The Program Classification Structure (PCS) has been widely disseminated throughout the higher education community to provide a consistent means of identifying and organizing the program elements of higher education institutions. This technical report identifies, describes, and categorizes quantitative indicators into 6 program measures groups that…

This monograph is concerned with the uses to which an individualized student information system could be put for obtaining valuable insights into the progress of a variety of students through the educational system. In chapter 1, the concepts and terminology required for an understanding of transition matrixes are introduced, and a mathematical…

This manual was prepared to aid in building an effective evaluation structure for government programs and projects throughout the HEW agencies. It is intended to assist evaluators in the development of a strategy -- when to evaluate, who should evaluate, and how to supervise the evaluation; how to allocate resources among different types of…

In a controlled experiment, the IIEP attempted to develop efficient teaching materials in the field of educational planning. Informal instructional materials were compiled from the tape recordings, transcriptions, and summary notes of seminars, lectures, and discussions conducted by the IIEP in its training and research program. This instructional…

This 11-item, two part questionnaire is designed to record participant evaluation of a planning and evaluation training program. Part of TM 001 078. (DLG)

This is a 20-item, three part questionnaire designed to measure knowledge of decision-making and evaluation on the part of participants in a training program on planning and evaluation. Part of TM 001 078. (DLG)

The joint study group was established to identify the most urgent research and training needs in agricultural engineering in Brazil and to recommend how best to meet those needs. Specific recommendations are given for a long-term program to establish quality programs in education and research in agricultural engineering in Brazil and means to gain…

In this speech, the author anticipates and responds to questions of would-be critics of the yearbook. He reviews the purposes served by the volume, the contributions it is making to those involved in the preparation of elementary educators, the uniqueness of its coverage, and the manner in which it should be read. He concludes by labeling the…

This discussion treats the state-owned institutions of Pennsyvania as an educational system. Justification for such a view is traced in the historical roots, legal and functional development, and current mission of these institutions. To assess the effectiveness of this system, enrollment patterns and degree output are examined, first in…

In the present paper, the author appears to believe that there is a communication gap between planners for student orientation programs and educational researchers. The difference has traditionally been that orientation planners concentrated their efforts on the framing of questions while the educational researchers focused on the development of a…

This paper is a statistical study of the growth of higher education in the United States with emphasis upon trends in student enrollment patterns at all levels. The flow of students from high school graduation through the graduate schooos is described through an examination of graduation rates, entrance and attrition rates at each level, and the…

This document presents projected operating expenses for the Ontario universities during academic year 1969-70 as based on reports of operating expenses in academic years 1967-68 and 1968-69. The basic income units are provided for academic salaries, graduate student teaching salaries, academic support salaries, library facilities, fringe benefits,…

Higher education in America today is increasingly the education of adults. Although full-time students are, when they start college, usually 18 years old and financially dependent, the term student also covers very large numbers of persons who have dropped out and reentered, who are registered for courses but not degrees, who take refresher work…

Over the past several years the universities of Ontario have made a gigantic effort under the direction of the Committee of Presidents of Universities of Ontario to provide quality higher education for all qualified students. Inter institutional cooperation and coordination has been a must in this effort, and maximum utilization of available…

A detailed account and critique of the 1967 Salvadoran Educational Reform places particular emphasis on the role of instructional television (ITV) and its relation as the pacesetter for the whole educational system. It discusses foreign assistance through UNESCO, The World Bank, US/AID and Japan, and comments on several feasibility studies. In…