During the growth period of the 1960's and the early 1970's, community college institutional research focused on conducting surveys, compiling institutional reports on grades and enrollments, analyzing student characteristics, and providing background information for writing grants. The researchers came mostly from the teaching faculty and were…

A planning and evaluation model for management information systems (MIS) at the institutional or system level in higher education is presented. The procedure provides an analytical approach for assessing the effectiveness of an existing information system utilizing a variation of the Business Systems Planning methodology developed by the IBM…

The institutional administration of student financial aid programs is examined in this first of a two-volume study on program management procedures in the Basic Grant and Campus Based assistance programs. Sections I and II begin by sketching the background and context of the subject of student aid with emphasis on institutional practices, i.e.,…

DEVELOPED AS A FRAMEWORK FOR THE "INDUSTRIAL TRAINING RESEARCH REGISTER," AND EVENTUALLY FOR THE PUBLISHED VERSION OF THE "TRAINING ABSTRACTS SERVICE," THIS REVISED DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION SCHEME PROVIDES A LOGICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING. SCHEDULES 0 TO 3 (GENERAL, NATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS,…

THE SUPERVISORY TRAINING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES ADVOCATED IN THIS BOOKLET INVOLVE JOB ANALYSIS, APPRAISAL BY BOTH MANAGERS AND TRAINEES, AND CAREFULLY PLANNED TRAINING ON AN INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL GROUP BASIS. JOB ANALYSIS CAN BE CONDUCTED BY OBSERVATION, INTERVIEWS AND OTHER MEANS, AND WILL BE AIMED AT IDENTIFYING NEEDED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE AND…

AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO ASSESS THE ECONOMICS OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI) VERSUS TRADITIONALLY ADMINISTERED INSTRUCTION (TAI) IN CONTROLLING THE STRUCTURE OF THE LEARNER'S STIMULUS ENVIRONMENT IN TEACHING AND TRAINING SITUATIONS. THERE IS A DISCUSSION OF THE NEED FOR A SOUND, OBJECTIVE ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF THE VALUE TO SOCIETY OF…

THE SELECTIONS IN THIS VOLUME DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS, STUDENT TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, CONSULTANTS, AND OTHERS NOT ONLY PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHT, BUT ALSO EXAMINES IN DETAIL ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF FLES PROGRAMS. PART ONE OF THE VOLUME, "A PHILOSOPHICAL RATIONALE FOR FLES,"…

THE VOCATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER, AN EXPERIMENT TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM THROUGH VOCATIONAL TRAINING, IN ITS FIRST 21 MONTHS TRAINED 173 YOUTHS IN SEVEN TRADES AND PLACED 150 GRADUATES IN JOBS. DETAILS OF SELECTION, COUNSELING, TRAINING, PLACEMENT, AND FOLLOW-UP OF INMATES THE USE OF INDIVIDUALIZED…

THIS REPORT CONTAINS A GENERAL EVALUATION OF KANSAS'S 455 TITLE I COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS. IN ONE SECTION GENERAL INFORMATION IS GIVEN ABOUT OPERATION AND SERVICES, DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, EVALUATION, PROBLEMS AND MISCONCEPTIONS, COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS, INTERRELATIONSHIP OF TITLE I WITH OTHER TITLES OF THE…

PROGRAMS DEVELOPED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 ARE REPORTED FOR EACH STATE, GUAM, PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. EACH REPORT INCLUDES INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION AND THE OCCUPATIONAL AREAS IN WHICH TRAINING IS BEING OFFERED. A LARGE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS ARE GETTING SUBSTANTIAL RESULTS IN REDUCING SCHOOL…

ADULT EDUCATION IN ISRAEL IS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE CULTURAL DEPARTMENT, WHICH RECOMMENDS TEACHERS AND LECTURERS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INSPECTION AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT. STUDENT FEES ARE COLLECTED LOCALLY. PREVIOUSLY DEVOTED TO JEWISH TOPICS AND HEBREW LANGUAGE, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE FORMAL SECONDARY EDUCATION, HUMANITIES,…

SPECIAL EDUCATION INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING SERVICES FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED CHILDREN IN OHIO. THIS BOOKLET IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS. PART 1 IS CONCERNED WITH ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR AURALLY HANDICAPPED…

A state-wide survey based on a representative sampling of members of the 89th General Assembly was conducted to explore attitudes concerning the quality of education in Tennessee. Areas covered by the survey included the attitudes of the General Assembly members toward teachers, teachers' salaries, and age of retirement. The survey was designed…

This final report discusses the administration, staffing, planning, implementation and evaluation of the SPEAC (Student Parent Educator Administrator Children) for Nutrition Program. The principle objective of the program is to provide nutrition education and increased understanding of the role of the Child Care Food Program through increased…

A series of opinions on many facets of the administration of cooperative education programming is presented. Part One reviews the philosophy of cooperative education including Lawrence Canjar's "convert" speech, a comparison of experiential and cooperative education, and discussions of parallel programs. In Part Two employers discuss cooperative…