Extension units in higher education are reviewed briefly. (MM)

Discusses four aspects of graduate education (self-assessment criteria, internal evaluation, criteria of quality, assessments by state organizations) and cites examples of how some universities manage their graduate programs. (MLH)

To identify effective new practices and trends in college student development, recent literature was reviewed and nominations of effective programs were solicited from over 1,100 leaders in related fields. More than 200 programs were identified. Approximately 60 programs distributed among almost 50 colleges and universities were found to contain…

The role of statewide coordinating/governing agencies in the program review and approval process has grown steadily. It would seem expedient for those involved in the process of state level program review to share ideas, experiences, and concepts of the review process in order to better understand the process itself and to explore possibilities…

An educational program assessment of the University Without Walls (UWW), located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and known as "Flaming Rainbow," was presented in this document. The evaluation was conducted during March 27-30, 1973. The 6 American Indian participants, who are financially supported by the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) Higher Education…

The author's reactions to Stake's responsive evaluation model and to preordinate evaluation are presented. (GDC)

This thesis is concerned with what benefits the Air Force receives from sending logistics officers to civilian graduate institutions (CID). Additionally, the authors wanted to find how CID graduates fare as compared with graduates of the Graduate Logistics Management (GL). Three samples gathered were for CID graduates, the non-degree group…

This internship study was designed to relate all Model Training Project (MTP) student responses, as well as responses from the 1972-3 non-MTP (Faculty of Educational Development) Research Associates on a fifty-item internship questionnaire. Coursework completed prior to internship experience improved the competence of interns. Generally, adequate…

The results of a questionnaire sent to Directors of Chicano Studies on campuses in the intermountain area and western states indicated that the forerunners of a significant Chicano movement are subject to intense pressures in university communities. (Author/JB)

The purpose of this study was to determine the status of adult and continuing education and other nontraditional study programs of a public service nature that currently exist within the 560 colleges and university members of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and to develop a new standard for evaluation and accreditation for use as…

Describes the speech communication curriculum of Methodist Ladies' College at Kew, where speech education and drama are treated within a comprehensive notion of communication skills. (RL)

The field of formal evaluation is a newly developing one which requires that training programs encompass new concepts as well as those that are standard in preparing professionals for the field. They should be trained as data gatherers in many roles, they should be aware of new developments and be able to contribute to them. The curriculum make up…

This document describes a learning modules review process implemented at Governors State University. The review process was designed to: (1) assess the relevance of each learning module to instructional program needs; (2) enhance the quality of the content of each learning module; (3) improve the effectiveness of competencies and instructional…

The Guidelines Manual produced by the Media Guidelines Project consists of five major sections, the first of which is a checklist offering a roster of criteria related to media training programs and against which planners and evaluators can develop concepts, gather information, construct specifications and make judgments. The second part of the…