A total of 195 university students were included in this study with an approximately equal representation of male and female students. One group received a drug education course and the other served as a control. Similar findings were evidenced for both groups. Results indicated that certain programs and individuals were perceived as being more…

Report of an AMA study of the role of participants' expectations in management development and training. (Editor/MB)

Administered by the 21-member School Community Council (SCC), the Fort Gay-Thompson Urban/Rural project attempts to involve both school personnel and community representatives in the planning of the community's educational program. The project's major goals are to develop and implement comprehensive staff training, and to combine efforts of staff…

Concerned with varying definitions of migrants given by Federal agencies helping them, the 2 objectives of this study were to present migrant definitions utilized by these agencies and to initiate discussion on one standard definition of a migrant worker. Using standards of the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Department of Labor, the…

During World War Two the United States Military Academy operated a three-year program of instruction. Superimposed on this abbreviated curriculum was full-scale pilot training program. The emphasis of this study is on the problems that arose as a result. Included is a summary of responses to a questionnaire on the value of the flying training…

Discusses three ways to gain middle management support for supervisory training: measuring training results, increasing top management commitment for training, and involving management in the training process. Analyzes the degree of support provided by four types of managers and indicates which strategies work best in gaining the support of each…

A questionnaire was sent to 502 Nottingham University part-time teachers in adult education to assess their attitudes towards their training programs. Based on 202 completed questionnaires, new approaches to training programs were formulated. (EC)

The purpose of this study was to establish a model for the evaluation of the quality of vocational education programs in Tennessee. A definition of educational quality was developed from a literature search and from a survey of teacher-educators and supervisory personnel. Principals of 54 secondary schools identified as having vocational education…

The report describes an elementary grade level career awareness program which was organized around four open-spaced non-graded learning centers: a kindergarten and three other learning centers in which students stayed for two-year periods to explore the 15 career clusters identified by the U.S. Office of Education. Each learning center used a…

The document presents an interim report of a model project in career education for K-12 students in the Natrona County School District in Casper, Wyoming. The report covers information in the following areas of project activities: (1) accomplishments, (2) major activities and events, (3) problems, (4) publicity activities, (5) dissemination…

This historical case study of the Ridgeway Elementary School from initial community contact through the completion of the first year of Individually Guided Education (IGE) assesses the attitudes of the parents; evaluates the cost factors associated with implementing the program; assesses the effects of IGE implementation on the local community;…

The Juvenile Unemployment Center (JUC) scheme was intended as a palliative to the temporary unemployment of young people as the British economy reverted to peace-time levels after World War I. This article examines the thinking behind the JUC scheme and the reasons for its limited success. (Author/SJL)

The volume contains nine supplementary appendixes to the final report of the program for developing, implementing, and evaluating leadership/management training within Army battalions: post-training survey results of the individual and group problem-solving workshop; typical examples of the use of program skills or comments on program skill use;…