Emory University's external management institutes for government and industry provided an ideal model for an in-house development program. (Editor)

A study of top management education was carried out in a practical training situation to determine attitude change and relationships between training objectives and training evaluation, initial standing and change, and initial standing and background factors. Subjects were 140 people completing one of five management courses. A questionnaire and…

A training program carried out by the Center for Early Education (CEE) to prepare or upgrade the performance of 20 day-care administrators in Los Angeles County is discussed as to the program, evaluation, and findings. The program, consisting of 2 three-week workshops and six interim seminars, was designed to achieve 12 goals relating to child…

Thirty public school personnel from the immediate area of Southern Illinois University participated in a 3-week institute to train them to evaluate educational programs. The training emphasized writing appropriate objectives for and problems encountered in evaluation, as well as techniques of data collection and analysis. As part of the training,…

This study inquired into the objectives of management training programs in two chains of discount stores, and whether those who complete training believe that program objectives have been met. Questionnaire interviews were held with two managers and four trainees from one chain, and with two managers and two trainees from the other. Ten hypotheses…

As confirmed by two case studies of pilot IPI programs conducted September through December, 1967 in two elementary schools in New Jersey, participation in the innovation of Individually Prescribed Instruction requires a certain level of commitment by school district administrators, principals, and teachers. One of the pilot schools was graded…

Teacher aides, teachers, administrators, and observers in 1 elementary, 1 junior high, and 1 senior high school participated in an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Detroit Pilot Program to Train Teacher Aides in (1) identifying, developing, and defining the role of the aide and (2) identifying effective aide training methods. Procedures…

The history of the Bush Public School Executive Fellows program is described. The primary objective of the program is to increase the ability of chief Minnesota school executives to guide and direct the design and delivery of public education in a more effective and efficient manner. Participation is designed to increase their ability to more…