Results are presented of evaluation of the Research and Development Project in Career Education, Milford, Nebraska. Eleven instruments were used in the K-12 evaluation: Questionnaire on Occupational Units, Counselor Questionnaire, Student Ranking of Occupations, List of Occupations You Know Something About, Occupational and Educational Information…

The project approach is suited for dealing with change, and along with the functional organization, has some important things to offer a school district. The project approach is a way to build in some organizational flexibility without completely losing organizational stability. The smaller, less complicated project provides excellent training for…

Using longitudinal data gathered over a 5-year period, a cohort of 645 male and female students was studied (n=242) to determine the impact of an experimental manpower economics course on world-of-work understanding, attitudes, education-related and employment-related behavior. While the eighth grade course (given fall semester 1967-68) had…

The research paper examines the following hypothesis: the current US Army Officer Distribution System is inadequate in design and execution to respond to change and has caused dysfunctional effects in the area of career management not previously identified with the process of officer distribution. The research methodology into officer assignment…

This study determined the effects of assigning students from speech classes to one of 14 positive sociometrically determined groups, 14 negative sociometrically determined groups, or 14 randomly determined groups upon individuals' satisfaction with the group and the time needed to solve a specific test problem. All significant differences among…

A follow-up study was made of the graduates of the 1973 Los Angeles City College registered nurse program in order to: (1) evaluate the program's effectiveness and value, (2) counsel current and future students in the program, (3) answer questions of legislators, accrediting bodies, and other interested groups, and (4) improve the quality of…

This Bulletin gives an overview, through questions and answers, of team management from the standpoint of the superintendent, the principal, and industry. Team management is "ideal" to the extent that it operates democratically, and "practical" in that it normally finds a more sound solution than if one person, alone, came up with a solution. The…

Volume 3 of a 3-volume study of former Texas high school students who left as graduates or dropouts during the school years 1963-64 and 1968-69 consists entirely of the tabulated responses to the questionnaires. Related documents are available in this issue as VT 021 091, VT 021 092, and VT 021 093. (MF)

A tentative hypothesis growing out of the study of the transition from school to work has been that it is the type of articulation between the institution of school and that of the work-place which determines a smooth or rocky transition. Thus, this review of literature concerns itself with the characteristics of the learning environment with the…

This is a structured interview study of a 20% random sample consisting of 148 clients interviewed a year after leaving a rehabilitation center vocational program. Employment outcome is related to age, marital status, impairments, education, race, social class, program completion, attendance and punctuality. Clients' occupational distribution in…

Dona Ana Mental Health Services (DAMHS) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, has completed a five year demonstration project intended "to explore the effectiveness of a special method of selecting, assigning, training, and giving consultation to nonprofessional mental health workers as they and the community develop special mental health services." These…

This group administered questionnaire was used to gather data on work attitudes of former NYC enrollees who had been out of the program for a period of 4 months to approximately 1 1/2 years. See also TM 000 865. (CK)

To investigate the extent to which Illinois gainful home economics cooperative education programs have contributed to the employability of graduates, questionnaires were mailed to 1969 and 1970 graduates seeking current employment status, ratings on the contribution of the training to specific employment competencies, current employer's assessment…

The study investigated the possible influence of selected personal and background demographic variables on job satisfaction among industrial arts teachers and the relationships between job satisfaction and a job content-context dichotomy for the job factors. Data were collected through mailed questionnaires to a 50 percent sample of industrial…

This report encourages goal and standard setting for administrators and administrator participation in the appraisal process. The first section outlines the weaknesses of present evaluation systems. The second section, which deals with a goal-oriented system, discusses the philosophy behind the system, the standards of performance, and the…