The authors present a framework depicting an evaluation-decision sequence, describe each of the evaluation stages, and note the relationships between evaluation information and subsequent decisions. In Chart I, the four major decision areas and the five kinds of evaluation which provide information for decisions in each of these areas are…

The two-cassette tape recordings in this set contain the proceedings of a session at the 1969 meeting of the American Association of the Advancement of Science. One of the two papers summarized the major results of a survey of the status of educational research and development in the United States in the Fiscal year 1968. The findings of the…

This historical review describes the educational development of women in higher education. Emphasis is placed on the beginning of formal education for women, secondary and higher education, and higher education and the twentieth century. (MJM)

This analysis of 1,200 educational research and development projects taken from the U.S. Office of Education's "Current Project Resumes, July 1970" was made to determine the crucial objectives or activities which have a direct effect on project costs, as part of the planning for the National Institute of Education. Projects were…

This report offers recommendations from the vantage points of educational administration and supervision regarding the best use of discretionary federal funds for the improvement of the quality of American education. Part one describes the Administration and Supervision Task Force on School Improvement and Reform. Part two, "Recommendations…

Researchers neither are now, nor can they become the sole arbiters of educational change. In order for National Institute of Education (NIE) to effect change, there must be a true dialogue. In other words, the research users, parents, students, teachers, and school officials must have a chance to give NIE their ideas. While the author believes…

This lecture discusses the higher education of blacks in the United States. The first part describes historically the development of black higher education by chronological periods up to approximately 1965. The second section discusses the present era in terms of several major current issues. Some of the social, legal, and political aspects of…

This document includes a summary of the Laboratory's activities for the year ending November 30, 1970; the Laboratory's objectives and plans; and a proposed budget for the year ending November 30, 1971. There are seven major sections: 1) an introduction describing the Laboratory's role, specific target area of the educationally disadvantaged from…

Byra L4:1 is the Swedish research and development program in education. The authors, while basically enthusiastic about the center, suggest the following ways of improving its operation: explicate priorities for basic and applied research and development, fund all professors and docents for basic research of greatest interest to them, establish…

The national conference "Toward Educational Development in the Community Junior College" was the fifteenth summer junior college conference held at the University of California, Los Angeles. Twelve papers were presented at the conference and emphasized four major topical areas in addition to matters directly related to instruction. Those areas…

This annual report begins with a brief overview of cooperative research objectives and background. The five major sections are 1) "Cooperative Research Authorization" including the basic authorizations and subsequent amendments; 2) "Management Policies and Procedures;" 3) "Definitions and Distinctions" covering major…

More than a third of the colleges and universities in operation in the U.S. in 1970 were created after 1947. This important fact has lead to the creation of the present study whose purpose was to gather data about the numbers and kinds of new institutions, the circumstances of their founding, their common and distinctive characteristics, their…

Three steps may be taken to minimize the difficulties involved in educational development: 1) a realistic expectation should be projected in regard to the prowess of development; 2) the "state-of-the-art" should receive continuous improvement; and 3) training programs to prepare fully professional developers should be established as rapidly as…

This report was produced by a committee appointed by the Council for Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Israel) to perform the following three major tasks: (1) review all facets of post-secondary education excluding university activities; (2) suggest principles on which to base the development of post-secondary education;…

The committee responsible for the present document was appointed to review the pattern of full-time higher education in Great Britain and in view of national needs and resources to advise Her Majesty's Government on what principles its long-term development should be based; e.g., whether there should be any changes in the developmental pattern,…