The College of Eastern Utah (CEU) conducted a follow-up study of its graduates from the 1940's through the 1970's, a study complicated by the fact that no official records of graduates were kept by the college until after the mid-1960's. Questionnaires were mailed to those for whom addresses could be obtained (n=1238), with 50% of those surveyed…

Faculty and staff at the College of Eastern Utah were surveyed in order to ascertain the level of job satisfaction of the college's personnel. Over 90% of the faculty completed a 94-item job satisfaction questionnaire which was based on Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene theory of motivation. College staff completed a slightly modified form of the…

Information problems of health science students receiving their education in rural areas were studied by the Bio-Medical Library of Minnesota to: (1) delineate and describe off-campus students' needs for, and access to, information; and (2) propose models for providing information services. Forty students of the Rural Physician Associate Program…

The Tex-SIS Follow-up system First Year Graduate Survey involved 37 Texas community colleges and resulted in a total of 6,560 questionnaires processed from institutional surveys conducted during fall semester 1976. The average response rate was 59%. Following a section presenting the study highlights in graphic form, the monograph presents…

The report summarizes questionnaire responses from 454 university department heads concerning information collected in the most recent self-study or review of their department. The responses included judgments about the importance of collecting each information element for (1) internal department use for porgram planning and improvements, (2)…

In spring 1978, a survey questionnaire designed to elicit demographic information on the student population as well as subjective data to form a clear picture of the typical student and identification of student needs, was administered throughout the De Anza College extended campus operation. College administrators were particularly interested in…

This study investigated the value of the Advanced Placement English course in New York State secondary schools, the college performances of former Advanced Placement and Non-Advanced Placement English participants, the best predictor of accelerants' performances in the first college English course, and which predictors, when combined, stabilized…

The results of a 1976 study, "Measures of Institutional Goal Achievement" (MIGA), based on a survey of 1,150 faculty, administrators, and trustees at 45 American colleges and universities are presented, and implications for the work of college planners and administrators are assessed. Respondents, answering questions about goal priorities and…

This instrument was originally designed to provide a five year pre and post measure of the effectiveness of the Curriculum and Instructional Development Center at Valencia Community College. The purpose of the instrument is to ascertain faculty members' awareness and use of numerous alternative teaching styles. Four areas are covered by the…

In a study of the use of videotaping to modify teacher behaviors, five teachers in a reading and learning skills center were filmed in interaction with students; they then observed and measured their own "on-task" and "off-task" behaviors while viewing a series of taped sessions. A control group of two teachers had pretest and posttest filming…

Variables associated with interpersonal distance were studied in this research project. Since close physical proximity may produce defensive behaviors that are disruptive to learning, instructors must be aware of the combinations of variables that produce the need for increased interpersonal distance in instructor-student interactions. A…

This report presents a broad preliminary examination of parent involvement in eight early childhood education programs in the School District of Philadelphia: Child Care, Follow Through, Follow Through Expansion, Get Set Day Care, Kindergarten, Parent Cooperative Nurseries, Prekindergarten Head Start, and Primary Skills. Data were collected from…

Presented in this report are basic education data for fall 1976 on all free public elementary and secondary day schools in the United States and some outlying areas under U.S. jurisdiction. National trend data since fall 1972 on selected items of information are included. Basic data for each state or other area are shown on numbers of local school…

One of a series of reports on lifelong learning in California, this report reviews the concept of educational brokering and presents the proceedings of the 1977 conference, "The Role of Nonaccredited Contracting Agencies in California Postsecondary Education." An educational broker is an organization or an individual serving, for a fee,…

A survey was administered to 1,903 students enrolled in 45 sections of History 27 (American history) and Political Science 5 (political institutions), both 3-unit courses required for graduation at Cerritos College (California), to ascertain whether students would have taken either course if it had not been required and to determine preferences…