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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1981
This report examines the management of three areas related to the preparation of volunteers for Peace Corps service: staging, pre-service training, and attrition. The introduction summarizes the activities undertaken by the review. Chapter 2 focuses on staging, which is variously intended to provide country orientation, information about Peace…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Attrition (Research Studies), Orientation, Program Administration
ACTION, Washington, DC. – 1976
A survey questionnaire was mailed to all active Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in the summer of 1975. Based on an internal analysis of the 3,479 respondents (a 66% return), the following findings represent the manner in which PCVs perceive their volunteer experience. Perceived volunteer accomplishments and morale are very high. Volunteers believe…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Programs, International Relations, Job Satisfaction
Boyle, Neil; And Others – 1976
Ghana first received Peace Corps assistance in 1961 (the first country in the world to receive volunteers) and since then volunteer strength has fluctuated from between 185 to 415 (presently 179). Secondary education has been the major thrust in programing until recently when Peace Corps/Ghana (PC/G) shifted its emphases to agriculture and rural…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cross Cultural Training, Educational Development, Foreign Countries
Elsdon, K. T. – 2001
This document examines the history of the diverse range of postschool activities such as adult education, youth work, community work, and voluntary organizations that were known as "other further education" (OFE) and offered in the United Kingdom from 1944 to 1992. The following are among the topics discussed in Chapters 1-7: (1) further…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Art Activities
