The Minnesota State Council on Vocational Technical Education offers four recommendations on the instructional program evaluation process. The first is addressed jointly to the State Board of Vocational Technical Education and the school boards administering Minnesota's technical institutes. It urges cooperative efforts to improve procedures and…

The relationship between test performance and the size of the class in which instruction occurred was studied at Brigham Young University. The classes prepared students for examinations to meet general education graduation requirements. All test scores from 318 sections representing 27 courses from the fall semester, 1980 were analyzed. Section…

The accuracy and reliability aspects of data integrity are discussed, with an emphasis on the need for consistency in responsibility and authority. A variety of ways in which data integrity can be compromised are discussed. The following sources of data corruption are described, and the ease or difficulty of identification and suggested actions…

Describes the planning work of the National Research Development Corporation. The planning approach looks across and beyond the boundaries of existing academic and industrial categories to uncover opportunities for the generation of projects at an early stage. (WM)

Examined is the utility of evaluation research as a framework for converting raw data into a form that is useful to the decisionmaker. The origins and purposes of evaluation research and the relationship between the evaluator and decisionmaker are examined, and some of the major issues in evaluation research methodology are reviewed. The role of…

One of the continuing concerns of those involved in institutional planning is that results somehow be linked to decision making processes. An important way to link these activities is through the timely provision of relevant information. The purpose of this paper is to identify several types of information that have been generated as part of…

Advertising and society courses have suffered from conflicting educational goals, superficial scholarly research, and a lack of critical intellectual perspectives. The institutional perspective on advertising research has the major strength that it elucidates structural and functional factors of advertising. However, it ignores cultural…

PARTICIPANTS IN THIS CONFERENCE OF LEADERS IN THE JUNIOR COLLEGE MOVEMENT AND EXPERTS IN THE FIELDS OF LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATION, AND RESEARCH EXAMINED BASIC CONCEPTS FROM WHICH TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR EVERYDAY MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL PROBLEMS. WORKING PAPERS WERE GIVEN ON (1) LEADERSHIP, (2) ORGANIZATION, AND (3) INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH. THE…

ANYTHING WHICH IS NOW, OR COULD BE, A PROBLEM OR AN ISSUE FOR THE INSTITUTION CONCERNED IS THE LEGITIMATE PROVINCE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH, WHICH IS THEREFORE A TYPE OF APPLIED RESEARCH TO PERFORM A SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION. THE OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH SHOULD (1) PROVIDE DESCRIPTIVE REPORTS CONCERNING THE COLLEGE'S PRESENT STATUS AND…

TO DETERMINE THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF JUNIOR COLLEGE EDUCATORS AS A BASIS FOR PLANNING ACTIVITIES OF THE ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE FOR JUNIOR COLLEGE INFORMATION, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO 3,792 POTENTIAL USERS OF CLEARINGHOUSE SERVICES (ADMINISTRATORS, LIBRARIANS, AND OTHERS). THE 1,062 RESPONDENTS INDICATED GREATEST INTEREST IN AN EXCHANGE OF CURRENT…

Central Michigan University is one of 15 state supported four-year institutions of higher education in Michigan and draws its undergraduate enrollment from every county in the state. The document discusses plans for 1985-86 based on assumptions regarding the state population and statistics gathered in 1976-77. These include a headcount enrollment,…

THE ACCEPTED GOAL OF TEACHING IS TO CAUSE LEARNING, AND THE LEARNING SHOULD BE EVIDENT IN THE CHANGED BEHAVIOR OF THE STUDENT. ALTHOUGH IT IS GENERALLY ASSUMED THAT JUNIOR COLLEGES STRESS TEACHING, WHILE THE UNIVERSITY EMPHASIZES RESEARCH, INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF FEW INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS. GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE,…

AN ADDRESS ON EXCELLENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY IN DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION OPENED THIS CONFERENCE. SUBSEQUENT SPEAKERS COVERED THE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF ILLINOIS PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES, THEIR EVALUATION AND ACCREDITATION, COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND STUDENT GOVERNMENT, STUDENT HANDBOOKS, DATA FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE BOARDS, A DESCRIPTION OF CALIFORNIA'S…

This third report in a series was designed to inform the faculty of certain student attitudes. Of the 2409 students registered in September 1968, 1982 responded to a questionnaire. They were asked to say if they were in the program of most interest to them, if they had been uncertain of their career plans when they enrolled, and who or what…

Scholarship and persistence statistics for low-aptitude students in the developmental studies program include: (1) a comparison of the fall 1967 developmental students' grades with the grades for those remaining in spring 1968 and taking regular college classes; (2) the spring 1968 grades in each subject for these same students, and a comparison…