THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CRITERION MEASURES AND SETS OF RANKINGS OF OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS WERE STUDIED. THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE A FEASIBLE METHOD OF ADMINISTERING TESTS AND INVENTORIES BY TELEVISION. BECAUSE OF EXPENSE AND TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, DATA WERE COLLECTED IN A SIMULATED SITUATION. THE SUBJECTS WERE 91…

A COMMUNITY COLLEGE MASTER PLAN (1) SHOULD BE UNIQUE, DESIGNED FOR ITS PARTICULAR SITUATION, (2) DEVELOPS FROM AN ANALYSIS OF NEEDS, SITE, GROWTH, AND FINANCE, (3) STARTS WITH A REVIEW OF FACTS, RESOURCES, NEEDS, AND INFLUENCES, TO GIVE A FOUNDATION FOR THE CREATIVE PLANNING PROCESS, AND (4) IS INFLUENCED BY FACTORS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM,…

ANTIOCH COLLEGE HAS INITIATED A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE A COLLEGE EDUCATION TO SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WITH HIGH ACADEMIC POTENTIAL. THE PROGRAM OFFERS A CHALLENGE TO THE SMALL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE TO BREAK TRADITION AND BECOME LESS PROVINCIAL BY ADMITTING STUDENTS DIFFERENT FROM THE TRADITIONAL COLLEGE POPULATION. THE FIRST GROUP OF 11…

This collection of 67 reviews of children's and young adult books presents the instructions for librarians participating in the seventh Wisconsin book review browse, explains the selection process, and provides criteria for reviews and an evaluation form. The selected reviews presented here include the reviewer's recommendations and the…

The procedures used by the Ohio News Photographers Association in selecting the 1979 Ohio "News Photographer of the Year" are described in this paper, and questions are raised about their adequacy. The paper tells how the judges analyzed the photograph portfolios on which the award was based, relates the judges' standards for evaluation,…

A model for the evaluation of educational programs is presented, consisting of a seven-step procedure for determining objectives, developing the assessment data, analyzing the data, and presenting it in a meaningful format. The first step is to determine the objectives for the program and enumerate them in a meaningful, measurable fashion; second,…

This is an exploratory effort to determine factors available at the time of application for admission, which will better identify who among marginal applicants are most likely to succeed in college. Some 19 marginal applicants to Hope College were studied in terms of admissions data, their performance in the specially designed summer trial…

Graduate schools must develop new criteria for identifying potentially talented individuals. Judgment analysis (JAN) uses a criterion of success, derived from the judgments of a group of experts, for graduate student selection. In considering a number of applicants for a position, a judge examines each applicant's scores for various profile…

This is a speech by the Dean of Student Affairs for Women at Jackson State University on the subject of racism in higher education. The bias against blacks in testing and admission procedures is mentioned. The need for administrators to confront and remove their own biased racial attitudes, and to develop an atmosphere for equal opportunity and…

This document is an outline guide to accompany group discussion sessions on the fundamentals and operationalization of modules. The document begins with an introduction that explains the various outline pages. The following are presented and discussed in the guide: (1) the five elementary characteristics of a module, (2) definitions of modules,…

The author makes suggestions for two types of educational research and offers guidelines for carrying out and writing up the research. His first suggestion is a topic for research: the development of an authoritative definition for three terms: (1) regionally identified demand for workers, (2) articulation between secondary curriculums and related…

This paper discusses the development and design of an analysis model for governance of teacher centers organized in consortium form. A consortium is descirbed as "an organization of autonomous bodies or individuals which bond together by some relatively formal agreement to secure some benefit." The consortium generally functions in a collaborative…

With its growing influence and power, the women's movement is directing pressure on the Air Force to permit women to attend the Air Force Academy. This study traces the history of the women's movement in America and examines the specific avenues by which the present Air Force policy against admitting women to the academy could be abrogated.…

The Mountain-Plains curriculum guidelines are outlined to provide guidance in fulfilling the requirements of the Career Education Model Four project as they relate to curriculum design, implementation, and evaluation. The curriculum is devised for the sole purpose of supporting the mission of Model Four and is based on the criteria for family…

These criteria, developed by the Louisiana Right to Read Commission, provide a statement of standards for a quality reading program. It is against these criteria that a school can evaluate its current program. Of the 25 criteria, 5 are related to the pupil, 17 are directed to the professional staff, and 3 are concerned with the local community.…