This report contains the National Institute of Education (NIE) Planning Unit's recommendations for transfer of U.S. Office of Education (USOE) funded R&D projects to NIE upon its effective date of operation. The report recommends that candidates for transfer should generally be ongoing projects monitored in programs scheduled for NIE transfer…

Guidelines for increasing academic efficiency at the Kansas state colleges and universities cover the regents' institutions, programs and costs, and evaluation and coordination. Following introductory material, Chapter II describes the current Regent's structure for coordination and briefly characterizes the instructional mission of each…

The document, one of a series to assist in planning procedures for local and State vocational agencies, explains an information analysis system for realistic projection of future program planning and for monitoring of fund allocations for vocational education facilities projects. The system is called the State Vocational Education…

A study was conducted of campus children's centers to formulate recommendations to the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District. The following areas were examined: legal authority, management, admission and fees, costs, funding, and organizational alternatives. These recommendations for a plan to establish campus children's…

Following a review of over 350 evaluation-related reports as well as written evaluation activities by the National Advisory Council, state advisory councils, and over 30 state departments of education, three criteria were proposed as methods to be used by state education leaders in assessing the worth of an existing or proposed evaluation system.…

A slide tape presentation was devised for use in an orientation program to the State University of New York at Buffalo library for incoming freshmen students. The goals of the audiovisual orientation program are to: (1) indicate the complexity of the university libraries--to show that there are many libraries and that their resources are varied,…

This paper provides information on the cost of the research underlying the Minicourse model as compared with the development cost of the Minicourse packages. It also estimates the cost that would be involved in achieving 30 percent implementation of Minicourses by elementary and secondary school teachers in the United States. Research costs are…

This handbook describes the nature and content of art education and includes some suggested possibilities for implementing art programs. It is directed to principals, directors of instruction, superintendents, and boards of education, and is intended to help school districts improve, expand, and develop an art curriculum that is suitable to each…

This report examines the cost effectiveness of reading programs, as part of a large-scale evaluation of compensatory reading programs. Results from a cost analysis of these programs and from an examination of the cost-assessment model used are presented in two other reports. No conclusive relationship was found between the cost of a program and…

This report describes the results of a study of the cost and cost effectiveness of 27 summer reading programs, carried through as part of a large-scale evaluation of compensatory reading programs. Three other reports describe cost and cost-effectiveness studies of programs during the regular school year. On an instructional-hour basis, the total…

The shared services and joint planning of the area-wide continuing education program of the Northwest Allegheny Hospitals Corporation (a Consortium of seven acute care and two rehabilitation centers in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania) are described. (LH)

The paper presents an econometric analysis of the impact of the Work Incentive Program, as modified by the Talmadge Amendments of 1971 (WIN 2), on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program costs and recipient rates. (Author)

Describes a study of the relative costs of assessing prior learning and the major design and implementation characteristics of prior-learning programs at 31 four-year and 34 two-year colleges. Operational areas examined included: special admissions fee, entry course, exit course, challenge exams, portfolio evaluations, training, and transcripting.…

Describes and explains the program of skill training at the University of Hawaii School of Law, with special emphasis on the first-year Legal Method Seminar. (Author/RK)

Discusses Congress's move toward a coherent Federal policy on adult education amid evidence that existing programs are not reaching those who seem to need them most. (Author/RK)