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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1974
A set of detailed questionnaires was developed to test a number of hypotheses related to the definition and measurement of practical measures of effectiveness of administration in institutions of higher education. The questionnaires served as the basis of a set of case studies undertaken simultaneously in 19 volunteer institutions during…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Case Studies, College Administration, Comparative Analysis
Crooks, Lois A., Ed. – 1972
This invitational conference was convened to report the principal findings of a six-year study of possible sources of bias in the prediction of job performance. The research was conducted jointly by Educational Testing Service and the U.S. Civil Service Commission, supported by the Ford Foundation. Data were gathered on test and job performance of…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Conference Reports, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests
Flanagan, John C. – 1978
Curriculum planning can be improved by obtaining a clearer insight into the specific needs and interests of young people. Studies using the critical incident technique were made of the education and subsequent careers of a representative national sample of individuals. The purpose was to assess the quality of life of individuals in three age…
Descriptors: Adults, Conference Reports, Critical Incidents Method, Curriculum Development
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1973
This conference was held to review the base year activities of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) and the First Followup Study. Planning also took place for the design of the Second Followup Study and the Cohort Study of the High School Class of 1977. The participants included invited consultants and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Dropouts
Nelson, Hilding E. – 1969
This document reports on two institutes designed to communicate new concepts and procedures in vocational-technical education curriculum development to potential change agents in the various states. Formal presentations by 12 consultants and task force activities concerned innovation identification and prognoses for change, planning strategies for…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development
Rhode Island State Dept. of Education, Providence. Bureau of Postsecondary Education. – 1974
Contained in this working report are the results of the Community Forum on Financial Assistance held on September 24, 1974 at Rhode Island Junior College. The two-hundred and fifteen people invited to the conference were asked by mail to rank the eight financial aid criteria in terms of importance for possible use in selecting financial assistance…
Descriptors: College Students, Conference Reports, Criteria, Decision Making
Richardson Foundation, Greensboro, NC. Creativity Research Inst. – 1965
A "Research Conference on the Use of Autobiographical Data as Psychological Predictors" brought together 15 research psychologists to discuss means of maximizing the use of autobiographical instruments. The purposes of the conference were to: (1) reveal experiences, statistical data, and psychological insights developed through research and the…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Conference Reports, Data Collection, Prediction
Jabker, Eugene H.; Halinski, Ronald S. – 1979
The possibility that direct participation by faculty in projects to revise curricula and create new instructional media would also generate a more systematic way of thinking about teaching was studied through administration of a questionnaire to faculty at Illinois State University who had received an instructional development program grant. Of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1977
One of a series of reports on lifelong learning in California, this report reviews the concept of educational brokering and presents the proceedings of the 1977 conference, "The Role of Nonaccredited Contracting Agencies in California Postsecondary Education." An educational broker is an organization or an individual serving, for a fee,…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Consultants, Contracts, Data Processing
Blue, Terry W. – 1979
Student and faculty perceptions of teaching styles, learning styles, and the use of various educational environments were compared at a small, highly selective liberal arts college. Student and faculty perceptions of the subject matter characteristics of academic departments and students' orientations to the subject matter of the departments were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Instruction, Conference Reports, Departments