This bibliography provide a listing of over 3,000 higher education holdings in Morris Library, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Part 1, a listing of books, categorizes according to development of higher education, issues in higher education, nontraditional learning, evaluation and accreditation, economic and business aspects,…

This paper presents a conceptual framework for conducting followup studies as an integral part of an institutional evaluation program. Data obtained from followup studies should become part of an overall information system designed to provide data for institutional decision-making. Such data should be conveniently stored and readily available for…

This study focuses on a ten percent random sample of Central YMCA Community College (CYCC) students who started at CYCC between fall 1969 and spring 1972, stayed for at least two semesters, and attempted at least 15 credit or instructional hours of work. Questionnaires were sent to 611 former students; 182 (29.8 percent) of whom returned them.…

This report examines the impact of the Saturday School (a school and home learning program for 4-year-olds in a large suburban school district) on the following four groups: (1) students with learning disabilities, (2) students identified as either "mentally retarded" or of "low intellectual functioning", (3) students with…

This report of the third year of a Head Start study indicates the diverse range of information gathered on two types of programs (Philadelphia's inner city and Appalachian follow-up) in which the Child Development Research and Evaluation Center at Temple University participated. Subjects in the Philadelphia sample were 158 Negro children equally…

Intended as a primer for those unfamiliar with teacher education, this monograph discusses general issues and problems related to the recruitment, education, and retention of high-quality educational personnel; the instructional needs of disadvantaged pupils; and basic issues and problems which have arisen specifically with reference to the…

The Milwaukee Bilingual Program was initiated in September, 1969 and funded under ESEA Titles VII and I and under Milwaukee Public Schools' Local Funds to develop a curriculum taught in both Spanish and English in order to prevent the hindering of learning and lowering of self-esteem often experienced by newly arrived or recently arrived pupils of…

The purpose, methodology, limitations, program, and recommendations of this evaluation are carefully spelled out. The background, programs, intern selection procedures, and instructional consultant selection procedures, and responsibilities of the Pittsburgh Teacher Corps are described. A primary task was the preparation of a set of behavioral…

Even after a number of innovative programs and proposals have met selective criteria, the Educational Research Commission will have a difficult task in assigning priorities and spreading resources. This paper offers many suggestions for handling the problems in research and evaluation related to innovative mathematics projects, especially K-3. For…

The Robert C. Markham Elementary School represents a joint Federal-local effort to educate children of migrant workers. The school provides a specially designed, in-school compensatory program, which views the child as an individual. Markham School is nongraded and emphasizes team teaching approaches. Children enter the school at age five and…

This report is intended to provide new evidence dealing with the effectiveness of this educational program and should be used with data secured from other evaluation efforts. The study was not designed to demonstrate clear "cause and effect" relationships, is limited in its scope, and is not intended to be exhaustive in analyzing all…

This study surveyed the attitudes and participation patterns of Alabama public health workers involved during 1967-68 in statewide continuing education programs, combining telecasts with study manuals and group discussion; and analyzed their responses by age, sex, occupation, formal education, experience in public health, and the size of the…

Funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the La Puente, California, continuation education project investigated (1) attitudes of former students concerning the success of the school in preparing them for entry into military service, (2) the minimal skills and knowledge required by each of the armed forces, (3)…

The English Oral Language Lessons were developed by the Foreign Language Innovative Curricula Studies (FLICS) of the University of Michigan. The lessons were designed for pre-school children of Mexican American migrant workers with an emphasis on the structure of English sentences rather than on vocabulary. The study was constructed to test the…

To investigate the assertion that there is a tendency for teachers to emphasize skills already mastered by their students, data were collected on 488 seventh grade mathematics students in three junior high schools. Of these, 285 were assigned to experimental classes taking the curriculum under development and 203 were assigned to comparison…