A study of community satisfaction in two eastern Colorado towns found that residents' perceptions of their communities were significantly related to demographic and residential/migrational characteristics. Questionnaires were sent to 450 telephone subscribers, selected randomly from the 1977 directories for both communities; 49% were completed and…

A SIX WEEK MULTINATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE BROADCAST MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING WAS HELD IN 1962 BY BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY. PARTICIPANTS (28 BROADCASTERS FROM 16 COUNTRIES) HAD BEEN CHOSEN ON THREE LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE WITH TELEVISION. INTENSIVE INTERVIEWS, SEMINAR OBSERVATIONS, BEFORE AND AFTER QUESTIONNAIRES FOR PARTICIPANTS AND A COMPARISON…

The background, history, curriculum, and participants involved in the United Auto workers local 412 (UAW) Technical Training Center in Detroit are examined. The program was initiated by the local union, composed of the Amalgamated Engineers, Technicians, and Associates in the engineering division of Chrysler Corporation, to help re-employ union…

This report presents the results of a dissemination project, the objectives of which were: (1) to conduct a set of conferences at several predominantly Negro colleges for the reporting of research results from a study in which these schools had previously participated, (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of these conferences with respect to…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Manpower Development and Training Program (MDTP) as conducted by the Vocational and Adult Education Department of the Lincoln, Nebraska Public Schools during its first three years of operation. The sample consisted of 389 MDTP students in the clerical, practical nursing, and dental assistant programs,…

One aspect of Project REDY (Rural Education-Disadvantaged Youth) was to identify elements of family living which were satisfying to residents of an economically depressed rural area in Southern Illinois. McVoy's Wants and Satisfaction scale was administered to 115 family heads to determine the degree to which certain wishes and interests of…

Data obtained from 44 vocational teachers and 519 adult students included measures of student verbal gain, manual gain, satisfaction, and persistence, and of teachers' educational level, experience teaching adults, years of trade experience, age, mental ability, subject matter knowledge, teaching style, and number of teaching techniques used. The…

Study objectives were to: derive a set of variables originating from background status attainments and proceeding through marital behavior via a literature search; develop models of marital happiness and family satisfaction by residence; delimit specific variables contributing to marital happiness and family satisfaction by residence within the…

Data obtained from a province-wide survey of compulsory physical education programs in Alberta, Canada, is presented (1) describing current parent and student perceptions of required physical education, (2) identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the program as it exists, (3) assessing areas of expressed or implied concerns, and (4) making…

Study objectives were to determine the levels of satisfaction with selected community services in an 11-county area of northern West Virginia (3 representative sites) and to compare these levels to those of 12 other selected sites in the non-metropolitan northeastern United States. A total of 2,141 questionnaires was completed, 295 of which came…

The Employability Skills Program (ESP) at Edison High School was designed to serve 10th grade students who were considered to be potential dropouts because of basic skills deficiencies, poor attitudes toward school, or individual adjustment problems. The major student-related objectives of the project were to improve basic skills, improve…

The primary purpose of this project was to develop a system for the evaluation of student teachers employing automated data processing as an integral part of the system. This system employed data gathered from four sources: (1) Public School Pupils, Grades 7-12; (2) Student Teachers; (3) Supervising Teachers; (4) College Supervisors. The emphasis…

The nationwide study examines career behavior patterns and work orientations of students five years after they began vocational-technical transfer programs at community colleges, technical schools, and similar kinds of institutions in the fall of 1970. The study sample consisted of 4,350 individuals selected from the national norm group who…

In an effort to determine how students themselves perceive social studies and the society, two questionnaires were developed and administered to 797 seniors in 19 high schools across the country. The first questionnaire surveyed student comparison of social studies with other school subjects; assessment of preference for various teaching methods…

The report is a one shot followup study of 128 secondary school students who had completed a health careers course at Jefferson High School in Roanoke, Virginia. The response rate was 87 percent. The former students were surveyed by questionnaire to determine the effectiveness of the program and to provide data relevant to program improvement. It…