In light of growing concern for the measurement of educational effectiveness, this paper advocates institutional research at the community college level in California's community colleges to answer crucial questions concerning students, programs, and communities and urges trustees and administrators to use research results to inform decision…

A strategy for including writing of a research paper in a university's advanced intensive English course for students of English as a second language is described. The method consists of eight assignments given over the course of 11 weeks, resulting in a short research paper. The method is designed to minimize error by dealing with specific…

This study describes the problems of searching in professional journals for relevant articles on the subject of adult education evaluation. Seventy-three journals were identified as containing 337 appropriate articles when searching with 11 title words; 43 percent of the titles referred to human behavior change while 57 percent referred to program…

This guide has been designed to help teachers, supervisors, and administrators set up a science or mathematics research program which should provide students with a set of basic "tools" for use in problem solving situations. The guide is organized into 17 chapters. The first 15 chapters focus on: organizing a research program; recruiting students;…

A faculty evaluation system at the University of Georgia identifies and differentiates meritorious performance of individual faculty members. The evaluation system, which is used for faculty in the Division of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (HPERD), incorporates the use of a job description, an annual report of activity, and an…

This report examines employment in terms of fundamental, long-range economic change and describes activities of the National Commission for Employment Policy. Part I assesses labor market changes as a first step in developing employment policies that will serve the needs of America in the 1980s and beyond. It considers the changing labor force;…

Compiled to assist librarians at Pennsylvania State University in conducting research projects and preparing research and grant proposals, this annotated bibliography is divided into three sections: performing research, funding research, and publishing research. Books, journals, articles, directories, online databases, and guides to the literature…

The major purpose of this inquiry was to examine the impact of Chapter 1 services upon student achievement in reading and mathematics in the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) School District during the 1987-88 school year. The program affects 162 schools and more than 50,000 children by providing services to those having the lowest academic achievement…

This report focuses on teacher reactions in the Mississippi Delta to the state-wide curriculum and testing program. A Basic Skills Assessment Program tests achievement of the state curriculum objectives at grades 3, 5, 8, and 11. Eleventh grade students are also required to pass a Functional Literacy Examination for each content area. Mathematics…

This collection of six reports was compiled by the Public Library Support Staff of the U.S. Department of Education to disseminate pertinent information submitted by the State Library Administrative Agencies on the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) key program areas. Based on data from the fiscal year 1984 LSCA Annual Reports, each…

The essay discusses seminal contributions to the field of "new" Chicano history of the 1970's which focused on urban themes, labor and the working class, and women and were produced by a young, formally trained corps of historians (some Latin American, but increasingly United States historians), principally from the major universities of…

Research presented in this report focuses on data obtained through the 1982 and 1985 "Survey of Public Participation in the Arts" and relates to musical theater, operetta, and opera attendance. The objectives of this study were to focus on those findings which might help opera or musical theater organizations attract and understand…

A leader's guide for conducting a workshop on managing bilingual program evaluations is presented as part of the Bilingual Evaluation Technical Assistance (BETA) project. After examining how to organize the workshop, the following aids are presented: a preworkshop preparation checklist, a sample room arrangement diagram, a workshop time schedule,…

Rhode Island College's innovative program of baccalaureate education for registered nurses is described, and guidelines and materials used in the program are included. The federally funded project was designed to: identify the competencies the registered nurse (RN) applicant brings to the program and place the student accordingly; develop a…

Financial planning and management responsibilities of college governing boards are examined. External factors and the institution's condition and direction of movement are addressed, along with policies concerning financial resources (e.g., tuition, financial aid, investments, and educational and auxiliary sales and services). Also considered are:…