This study examines the validity of the assumption that teacher involvement in and satisfaction with decision-making is systematically related to such organizational effectiveness criteria as (a) teacher job satisfaction, (b) student achievement in reading and mathematics, and (c) student affective behavior, in elementary schools that have…

A survey of May and December 1976 graduates from Delgado College was conducted to determine how students perceived the college's output in terms of personal and professional development and satisfaction. A total of 238 or 36% of graduates returned a 26-item questionnaire on their characteristics, educational status, employment, and degree of…

The study presents the results of a cost-benefit analysis, comparing the private economic benefits with the private economic costs inherent in a two-year registered nurses program. The basic data were the result of a questionnaire administered to the class of 1971-73, the business office, office of student services, the Dean of Nursing and Health…

This document presents the findings of three state-required career student follow-up studies--a one year follow-up of 1972-73 students, a three year follow-up of 1970-71 students, and an initial placement (six months) follow-up of 1973-74 students--in the form of two reports. Ninety-one, 94, and 99 percent of the former graduates and nongraduates…

One of a series of follow-up surveys of graduates of the Los Angeles City Schools which began in 1948 and has been followed up in five year intervals, this study reports the post-high school educational and employment experiences of the 1973 graduates and explores their opinions on a number of issues relating to their high school education.…

This study examines the achievements of seven graduating classes (1969 to 1975) in 12 curricula of the Division of Engineering Technology at New York City Community College (NYCCC). In all, 2,087 technology graduates were surveyed, and 922 usable responses were received (44 percent). Achievement was measured in terms of graduate activities with…

Research designed to compare student satisfaction between a traditional-lecture psychology course and a personalized system of instruction (PSI) course is described. Students compared two identical courses in personality taught by the same instructor. Students were generally more satisfied with the PSI course. The results are that they found the…

The report summarizes a project for conducting a series of workshops and graduate level extension courses on work experience education at various California locations. The purpose of the series was to increase the effectiveness of teaching for disadvantaged and handicapped, update occupational competencies, update administrative and supervisory…

Social Conflict and Negotiative Problem Solving is an instructional system currently under development by the Improving Teaching Competencies Program (ITCP) of Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL). In accordance with the Resource Allocation Management Plan (RAMP, 1975) of ITCP, this report presents a plan of evaluation activities for…

This report presents the findings of the first comprehensive follow-up study of former College of Alameda (COA) students. Objectives of the study were to establish a demographic data base on students who first enrolled in the Fall Quarter of 1970 and in the Fall Quarter of 1971, to identify their educational objectives at time of entry, to obtain…

In order to gain an overall view of student attitudes toward Waubonsee Community College (WCC), determine the strong and weak aspects of WCC, and provide a data base for later comparisons, a standard Educational Testing Service survey instrument was administered to a random sample of about 650 WCC students. The survey instrument used was Student…

The Department of Anthropology and the Educational Assessment Center (EAC) cooperated in a project to assess the effect of certain variables on student ratings of instruction. For this purpose, the entire teaching faculty of the department was requested by the department's Teaching Effectiveness committee to administer the EAC Student Ratings Form…

San Jose City College's Future Think Program consists of the following courses: Language, Culture, and Change; Third World Since 1945; Marriage and Family; Ecology and Man; Science Fiction; Introduction to Literature: Science Fiction; Introduction to Sociology; and Sociology/Fiction of the Future. An evaluation by an independent consulting firm…

Evaluation was made of an inservice training session at Jackson State Community College, Tennessee, for adult basic education teachers and supervisors in West Tennessee. Data were obtained from the 102 participants through the use of a questionnaire and the Kropp-Verner Attitude Scale. The null hypothesis was developed that there was no…

A study of the effectiveness of executive development programs for marketing and sales executives tested three hypotheses: (1) participation in such programs results in identifiable benefits as perceived by the participants; (2) academically oriented executive development programs have significant advantages over company oriented programs as…