upon which the evaluations were performed. Of the 51 responding institutions, 22 were two-year colleges and 29 were four-year…

This study analyzed current practices in teacher evaluation of English composition and attempted to establish a "fairer and faster" way of accomplishing such evaluation. Data were collected from departments of freshman English in Louisiana state colleges and universities, in order to form the basis of evaluation checklists from which behavioral…

Sixty students in four sections of freshman composition participated in a study comparing written corrections of student themes with oral, individualized evaluations in which the instructor explained problems and weaknesses in each theme and helped the student improve the writing. There were no other differences in the activities of the control…

This study focuses on current policies of selection, training, and evaluation of teachers, and on currently available methods and resources to improve these policies. Annotations and abstracts are presented of recent studies on the following topics: (1) teacher quality; (2) public opinion of the public schools; (3) identifying effective education;…

The purposes of this descriptive study were to determine what changes occurred in teachers' perceptions of the reading process--as measured by the Siu Test of Teacher Perception of the Reading Process (STORP)--after instruction in miscue analysis, and to determine what changes occurred in teachers' classroom reading instruction--as measured by the…

This study tests for correlation between two journal ranking methods--citation rankings and expert opinion surveys. Political science professors from four major universities were asked to rank a list of the 20 most highly cited political science journals. Citation data were taken from the "Social Sciences Citation Index Journal Citation…

This study reviews various assessment and evaluation models, used in Kenya's colleges, for determining teachers' competency and discusses techniques and strategies for improving supervision, assessment, and evaluation of student teachers during their teaching practice. Various ways to improve the handling of teaching methodology in college are…

This paper applies an evaluation method for World Wide Web sites that provide access to online reference materials at academic and public libraries. The evaluation of Web sites was performed with a questionnaire form focusing on Web site currency, accuracy and relevancy; Web site organization/structure; Web site presentation; URL maintenance; and…

1973 Florida legislation requires each community college to evaluate the performance of former students in the activities for which they were prepared by the college. This project developed and implemented a follow-up system for community college graduates in Associate in Arts programs. The system assessed former students' achievement of the goals…

This field study was conducted to develop a performance-based course, including goal statements, performance objectives, and learning activities, for a light commercial building drafting course. The procedures used during the study were based on the 1975 Michigan Department of Education project for the development of competency-based teacher…

Although the ultimate purpose of faculty evaluation should be improvement of instruction, it appears that most evaluation systems criticize or reject rather than attain better teaching performance. The evaluation instrument in the Department of Media Communication Science at Trenton State College has been lacking in certain evaluative criteria in…

A study was conducted of the facilities, collection, and services of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music Library at Kent State University (Ohio). A survey of 130 students (response rate of about 32.5 percent) identified users of the library, how they use it, and the extent to which the library meets users' needs. Overall, 73 percent of the…

This study evaluates two databases, "Historical Abstracts" and REESWeb, to determine their effectiveness in supporting academic social science research. While many performance evaluations gather quantitative data from isolated query and response transactions, this study is a qualitative evaluation of the databases in the context of…