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Miguel, Richard J.; Jipp, Lester F. – 1980
This document reports the results of an exploratory study designed to create a typology of programs based on the normative and personalistic dimensions of experiential education. This preliminary typology is unique in that it represents a break-through in providing researchers a classification system theoretically based and empirically tested. It…
Descriptors: Classification, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Education Work Relationship
Evans, Francis B.; Harmon, Judson A. – 1978
During the fall of 1976, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) initiated a statewide study of educational needs as they related to the missions of the DPI. Part of this study, called the Statewide Assessment of Educational Needs (SWAN), was a citizens' opinion poll designed to review state-level priorities. Three topics were…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. – 1978
The document explains geographic concepts, products, and programs developed by the Census Bureau to assist users in analyzing census data for geographic areas. Emphasis is on small-area data such as census tracts, city blocks, minor civil divisions, incorporated places, congressional districts, and wards. Also presented are data for larger units…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demography
National Planning Association, Washington, DC. – 1978
Dealing specifically with custodial, treatment, parole, and executive personnel, this report on correctional personnel is one of eight volumes which comprise the full report of the National Manpower Survey of the Criminal Justice System. Chapter and section titles include the following: (1) executive summary; (2) current manpower assessment (an…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminal Law, Data Collection
McClain, Thomas W., Ed. – 1977
This booklet for educational and training planners is designed to increase understanding of labor market processes and thus to improve vocational education planning. As model illustrations, two local Massachusetts projects are described. The Worcester model, presented in chapter 1, is used by Boston University's Regional Manpower Institute to…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs
Slettehaugh, Sharon A. – 1978
A study was conducted to identify communities which had developed directories of adult learning opportunities and to describe how and why these directories were developed. Through questionnaires and interviews, data was collected from the developers of twelve comprehensive community directories. Information was obtained on the product's (1) name,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Armijo, J. Frank; And Others – 1978
Produced as part of the Targeted Outcomes Field Development Project, this handbook provides basic guidelines that can be used by community colleges for organizing and conducting community impact studies. An introductory chapter touches on the broad range of economic, educational, social, and technological impacts which community colleges have upon…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Data Analysis
Granville, Arthur C.; And Others – 1976
This interim report of a pilot year impact study on evaluation methodology is part of a series of documents on the evaluation of Project Developmental Continuity, a Head Start demonstration program aimed at promoting educational and developmental continuity between children's Head Start and primary school experiences. This report deals with…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs
Pales, David J. R.; And Others – 1979
The report is a summary of the responses of 8 federal agencies and departments (the Small Business Administration; the Environmental Protection Agency; and the Departments of Labor; Justice; Housing and Urban Development; Health, Education, and Welfare; Commerce; and Energy) to the inquiries made by President Jimmy Carter regarding issues,…
Descriptors: Administration, Agency Role, Community Attitudes, Data Collection
Carlson, Daryl E. – 1980
A comparative analysis of federal and state student financial aid programs assesses the impact of federal student aid on the attendance behavior of individuals, on the financing behavior of colleges and universities, and on the financing behavior of state and local governments. Enrollment, student budget, residence and migration, student…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attendance Patterns, College Attendance, College Students
Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington, DC. – 1980
This document reports the two projects of the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) to implement a data collection system which would obtain data on the production of public health manpower for evaluation, analysis, and dissemination as uniform, reliable information. Most of the report is composed of the compiled results of the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases
Airasian, Peter W.; And Others – 1979
The methodological parameters of evaluative research studies help to identify a conceptualization of the phenomenon under investigation. Holistic critiques that identify the conceptual models under which the research was conducted shed light on the validity of the disparate inferences made from a number of studies of schools and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Landry, Leonard P.; And Others – 1973
This Personalized Activity Kit describes various ways to gather school/community concerns--questionnaires, student speak-outs, community concerns conferences, and interviews. A variety of methods should be used in gathering concerns. Concerns gathering usually begins with an identification of current district goals. From the list of goals, a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advisory Committees, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
Reed, Vincent E. – 1978
The philosophy of the District of Columbia Public School System is that evaluation should help to determine what was intended, what was done, and what was the result. It should contribute to improvement and should involve students, staff, and parents. Two essential components of the District's evaluation system are the data bank and field studies.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Board of Education Policy, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection
Reed, Lester W., Jr. – 1979
An occupational/technical program needs assessment model is described by which colleges can alter existing programs or develop new ones in anticipation of job market requirements. The report first discusses the two-part (existing and potential programs), tri-level (initial evaluation, individual program screening, and individual program planning),…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Data Collection
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