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Paul, Sharon A. – Lifelong Learning, 1986
Program providers who do not give refunds should reconsider their policies. Training providers should give all attendees the opportunity to express dissatisfaction, follow up on all complaints immediately and personally, and allow dissatisfied attendees to receive full or partial refunds or attend another session or program without additional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Participant Satisfaction

Stokes, Joseph P. – NACADA Journal, 1992
Evaluation of a faculty advising program at a large, public, urban commuter university had student pairs of entering first-year students and transfers matched, with one of each pair participating in the program. Results were compromised by low participation but suggest that students feeling comfortable and respected during advising sessions were…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Freshmen, Faculty Advisers, Higher Education
Zion, Richard – 1987
This paper identifies a number of factors that staff developers should consider in planning an effective program. A staff development program is considered to be effective if teachers adapt the material or content learned into their classrooms and retain the implementation over time, if teachers and administrators express satisfaction with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Agents, Delivery Systems, Governance
Fraser, J. A. H. – 1990
Opinions of contract grading were received from 51 undergraduate education majors and 28 graduate students majoring in education in Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada). Students at both educational levels reacted to contract grading in a clear and decisivly positive manner. They agreed that the grading system and assignments were made clear…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Education Majors, Foreign Countries, Grading

Felder, Richard M.; And Others – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1992
Describes the successful aspects of a three-day workshop on teaching effectiveness for engineering professors. Discusses participants' comments and suggestions about administrative support, communication of fresh insights and perspectives, establishment of a participatory structure, and teaching/learning mismatches. (JJK)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Payne, W. Vincent – 1984
This paper reviews and describes the characteristics of successful vocational education programs at Virginia State University. (The paper is aimed at developing institutions and historically black colleges, as well as at vocational educators and administrators who are especially concerned with program improvement.) Virginia State University is a…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Mobility
Pipes, V. David – 1983
In 1982-83, a study was conducted of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute's Recreation Leadership program to determine if program objectives were being met, to measure program success, and to identify aspects needing improvement. Surveys were sent to 36 students who graduated before 1978, yielding a 44% response rate; to 31 students…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Dropouts, Followup Studies

Phillips, Patricia – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
Interviews with 15 ninth and tenth grade students with learning disabilities (LD), their parents, and their resource teachers determined that the Self-Advocacy Plan is an effective program clarifying students' perceptions of their roles as learners with LD, increasing their understanding of LD as a condition, and developing awareness of…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, High Schools

Slaton, Deborah Bott; Lacefield, Warren E. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1991
A total of 155 educators in rural Kentucky participated in 4 inservice education sessions on learning disabilities and adaptive teaching, delivered via an interactive telecommunications network. Participants' reactions indicated that interactive television was an acceptable format for delivery of inservice education. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Evans, Sue – 1986
An exchange program was conducted between the Arlington, Virginia, elementary and middle school educators and the city's business/industry/community in order to increase educators' knowledge of local business developments and for employers to identify competencies needed in their businesses. Educators as well as business persons were contacted…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Bradley, Valerie J.; And Others – 1987
The monograph advances a conceptual framework for the evaluation of mental health services provided to chronically mentally ill persons by psychosocial rehabilitation programs. Evaluation mechanisms consistent with the philosophy and programmatic aims of psychosocial rehabilitation programs are identified. An introductory section provides a brief…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Chronic Illness, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Cost Effectiveness
Briney, Margorie; Long, James S. – 1985
This 1984 study (1) estimated the more enduring benefits of a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prevocational program for those who completed the program in 1979; and (2) identified the features of the CETA program that completers recalled as having contributed to these benefits. The 18-week CETA prevocational program was offered by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Benefits
Shell, Duane F.; Horn, Christy A. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 1991
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln study evaluated use of a campus compensatory technology program, particularly compensatory communications systems, by students with disabilities. Results indicate a high level of student use, student perceptions that the compensatory systems were helpful, and improved student academic performance. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), College Students
Iton, Carmen; Sabiston, Judy – 1989
A study of John Abbott College's nursing graduates was conducted to determine how well prepared for their professional responsibilities the graduates saw themselves just prior to graduation and later after working in the nursing field. A sample of 98 nursing students who graduated between 1986 and 1988 was surveyed, with 93% responding to the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Experience, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Pipes, V. David – 1983
In summer 1983, an evaluation of the nursing program at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute was conducted to determine whether program objectives were being met, to measure program success, and to identify areas needing improvement. Surveys were sent to 19 early (pre-1978) and 47 recent Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) graduates; 17…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Educational Trends
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