Between 1965-1972, a total of 150 Michigan farmers participated in the 3-year Kellogg Farmers Study Program, a model for leadership development established at Michigan State University. Participants were selected primarily on the basis of their demonstrated interest in community affairs and their potential leadership abilities. The liberal arts…

A survey was conducted to ascertain the views of present and past students and staff and administrators of Cuyahoga Community College's three ACCESS programs: Veterans Upward Bound, Project Search, and Special Services for Disadvantaged Students. Questionnaires sent to current program participants focused on the nature and value of program…

While the evaluation of organizational consultation is becoming a more public activity, there is still much to be learned in this area. The complexity and uniqueness of most organizational consultation have contributed to the paucity of studies to evaluate the processes involved. Organizational consultation is an ongoing process; continual…

A survey of 278 students who completed at least one of six telecourses offered by Lane Community College (LCC) from Fall 1978 through Winter 1981 was conducted to determine: (1) background information on how students learned about the course, their reasons for enrolling and for selecting a telecourse rather than an on-campus course, and their LCC…

Although the primary purpose of this report is to present prototypical procedures for conducting two-year college vocational follow-up studies, it also describes the implementation and results of using these procedures in the evaluation of the electronics, computer science, and tool and manufacturing programs at Los Angeles Pierce College. After…

The objective of this study was to appraise Macomb County Community College's (MCCC) industrial cooperative education program. Students enrolled in design and mechanical technology from 1970 to 1975, who either participated in the co-op program (N=252) or did not (N=274), and their employers (N=45) responded to the questionnaires. Information was…

The process and findings of the evaluation of seven of the 52 vocational preparatory programs at Mount Hood Community College are described with a focus on demonstrating the feasibility, utility, and problems associated with making program evaluations meet both internal needs and federal requirements. Summaries of data collected are provided in…

This manual explains how to administer the instrument, Guidance Program Assessment--Secondary School, and suggests ways to interpret the data obtained. The assessment instrument is comprised of five sections that are directed toward areas of importance in implementing a guidance program: school helping processes, teacher feedback inventory,…

The purposes of this study were to provide an appraisal of preservice teacher education programs by Utah teachers and administrators, and to determine the extent to which public school teachers had been educated in six areas considered for possible certification by the Utah State Board of Education: (1) handling classroom discipline; (2) working…

This report documents the conduct and results of activities to evaluate the first offering of The Consumer Experience to adult learners through the State University of Nebraska (SUN). A project of the University of Nebraska, SUN is a nontraditional, open learning program designed to extend postsecondary educational opportunities to persons who…

This is the third report of the longitudinal study of a sample of 629 students who first enrolled at Santa Ana College in fall 1977. Included are descriptive data gathered from the third set of questionnaires completed by returning and non-returning students in fall 1978 and demographic data obtained from the college's records. Third phase data…

A project was conducted to design, develop, and evaluate the effectiveness of bilingual (Spanish and English) career education materials for adult farmworkers with limited English-speaking ability. A career education manual, a series of audio- and video-taped interviews with former farmworkers employed in various job cluster areas, and a…

Three hundred and eighteen education graduates were surveyed in order to investigate the quality of training they had received in field or campus teacher-preparation programs in elementary education at a large southwestern university. Graduates rated on a scale of 1-5 the quality of training they had received for 44 teaching skills listed in the…

Data were collected on student attitudes toward academic advising as part of a larger survey of students at George Mason University (Virginia). Both the academic advising and continuing education (Extended Studies) counseling programs were assessed. Over half of those using Extended Studies counseling and a third of those using academic advising…

QUESTIONNAIRES ON PERCEIVED NEEDS FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION WERE SENT IN FEBRUARY 1964 TO ALL YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL GRADUATES OF THE CLASSES OF 1943, 1948, 1953, AND 1958. ALMOST EVERY RESPONDENT HAD BEEN PURSUING SOME SORT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, LARGELY IN SEMINARY CREDIT COURSES, URBAN CHURCH INSTITUTES, MISSIONS OR OVERSEAS STUDY TOURS,…