This report presents the preparation for and results from a conference on museums and education held by the Cultural Educators Roundtable of metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, on November 20, 1976 at Lindenwood College. The purpose of the conference, attended by local educators and museum personnel, was to explore specific interrelationship…

An in-depth analysis of a school's home-school-community relations program from the perspective of the school's staff and the citizens within its attendance area was conducted. The study was designed to determine the programmatic and nonprogrammatic activities and to examine the existing relationships between: (1) the operating functions, (2) the…

"Data Management and Decision Making" is a set of instructional materials designed to teach practicing and potential educational administrators about the uses of operations research in educational administration. It consists of five units--"Operations Research in Education,""PERT/CPM: A Planning and Analysis…

In the spring of 1974, graduating seniors from Macalester College were sent a questionnaire surveying their reactions to their college experiences and their plans for the future. Seniors were overwhelmingly satisfied with their total experience at the college, viewing academic and interpersonal experiences as the most valuable elements. Nearly 50…

Presented are the appendixes to the final evaluation report of Project Talented and Gifted--a 3-year project to develop a model for the identification of talented and gifted students (8-l5 years old), to develop programs for use with this population, and to develop a model for a regional school. Over 50 Ss participated in the project -- described…

Results of a questionnaire survey conducted in the spring of 1975 to determine the educational, occupational, and career plans of college seniors in Indiana immediately prior to their completion of work toward a bachelor's degree are presented. Graduates from the public institutions were found to be significantly older than those from the private…

To determine what resources are available to community health nurses, a survey was conducted of 345 agencies in WICHE's 13 western state region (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Major findings were: (1) only two percent of responding agencies had a full-time…

A study was conducted to ascertain the perceptions of mid-level administrators concerning collective bargaining at El Camino Community College, the first California community college to engage in collective bargaining pursuant to recently adopted enabling legislation. A survey instrument was administered to 28 administrators (deans and associate…

This document describes the efforts of Mountain Empire Community College to develop better ways of informing students of college opportunities, and reviews the philosophical and ethical concerns underlying the need for better educational consumer information. Analysis indicated that students needed better information about the nature of college…

Data from research conducted by the Department of Education, Queensland, shows that over 90% of the state's teachers support an entirely voluntary system of transfer, 68% favor obligatory transfer for positions that cannot be filled by volunteers, and 45% support a completely compulsory scheme of teacher transfer. A sample of 957 teachers were…

This doctoral dissertation presents and demonstrates an inductive model used in the Albemarle Region (State Planning Region R), a 10-county area of North Carolina, for determining health occupations education needs and resources. Data were collected from over 1200 area health personnel utilizing three basic types of instruments which were…

Data were gathered relevant to two components, professional staff and students, to identify and assess effective and/or ineffective practices and procedures in the second phase of a Regional Career Education Program conducted in eight Eastern Kentucky counties. The data base, collected in the 1974 study (Phase 1), was used to provide comparisons…

A process assessment was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the procedure used by the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education, U.S. Office of Education (USOE), in conducting State Management Evaluation Reviews for Compliance (MERC) with Federal legislation and regulations governing public vocational and adult education programs. The…

The influence of three sets of instructions on teacher/course evaluation by student raters was investigated. Students did not differ in their teacher/course evaluation ratings when the instructions specified the evaluation results would be used: (1) only by the instructor; (2) by the administration; or (3) by students for course selection…

The effects of reducing dental clinical requirements were investigated. Twenty-seven senior students participated in a modified system in which requirements were reduced to essential experiences while the remaining seniors served as controls. No significant differences were found. (Author/MLW)