This paper describes an emerging model for a comprehensive staff and organizational development program as a continuous and integral activity of the college, and discusses the role of the office of institutional research in such programs. A comprehensive program includes instructional development (instructional evaluation, diagnosis,…

Recent literature regarding communication systems on college campuses documents a growing inability on the part of college communities to effectively process information. Many colleges and universities have begun to establish information and referral services in response to this problem. While the information and referral service/center concept…

According to the authors, adult career education should provide educational services in at least career counseling and planning, career certification, and career preparation and placement. The paper discusses these three categories and outlines a proposed adult career education system involving employers, the community, and the public schools. (MF)

A teacher training model designed to provide teachers with skills to successfully implement individualized programing in at least one academic area at the end of a 6 month instructional period was instigated with 17 second grade teachers. (SBH)

The Institute for Personal and Career Development of Central Michigan University offers external degree programs for adult learners using nontraditional study. The competency-based programs described include credit given for the educational background and relevant career-life experiences of registered nurses in Michigan. (Author/LBH)

Clarifies meaning of career education, awareness, exploration, and preparation. Lists eight components of career education program at Delaware County Community College: basic academic skills, self and career awareness, competency based programs, alternate learning models, world of work, work experience, relationships between college and community…

What kind of bilingual education was being offered in New Jersey's schools before the Bilingual Education Act? What should be offered? (Editor)

Study skills deficits were reconceptualized on a knowledge and use dimension of either a general or specific nature. Each student in the program would be located on this continuum and a package developed which consisted of the appropriate mixture of techniques to increase study skills knowledge and usage. (Author)

Presents and evaluates a model for group mental health consultation with teachers in which sessions are organized around mental health issues rather than cases. The rationale and advantages of the model are explicated and the different roles of the consultant during the session and the variety of techniques employed are described. (Author/KS)

A model of teacher education is presented that matches the preparation of teachers with the needs of society. It is field-based, problem-centered, technology-driven, developmental, and competency-based. It involves experiential sharing, expert staffing, a critical mass of professional assistance and presumes lifelong learning. (Author/MLW)

This paper describes a decision-theory-based procedure for compensatory education student selection that will increase the informational value of data available from program evaluation data collection and district information systems. The information produced by the decision theory approach bears directly on the basic question of who gets served.…

Discusses quality circle programs in educational systems and describes a successful application of quality circles within a residential life program at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. Presents findings from program evaluation which focused on quality of committee products and which illustrated success of quality circle…

The New York History Teacher Institutes were a program that the New York Council for the Humanities hoped would not only revitalize individual teachers, but also provide an institutional basis for the informal professional networks most experts believe are a key to lasting educational reform. (MLW)

This article develops a production frontier model for the Employment Service and assesses the relative efficiency of the 51 State Employment Security Agencies in attaining program outcomes close to that frontier. This approach stands in contrast to such established practices as comparing programs to their own previous performance. (Author/CT)

This article describes a model for implementing a microcomputer education program and identifies its common benefits. It identifies and defines key program elements: enlistment of community support, needs assessment, identification of goals and objectives, selection of appropriate materials, preparation for implementation, implementation,…