Preliminary information about a model system by which state vocational education agencies may conduct periodic program evaluations is presented. Another facet of the system is the facilitation of programmatic decision making through the incorporation of information about national and state interests, student benefits, and manpower requirements.…

To further the development of agricultural education in Nevada, a study was conducted to determine the number and kinds of employees and opportunities, and the factors which inhibit or enhance agricultural education, and to make suggestions for program improvement and adjustment. Personal interviews were held with 363 firms and 30 government…

The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 call for important changes of emphasis in American education. Specifically, the law requires that at least 15 percent of the basic Federal allotment to vocational education be used only for disadvantaged persons. In this context, a national workshop on vocational education for the disadvantaged was…

The author proposes that four basic questions be answered prior to the institution of any program of job improvement at the workplace, regardless of the problem or the solution involved. Each of the questions may help bring to light some hidden assumptions and, in doing so, may clarify the goals of program development. These questions are: (1)…

Program evaluation enables administrators to determine the merits of existing programs and the need for new ones. It can lead to revision, deletion, or inception of educational programs. This review examines general information on program evaluation, including evaluation design, methodology, and bibliographic materials. Eleven of the documents…

The result of extensive research addressing the unique needs and problems of American Indians, the report concludes that a singular solution to the multiple educational problems of the Indian is precluded by variances in location, tribal size, politics, and language and cultural disparities. Giving an overview of Indian education and problems, 7…

The purposes of this study were, first, to identify the ways Navajos have historically met their needs, pointing out ways in which American society has dealt with their social welfare problems, and second, to determine to what extent present day social welfare services have met these needs. The study population consisted of 112 Navajo workers from…

This report describes selected examples of the developments of vocational home economics education in the areas of consumer and homemaking education, occupational home economics, home economics teacher education, and curriculum development. Prompted by the passage of the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and later amendments, the home economics…

The second AID-NAFSA workshop members included many of the staff of the Office of International Training, 31 Foreign Student Advisors, and 23 other members of NAFSA. The three main objectives of the program are: to improve the capability of the participants by new knowledge and skills; to expose them to modernization and popular participation at…

The central purpose of Institute III was to bring together a task force of vocational and related personnel serving rural areas throughout the United States to consider the modification of existing programs to meet the changing needs of rural people. Specific objectives were (1) to identify and assess the educational and vocational training needs…

This study was concerned with determining the kind of vocational-industrial educational programs that would best suit the needs of Taiwan. The general conditions and provisions of 27 existing vocational-industrial programs were studied to determine their strengths and weaknesses and to provide a set of principles that would serve as guideposts for…

This report concentrates on the analysis and evaluation of programs utilized by New York State's Narcotics Addiction Control Commission (NACC) and concerned with control of narcotic drugs and with those individuals who abuse them. The three key premises, basic to the narcotic drug control programs approved by the state legislature, are: (1) there…

This paper suggests that while evaluation means different things to different people, the focus is characteristically on what has been, or is being done. It is proposed that evaluation also be applied to things not yet done; that evaluation has a significant and continuous role in planning any educational program. Evaluation is seen as…

This report delineates and analyzes the impact of the rural Concentrated Employment Programs (CEP) operating in Arkansas, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Tennessee. First funded in fiscal year 1967, the CEP's were designed as an efficient and effective system for providing coordinated manpower services to the disadvantaged. At the end of 1967,…

Findings from a survey and comparison of urban Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs generated several statements of action implications for urban ABE directors: (1) differentiate major target populations for purposes of program development and reporting; (2) make two parallel efforts to recruit participants--one for easiest-to-reach, middle…