This chapter explores issues surrounding the demise of the Interdisciplinary Master's in Education (IMED) program, which was delivered on the neighbor islands in the state of Hawai'i. The innovative program brought educational opportunities to remote areas of the state and was a partnership between the main campus in Honolulu and several community…

This study addresses questions related to teacher preparation through online supported learning in an alternative certification program, CalStateTEACH. Specifically, this study analyzes and reports survey responses of 130 teachers and 84 supervisors related to preparedness of program completers to teach in a multiple subject classroom. The…

Historically, community colleges have played a role in preparing teachers by strengthening articulation and transfer with university-based teacher colleges, hosting university center programs that provide upper division teacher education courses, and providing alternative teacher certification programming for holders of bachelor's and higher…

The study examines the pros and cons of management development programs as a method of managerial upgrading. Survey results from six industrial groups in Kansas are discussed and tabulated. Considered are: program participation, selection, effectiveness, and future plans. (MW)

Surveys conducted over three consecutive years sought to determine if beginning teachers graduating at the same time but with varying amounts of subsequent teaching experience perceived the quality of their training program differently. Questionnaires elicited 954 responses. Questions focused on five skill categories: planning, instructing,…

Northern Arizona University's Arizona Career Ladder Research & Evaluation Project for teachers implements a procedure for rewarding teachers based on performance levels rather than on years of teaching experience and college credits. Research data is collected each spring, analyzed and fed back to the districts for improvement of key program…

This volume presents a summary of the responses of 62 first-year teachers to a seven-page instrument entitled, "An Appraisal of My Preparation as a Teacher at Bowling Green State University." A copy of the instrument is presented. Selected narrative summary comments are made, and following these comments are summary tabular data related…

This document describes the instruments and procedures of the graduate follow-ups and program and product evaluations conducted from 1970 to 1978 by Bowling Green State University (BGSU). Three teacher education product follow-up evaluative activities which have been completed are reviewed, and a fourth study being conducted during the 1977-78…

Questionnaires for evaluating what people expect from environmental camps and what they learned while there have been developed and applied at the Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingman's Ferry, Pennsylvania. Nine questionnaires for various ages and types of users are presented. The results can be used by camp administrators and educators…

A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON TO DETERMINE FACULTY ATTITUDES TOWARD THE DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AND ITS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING SUCH CONSIDERATIONS AS THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION IN THE DIVISION'S CREDIT COURSES, THE RIGOR OF GRADING, AND THE QUALITY OF THE STUDENT IT SERVES. FACULTY MEMBERS WERE ALSO QUERIED AS TO THEIR…

This document addresses two separate, though related aspects of the operation of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSLP): (1) the mechanism for setting the special rate allowance (SRA); and (2) the effect of the operating requirements of the program on lender servicing costs. The study develops recommendations for improving both aspects of the…

This annual report of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to Congress describes training activities instituted under the Manpower Development and Training Act through 1969. With major emphasis on fiscal year 1969, the report includes descriptions of programs and participants with supportive data tables. Program success is measured in…

The second half of a two part survey dealing with available programed instructional materials, and the use of these materials in schools is reported in this volume. The information will assist the potential user of programed materials in handling the parameters with which he is most apt to be concerned: cost, size of experimental population, most…

This evaluation of the Programmed Logic For Automatic Teaching Operations (PLATO) and Time-Shared Interactive Computer-Controlled Information Television (System) (TICCIT) programs focuses on their costs, performance, and educational effectiveness. The cost component attempts to measure the costs and assess the economic effects of each of the…

Congress authorized Follow Through in 1967 under the Economic Opportunity Act to provide developmental and educational services for poor children in primary grades who had experienced Head Start or equivalent pre-school. A large scale service program was envisioned originally. Appropriations were not sufficient, however, so Follow Through was…