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Clouston, John Samuel – 1974
This paper attempts to provide a contextual study of CILA--Centro Interamericano de Libros Academicos--a new scheme for the distribution of scholarly books in the Americas. Because of the scheme's peculiar relevance to the needs of Canadian academic libraries, the status of Latin American studies and relevant library collections in Canada are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Language Books, History, Information Dissemination
Padilla, Bennie J. – 1974
A follow-up study was made of the graduates of the 1973 Los Angeles City College registered nurse program in order to: (1) evaluate the program's effectiveness and value, (2) counsel current and future students in the program, (3) answer questions of legislators, accrediting bodies, and other interested groups, and (4) improve the quality of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns, Followup Studies
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI. Dept. of Educational Research and Program Assessment. – 1972
This project provides educational services to school-age mothers not attending a regular school to allow them to continue their education without interruption and to reduce their tendency to drop out. In close communication with school counselors and social workers, the program facilitates academic progress toward graduation and return to the…
Descriptors: Counselors, Education Service Centers, Health Education, High School Students
Rigney, Joseph W.; And Others – 1973
An individual trainer for giving students in the radar intercept observer (RIO) schools concentrated practice in procedures for air-to-air intercepts was designed around a programmable graphics terminal with two integral minicomputers and 8k of core memory. The trainer automatically administers practice in computing values of variables in the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Instructional Materials, Instructional Systems
Mount San Jacinto Coll., San Jacinto, CA. – 1973
Measurable and currently unmeasurable institutional objectives that are part of a Management by Objectives system of Mt. San Jacinto College are provided in this report for the 1973-1974 year. These objectives are provided for the following: General Education; Physical Education; Physically Handicapped Occupational Education Program; Occupational…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Rating, College Administration, Community Colleges
Johnson, Lary – 1972
A program in which children were released from school one hour and thirty minutes earlier than the regular time each Tuesday, to provide time for elementary school personnel to participate in inservice training activities, is described. Three Tuesdays each month were designated for individual school activities to be planned and implemented by the…
Descriptors: Consultants, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Johnson, Lary – 1972
The evaluation of the first year of the ESEA Title III Reorganized Junior High Program at Jordan and Marshall University Junior High Schools is reported. The product objectives of the program were: (1) increased counselor effectiveness, (2) positive student attitude towards teachers, counselors, and school, and (3) increased parent and student…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Role, Evaluation Methods, Intermediate Grades
Johnson, Lary – 1972
The evaluation of the third year of the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) mathematics project at the Hall School in Minneapolis (grades 1-6) is discussed, and results for the three years are summarized. The process evaluation during the third year concentrated on three areas: group instructional methods, instructional materials other than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Grotsky, Jeffery N.; And Others – 1973
The Peer Evaluation Program (PEP) has been instituted by the Division of Special Education, Pennsylvania State Department of Education, to allow intermediate units an opportunity to continuously improve their programs. The advantages of the PEP system are: (1) it is a self-improvememt system of program development; (2) PEP allows local autonomy as…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Administration, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Armon, Edward F., Ed.; And Others – 1972
The East Cleveland "Enriched and Extended School Year" program, funded by Title III of the 1965 Elementary Education Act, is an attempt to organize the educational activities of a school around the needs and learning patterns of its pupils. The major premise of the program states that children possess different rates and styles of…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Ingle, Henry T.; And Others – 1973
A follow-up study of the first students to finish the Third Cycle (grades 8, 9, and 10) under El Salvador's Educational Reform Program interviewed 400 students. It assessed their educational and career plans, examined the Reform's influence on them, and measured their attitudes toward their experience. Results showed that 90 percent were…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Development
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1969
The capabilities of Title I of the Manpower Development and Training Act have been used for several years to fund experimental and demonstration projects for the prerelease training of prisoners. Four conferences on Manpower Development and Training in correctional institutions were sponsored to bring together the basic groups of people charged…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Conference Reports, Correctional Rehabilitation
Harmon, Catherine; Harmon, George – 1971
The purpose of this project was to determine whether children in a third-grade classroom could work together in a learning experience. Microfilm and microfilm readers were used as materials for the dual studying technique. Various microfilm companies copied books in different microforms, including 16mm and 35mm roll film, 16mm in containers, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Cooperating Teachers, Coordination
Smith, Louis M. – 1971
Participant observation is a research and evaluation strategy in dealing with complex educational settings, organizations, and curricula is explored. Three alternative models are presented. The first is a general structural model involving three research strategies: an experimental design with pretests and posttests; a social survey with…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary School Curriculum
Hodgkinson, Harold L. – 1971
This paper reviews the literature on governance from 1965 to 1970. The author surveys the attitudes of those who participate in the governing process - students, faculty, administration - and illustrates how patterns of governance are undergoing change. Several innovative governance models are given along with a review of related problems, such as…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, College Administration
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