The author discusses the need to win wider audiences for educational television by producing higher quality, innovative programs. (AK)

A brief look at why educational television needs to develop its own techniques, its own attitudes, its own criteria, and its own traditions." (Author/AA)

Recommends that trainers expand their skills activities and working relationships with other specialists (data processing, marketing, finance, etc.) to influence the rate of productivity. (CT)

Discusses whether corporate training and education needs are better served by one large training department or by many small training staffs directly controlled by the departments. (JOW)

Describes how the technology education program at Driver Middle School in Winchester, Indiana evolved from one with inadequate facilities and materials to one that received the Program Excellence Award from the International Technology Education Association. Includes tips for improving a technology education program. (JOW)

Describes how telecourses may be educating more people than online courses do, and that the Internet provides opportunities for further growth and improvement in such courses. (EV)

In an effort to improve student services and increase student satisfaction, Carnegie Mellon University embarked on a mission to re-engineer its enrollment process. Discusses the steps involved and the lessons learned over the course of this transformation. (EV)

Asserts that as institutional support of student affairs areas becomes increasingly tied to learning outcomes, the effect of fraternity and sorority involvement on intellectual development is critical to its continued support. Addresses learning outcomes of fraternity and sorority membership, fostering improved learning outcomes, changing…

Understanding consumers' concerns about vocational rehabilitation services is important because of the current emphasis on empowerment and consumer-directed services. This study focused on participants' responses to an open-ended survey question that asked them what they thought could be done to improve their satisfaction with a vocational…

In the case of higher education, the hills are more like mountains of data that "we're accumulating at a ferocious rate," according to Gerry McCartney, CIO of Purdue University (Indiana). "Every higher education institution has this data, but it just sits there like gold in the ground," complains McCartney. Big Data and the new tools people are…

The digitized collections of artifacts known as electronic portfolios are creating solutions to a variety of performance improvement needs in ways that are cost-effective and improve both individual and group learning and performance. When social media functionality is embedded in e-portfolios, the tools support collaboration, social learning,…

What does performance improvement look like in practice in today's organizations? As part of its commitment to the learning profession, the American Society for Training and Development annually judges the practices of organizations through a blind peer review process to determine what merits the best practice designation. This article contains…