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How Is the Afterschool Field Defining Program Quality? A Review of Effective Program Practices and Definitions of Program Quality
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Palmer, Kristi L.; Anderson, Stephen A.; Sabatelli, Ronald M. – Afterschool Matters, 2009
While research on program effectiveness offers ample evidence that afterschool programs can benefit young people in a variety of ways, this same body of research demonstrates that not all programs are equally effective (Granger, 2008). Some programs show positive results in many or all major outcome categories. Other programs are associated with…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Youth Programs
The Measurement, Analysis and Implementation of a Corporate Image Program: The Case of a Psychiatric Hospital.
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Elbeck, Matt A.; Buchanan, Gary W. – Administration in Mental Health, 1987
Measured a psychiatric hospital's image, using qualitative and quantitative methods. Used data from the consumer public to illustrate the development and implementation of an image program stressing multi-public awareness, preference and utilization of the hospital's services vis-a-vis the hospital's mission statement. This study demonstrated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measurement, Perception, Program Content
Comparative Adult Education. The Position of Adult Education Research. Recent Planning Work of Adult Education and Research in Finland. The Contents of Adult Education Research in Five Countries.
Pantzar, Eero – Adult Education in Finland, 1985
This issue examines the following topics: comparative adult education (its scientific status and development), adult education research activity in system analysis, the inner structure of the system of adult education, adult education research and recently completed planning work, and the contents of adult education research in West Germany,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
A Study of the Significant Factors That Affect the Job Placement Rates of Students Who Have Completed a HERO Program. Year 2 Report.
Instructional Development and Evaluation Associates, Inc., Berkeley, MI. – 1982
A three-year study examined the significant factors that affect the job placement rates of students completing a Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) program. Other purposes of the study were to develop and pilot test a model that could be used to determine factors related to student placement in a variety of vocational education programs and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Care Occupations, Clothing, Educational Strategies