In order to assess the effectiveness of its Human Services vocational program, Santa Ana College (SAC) conducted a three-part study involving: (1) a survey of the 678 students (including 22 graduates) who had enrolled in a Human Services course from Fall 1976 through Summer 1980; (2) a survey of 178 Human Services agencies in Orange County,…

This paper addresses developmental education programs as mechanisms for enhancing the survival rates of disadvantaged populations in higher education. Specifically, the paper identifies and discusses the critical dimensions of effective developmental education programs, including recruitment, admissions, diagnosis and prescription, orientation,…

Data collected from student applications, personal history forms, class registrations, placement tests, and financial records were examined to derive a personal, academic, and financial profile of the 2,316 new and transfer students who entered Kapiolani Community College during Fall 1980. Selected findings indicate that: (1) most of the students…

Data prepared for a study of declining enrollment in 12 school districts in the Grant Wood Area are presented in tabular form under the headings of enrollment, curriculum, personnel, and transportation. Enrollment tables show current enrollment by grade, total enrollments for each school year beginning with 1972-73 and projected through 1983-84,…

Technical reports of projects funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I and summer components of the projects in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania school system are presented. Following a summary statement, each project is described separately and contains information on the project's rationale, expected outcomes, mode of…

In this publication on standards for nursing education, the major educational goals encompassing graduate education, basic education, and continuing education are presented. They provide a means of monitoring the quality of programs and of supporting innovation and testing of new roles in nursing. These standards focus on education for nursing…

Problems of the health care profession and suggestions for reform are presented in this book on the U.S. health care delivery system. The book is divided into four sections. Section I, "Health and Health Care Problems for the American People," provides a general discussion on health, disease, and illness, and the importance of health…

Up-to-date information as of January 1979 is presented on Canadian and U.S. undergraduate and graduate programs in health services administration. The first section presents an introduction to career opportunities in the profession, comments on the nature of education in health services administration, and offers suggestions on how to identify the…

A model is presented which is intended to serve as a reference and provide guidelines for the establishment of community based vocational guidance and counseling programs in West Virginia. The first of six sections identifies and expands four components of the program: self-understanding, decision making, environmental awareness, and job…

Nine abstracts summarize research projects conducted by the Research Committee of the Texas Association of Junior and Community College Instructional Administrators. These research projects were: (1) A Study of Perceived Need Deficiencies of Public Community/Junior College Faculty Members in the State of Texas; (2) Perception of Success of…

The entrepreneurial development and experiential education environments of Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, are described. The college-owned enterprises of the Boone Tavern Hotel and dining room, college farms and poultry, college laundry, college store, student craft industries, and the college press are discussed in terms of markets and…

In terminating the GI Bill, Congress provided an alternative benefit to military personnel by passing Public Law 94-502, the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 (VEAP). The purpose of VEAP was to provide educational assistance to men and women entering the armed services after termination of the GI Bill, to assist young…

To provide current demographic and needs assessment information for public and private agencies serving migrants, a survey was conducted among farmers and the migrant workers they employed. Of 228 migrant labor camps in western and central New York, 57 were selected for study by a stratified random sampling procedure which assured adequate…

Resource sharing among institutions as a method of supporting continuing education is surveyed. The following three trends are identified: the growth of continuing education, experimentation with consortial approaches to higher education, and continued emphasis on cost effectiveness. Among the objectives of the survey were to determine what…

In recent years various structural approaches have been used in the United States to improve the delivery of elementary and secondary educational services to rural students. Post World War II interest in reorganization of local districts into larger administrative units has shifted to three other approaches popularized in the 1970's (each with…