The speech communication unit of the Department of Communications at the University of South Carolina at Aiken uses an exit interview to obtain students' evaluations of their educational experiences, to assess students' understanding of core concepts, and to evaluate the quality of students' communication skills. The three-member speech…

Leadership education has shown the effectiveness of identifying and developing leadership skills in adolescents. This is especially important for adolescent girls, who often attribute success to external forces rather than themselves. To meet this need, an overview of the design, goals, activities and impact of a university-sponsored, two-week…

A study examined the competitive, financial, and programmatic characteristics of the top 50 forensics programs in the United States. Surveys were sent in 1978, 1983, 1987, and 1992 to the programs that met this definition. Criteria for identification of the "top" 50 differed slightly for each survey (based on different measures of…

The Chapter 1 reading and math program in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, is designed to meet the needs of educationally disadvantaged kindergarten through eighth-grade students at 11 project sites. Each of the identified 1,972 participating students receives approximately 50 minutes of direct supplemental reading and/or math instruction 5 days…

New findings from a Rockefeller Foundation study spotlight the possible gains from fully integrated programs of education and employment. The findings are especially relevant to programs of basic education and employment developing under the Family Support Act. The integrated model focuses employment training on a specific job, relates basic…

The Individual Progress Program (IPP) is an approach designed to serve extremely advanced gifted students (grades 1 through 9) in the Seattle area. IPP is intended to meet students' unmet educational needs by allowing them to progress at their own accelerated pace through a broadly based curriculum while also pursuing interest areas. The program…

Several administrative dimensions of a successful internship program in the English department of a four-year private college in Virginia are described in this paper. The paper begins by describing briefly the comprehensive internship program for juniors and seniors that was implemented with the help of a grant and under which six additional…

The College for Living Program in Denver, Colorado, focuses on independent living skills for developmentally disabled adults. The program is described in terms of its history (beginning in 1974) and its focus on education and community services provided by institutions of higher education. The program's three major goals and component objectives…

Case studies of Peace Corps forestry projects in Morocco, Nepal, the Philippines, Chile, Guatemala, Chad, Liberia, and Niger are presented as a guide in aiding future forestry programming efforts. Each case study includes: (1) general information about the specific country; (2) an overview of forestry programs and efforts in that country; (3) a…

The document contains the year-end report for the second year of the 2-year Indiana Parent Training Project, a program to train parents in their rights and responsibilities as guaranteed by laws governing education of handicapped children. Following an introductory section are 10 sections which cover the following program components: public…

The report provides an analysis of the impact of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) during the past decade. Following an executive summary, Chapter 1 provides an historical overview of the HCEEP and information on previous evaluations of the program. The second chapter describes the study's work scope and methodological…

The report presents the results of an evaluation of New York's 13 Alcoholism Treatment Centers (ATCs). The goals of the evaluation were to review the role of the ATCs in relation to other alcoholism treatment facilities, to assess their effectiveness and efficiency, and to determine how much money is collected for service provided to patients.…

Fewer and fewer adults currently attend PTA, school board, church, and community meetings to discuss the problem of youthful drug abuse. Meetings focused around adult-adolescent interactions seem to produce greater response because of the hope they instill. (Author)

This paper describes the Local Agency Survey (LAS) developed as a comprehensive program and contract compliance monitoring and evaluation tool for county alcohol and drug abuse agencies. The first section discusses the LAS format with on-site and post-site segments designed to review each county program in five categories--administration,…