Beginning January 1, 1969, Systems Research Group (SRG) undertook a project to develop operational cost simulation models of three of the colleges of applied arts and technology in Ontario. These models, and the data needed to feed them, have been developed and are now operating. SRG describes their progress to date and identifies the remaining…

Over a four year period, the Continuation Education System Development Project will develop a practical instructional system capable of continuous identification and efficient response to the most critical needs of individual continuation students or those who have been pushed out of, or have dropped out of high school; in La Puente, California.…

This instructional manual for the use of vocational educators in Montana describes a continuing enrollment/exit/follow-up computerized survey of vocational education and provides instructions for its implementation. The survey is intended to make available information which will provide insights for evaluating and improving vocational education…

This report describes the proceedings and results of one portion of a research project to determine the educational and public service needs of the service area of KOCE, a public UHF television station owned and operated by the Coast Community College District. The research in this portion consisted of a telephone canvass of the Orange County,…

Five articulation studies to be performed by the Florida Community Junior College Inter-Institutional Research Council are discussed. The studies are: General Description of Student Characteristics--A Transfer Student Profile; Upper Dividion Performance of Community College Students Grouped by Level of Florida Transfers by Majors and in Core…

The report describes the initial design and the preliminary background exploration, subsequent development, and feasibility testing of methods for conducting a continuing National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). Selected feasibility study findings are presented to illustrate collected data and suggest kinds of information that may be…

In order to enlarge the sample of educable mentally retarded children used in the evaluation of media at the Computer Based Project, a number of classes were transported by bus to the project site. The investigator questioned whether observed differences in manifest anxiety might affect responses to the media being evaluated. A study was made to…

This volume consists of a series of technical reports on each of the individual test measures administered in both Years 1 and 2 of the Longitudinal Study of Disadvantaged Children and Their First School Experiences. Each report includes: (1) relevant background information concerning the task's purpose and related research findings; (2) general…

Twenty-eight industrial supervisors from nine different firms in the North Central VTAE District were selected by the management of their firm to take part in supervisor task analysis. The results of the analysis were to be incorporated into a supervisory training program. The survey instrument was divided into three sections: demographic data,…

An exploratory investigation of police promotional examinations was made in an attempt to improve the testing procedures that were in use. A primary goal of the study was to identify a pool of performances (tasks, behaviors) of police sergeants, lieutenants, and captains that might serve as referrents for job-related test items for promotional…

The major purpose of this study was to accumulate and organize pertinent information relative to the future status and goals of Mohave County Community College. The major objectives of the survey were to: (1) describe the growth and development of the Mohave County Community College, (2) describe the present educational program of the college, (3)…

A taxonomy for use in data gathering was developed and adapted. There are three types of activity in community service programs: (1) those designed to assist community members who are seeking to improve their own lives, (2) those designed to assist existing community organizations in establishing cooperative alliances to meet community-wide needs,…

A questionnaire, "How Students Perceive Their School," was completed by 4,694 students, chosen at random, in grades 11, 12, and 13 of the Senior Secondary Schools in North York. The questionnaire was comprised of 39 closed-ended questions, excluding grade and sex, and 9 open-ended queries on which students were asked to comment if they…

The report describes a series of empirical evaluations of the work environment and its relation to the disadvantaged worker. Data were collected on 530 subjects in five different industries at both the supervisory and non-supervisory level, using a total of eight instruments, including measures of perceived vocational opportunity, self-concept,…

Higher education is now and will increasingly be faced with requests for data from a variety of sources to which it is accountable. Such data may ultimately be used in decision-making regarding the appropriation of public and private resources. Comparisons of costs and other measures among institutions will be the byword. Thus it is important that…