The purpose of this research is to quantify differences in key performance indicators between paid and organic (not paid) website traffic over a one year period of time at a regional comprehensive university in Kentucky, which is located in the southeastern United States. Two distinct sources of website traffic can be measured: paid traffic and…

The Pell Grant is the foundational need-based student aid program in the United States, providing students of lower socio-economic status a pathway to afford college costs and educational expenses. Currently, over one-third of all U.S. undergraduate students receive Pell. This paper examines federal Pell assistance and institutional costs for…

The objectives of this project were four-fold: (1) to identify new or improved procedures for assisting schools in conducting program evaluation, (2) to test and demonstrate evaluation procedures to determine whether the secondary and post-secondary programs of vocational education in Central Kentucky are fulfilling the stated objectives, (3) to…

The author, who assisted in developing Kentucky's 115 modules for carpentry instruction, describes his competency-based carpentry program in which students use sectional construction methods to build a house on school grounds which is later sold, dismantled, moved, and reassembled on the buyer's lot. (MF)

Three levels of preservice training for 111 beginning teachers of industrial occupations, who were employed between June 1, 1968, and who were teaching in the area vocational school system of Kentucky in April 1969, were evaluated to determine the effectiveness of the program. Six characteristics, consisting of lesson planning, use of the…

THE MAYO STATE VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED AT PAINTSVILLE, KENTUCKY IN 1938. IT IS LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA OF KENTUCKY WHERE COAL MINING HAS PROVIDED JOBS FOR MANY FAMILIES. IN RECENT YEARS, DEPLETION OF COAL AND MECHANIZATION OF MINING HAVE BEEN MAJOR FACTORS CAUSING UNEMPLOYMENT IN THIS AREA. THE MAYO SCHOOL HAS SERVED TO PROVIDE…

The discussion in this hearing, centering on extension of the appropriations under the Vocational Education Act of 1963, focuses on vocational education at the local level, especially as regards to the role of area vocational schools. Testimony includes statements and prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials from three individuals…

The research reported was a part of the Central Kentucky Vocational Education Evaluation Project (VEEP), a locally directed, State-assisted evaluation effort with personnel from eighteen school systems and the regional vocational education staff. The purposes were to identify successful approaches for operating student committees and to determine…