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Doty, Charles R. – 1985
Major resources exist that can be used to develop or upgrade programs in community colleges and technical institutes that educate robotics/automated systems technicians. The first category of resources is Economic, Social, and Education Issues. The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) report, "Automation and the Workplace," presents analyses of…
Descriptors: Automation, Educational Resources, Information Sources, Paraprofessional Personnel
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Inc., Boston, MA. – 1981
Study goals were to identify and evaluate the impact of fellowships awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts to visual artists and to provide information to help the Endowment in planning, policy development, and resource allocation for the fellowship category. Information was collected in three ways. Questionnaires were sent to 50% of all…
Descriptors: Artists, Fellowships, Policy Formation, Program Attitudes
Gentry, Cass – 1981
The general inability of instructional developers to demonstrate the effects of instructional development services toward improving college programs is discussed, and a process for program evaluation and revision is proposed. A flow chart of the general process for continuous program evaluation and revision provides examples of operational…
Descriptors: College Programs, Flow Charts, Higher Education, Instructional Development
GROSS, F.P.; MACLEARIE, ELIZABETH C. – 1966
SURVEYS OF PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE INDICATED THAT INTENSIVE CYCLE SCHEDULING FOR SPEECH AND HEARING THERAPY MIGHT YIELD BETTER RESULTS THAN MORE TRADITIONAL METHODS. EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS USING THIS NEW METHOD WERE ESTABLISHED IN FIVE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AS A FIELD TEST OF EFFICIENCY. THE 4 YEARS OF RESEARCH IN INTENSIVE CYCLE SCHEDULING IN THESE FIVE…
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement
Burry, James – 1978
Descriptive characteristics of participants in the 1978 Teacher Corps Conference are first presented in this report. This data includes information on role in the teacher corps project, age, race, and geographic location. The report discusses participants' overall assessments of the sessions they attended daily. The major events of the conference…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Government Role
GASKELL, WILLIAM G. – 1967
THIS COMMENTARY ON AN EARLIER ARTICLE ABOUT THE DISCONTINUATION OF A 6-YEAR FLES PILOT PROGRAM (SEE "MODERN LANGUAGE JOURNAL," VOLUME 50, MARCH 1966) CRITICIZES THE LACK OF CLEARLY DEFINED GOALS OR EXPECTATION OF SUCCESS WHICH CHARACTERIZED THE PROJECT. THE PLANNERS MADE NO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROGRAM AND FAILED…
Descriptors: FLES, Modern Languages, Program Administration, Program Development
Rodgers, John H. – 1968
A national seminar on young farmer education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, August 7-11, 1967, was attended by 95 teacher educators, state supervisors, vocational agriculture teachers, and invited guests from 38 states and the District of Columbia. Some major seminar conclusions were: (1) There is an increasing need for education of young…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement
Cook, Joyce; Williams, Jeanne – 1975
The objectives of the conference, determined by a Conference Steering Committee together with staff of the U.S. Office of Education, were: (1) to identify and promote effective methods and techniques for moving career education from a project status into an ongoing educational program status; (2) to determine and discuss major issues in the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Conference Reports, Educational Administration, Educational Legislation
McCormick, William J. – 1976
A program was proposed and initiated to involve teachers and administrators of the Smyrna (Delaware) School District in a thorough assessment of their reading programs. Using "Standards of Excellence for Reading in Delaware" and its accompanying checklist as the assessment instrument, committees in each building met with members of the…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Practicums, Program Development
Gray, Carol A. – 1974
From the legislative point of view special education in Norway today is geared up to do a commendable job for all of the individuals who have a need for special services. The definition of special education has been broadened to include all kinds of special help, training, institutionalization and intervention programs. Along with this has come a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History, Legislation, Program Development
Johnson, Norbert, Ed.; McDaniel, Joe, Ed. – 1973
This publication has been prepared to assist vocational counselors in developing and implementing guidance programs designed to effectively meet the needs of students. It attempts to depict the guidance services which should be offered and gives some procedures and techniques which may be used in providing these services. The information contained…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Counseling Services, Guides
Wellems, Thomas J. – 1970
The essay challenges the quality of the USAR officer educational program. Decreases in numbers of personnel in the Active Army emphasize the need for an improved Army Reserve, which will require changes in the educational program. Reasons are explored for improving the program, and its history, present status, weaknesses and strengths are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Programs, Military Personnel
Walton, William W. – 1969
In this study of the current state of evaluation of health programs, which emphasizes the relationship between health status and poverty, four health programs are examined: Family Planning, Neighborhood Health Centers, Migrant Health Programs, and Comprehensive Health Services for Children and Youth. The study shows that the current health…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Formative Evaluation, Health Programs, Health Services
Parks, Darrell Lee – 1968
The major purposes of this study were to identify the attitudes of Ohio public school superintendents, vocational education supervisory personnel, and teacher educators regarding vocational education, and to determine their degree of acceptance of selected vocational education principles. The method of investigation employed an attitude scale…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Attitudes, Program Development
Lo Cascio, Ralph – 1972
Summarized are the results of efforts exerted by the Puerto Rico Research Coordinating Unit to expand the Puerto Rico research capability in vocational education by: (1) identifying relevant legislation and its historical antecedents, (2) identifying the administrative structure responsible for conducting research in occupational education, (3)…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Operations Research, Program Development, Program Improvement
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