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Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. Farmers Home Administration. – 1978
The transportation needs of the 30% of the population living in rural America, particularly those of the elderly, handicapped, poor, isolated, young, carless, and unemployed, are more critical than the needs of their counterparts in urban areas because of the lack of rural public transportation. Yet, only about 1% of the capitol federal investment…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making
Wise, Lauress L.; And Others – 1979
Results are given for a study of sex differences in high school mathematics achievement and the career consequences of these differences, based on the Project TALENT Data Base. The report contains four separate sections: (1) an Executive Summary; (2) a technical paper focused on sex differences in high school mathematics participation and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Career Planning, Decision Making
Koffler, Stephen L. – 1979
This research compared the cut-off scores estimated from an empirical procedure (Contrasting group method) to those determined from a more theoretical process (Nedelsky method). A methodological and statistical framework was also provided for analysis of the data to obtain the most appropriate standard using the empirical procedure. Data were…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comparative Analysis, Cutting Scores, Decision Making
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Cook, Nancy C. – 1979
The third part of a three-part assessment of community education research needs, this report attempted to formulate research questions and identify research needs related to community involvement in community education. It begins with a rationale for citizen participation and the function of citizen participation in community education. It…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Citizens Councils, Community Education
Micek, Sidney S.; Lenning, Oscar T. – 1979
Projects of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) conducted to develop techniques and strategies for describing and analyzing outcomes are discussed. It is suggested that the information will assist decision-makers in understanding and using outcomes information in their planning and management decisions. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Colleges, Decision Making
Hogan, John H. – 1979
In a mandatory fee setting it is important to develop a program that educates students on health center services so as to insure their continuing financial support. The Colorado State University Student Health Center receives no state funds and so has created techniques to fill this fundamental need. Students other than full-time, such as…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, College Students, Decision Making, Fees
Barletta, Charles, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Bringing together parents, teachers, and researchers, this conference was intended to provide a climate in which participants could examine their own needs and develop their own action plans for the development and implementation of parent and community participation in schools. The goals of the conference were to provide descriptions of proven…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Conference Reports, Decision Making
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Hughes, Francis P. – 1979
In an examination designed by a medical specialty board, six tests were administered to groups of candidates for certification to investigate the feasibility of using videotapes of doctor-patient interactions to assess candidates' ability to note signs of potential physical disorders during a patient's physical examination and history taking, and…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Assessment, Equated Scores, Graduate Medical Students
Davis, Carolyn – 1978
This set of training materials was developed for a nationwide prevention education program designed to develop new citizen awareness of the importance of making sound, personal decisions leading to the reduction of drinking problems and alcoholism. There are three packages of prevention education materials presented: Reflections in a Glass, for…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Community Action, Community Leaders, Decision Making
REGAN, MARY C. – 1963
IN THIS STUDY OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF STATE HOME ECONOMICS LEADERS IN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION MAKING, THE GUIDING PURPOSE WAS TO DEVELOP DIMENSIONS FOR MEASURING SUCH INVOLVEMENT AND TO ASSESS HOW WELL THE ITEMS CONSTITUTING THE DIMENSIONS MEASURED CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND VARIABLES. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS DEVELOPED AROUND FOUR…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, Administrators, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Daigneault, George H. – 1963
A study was made of the university evening college decision-making role of resident departmental chairmen at 12 universities (four publicly supported, two Roman Catholic, six private nonsectarian) in the Midwest and East. Liberal arts department chairmen, liberal arts deans, and evening deans were interviewed. In all but two institutions, evening…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Attitudes, College Faculty, Day Programs
Mahlstede , John P.; Thomas, Robert W. – 1968
This document contains research reports concerning: (1) The Decision Making Process of Iowa Young Adults, (2) Vocational Education and Occupational Aspirations of High School Students With No College Plans, (3) Differential Non-Income Occupational Valuations of Iowa Farm Boys, (4) Interrelationship of Home Environment and Employment, (5) Manpower…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Agricultural Occupations, Decision Making, Educational Research
Griffiths, Daniel E., Ed. – 1968
This series of six related studies reports the work of a multi-university team in developing and evaluating extensive taxonomies of organizational behavior in education. The report is divided into seven chapters, four of which describe the development of classification schemata, utilizing the concepts of four theories of organization and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Administrators, Behavior Patterns
Binderman, Murray – 1968
Most Southern public schools are still unintegrated despite the 1954 Supreme Court decision. This study sought to determine the causal factors related to the decision of those Negro mothers who did enroll their children in white schools. Samples were 207 Negro mothers with children in grades one through five who were enrolled in a North Carolina…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Mothers, County School Districts, Decision Making
Hickcox, Edward S.; And Others – 1968
A school board must operate in such a way that it can cope with the increasingly larger size, complex organization, and sophisticated programs of schools. The relationships among the community, board, and school can be viewed as component parts of a system. Formal and informal lines of communication exist among these parts--between the community…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role
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