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New Hampshire State Dept. of Education, Concord. Div. of Post-Secondary Education. – 1981
The New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI) and the six New Hampshire Vocational-Technical Colleges (NHVTC) offer collegiate education preparing men and women for direct employment in business, industry, health, and service-related fields. At the completion of the 1980-81 academic year, 1036 students had graduated from 48 different programs…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns
Gibbs, Graham – 1981
Methods, their rationale, and exercises for Open University tutors are presented. The book is divided into two parts, the first concerning practical issues of how to actually teach students to learn and the second dealing with theoretical issues and the rationale for the teaching methods described in Part I. Part I, "A Student-Centered…
Descriptors: College Students, Extension Education, Higher Education, Learning
Download full textMoore, Michael G. – 1981
This conference paper consists of a sketch of the British Open University at work as well as a brief commentary on current developments in the fields of communication technology, course design, instruction, and current trends in distance education. Provided first are statistics pertaining to current enrollment and enrollment projections, student…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communications, Continuing Education, Educational Practices
Seldin, Clement A. – 1981
Information concerning off-campus inservice activity (OCIA) at state universities and land grant colleges in the United States was surveyed. There was a 92.5 percent response rate to questionnaires sent to 107 deans of schools, colleges, and departments of education. Inservice activities were considered to be courses, workshops, needs assessments,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Extension Education, External Degree Programs, Higher Education
Institutional Research, Fiscal Year 1978: OASES Community Needs Assessment. Research Monograph XIII.
South Oklahoma City Junior Coll., OK. – 1978
A needs assessment survey of the community surrounding the Open Access Satellite Education Services Center was conducted by South Oklahoma City Junior College in March 1978 to determine levels of interest in educational activities. Of a sample of 288 people, whose names were taken from the local telephone directory, 52% refused to answer any…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Colleges, Community Education, Community Involvement
Lionberger, Herbert F.; Wong, Tso Sang – 1978
The integration role of community development agents and the social system in which they work was examined. Their personal capability to act as an integrating agent was inferred from the nature of the specialized training prescribed in the community development master degree program and their prior occupational experience. Operational…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Educational Background, Extension Agents
Byrn, Darcie; And Others – 1967
The authors have written this manual to aid workers in the Cooperative Extension Service of the United States to be better able to understand and apply the principles and methods of evaluation. The manual contains three sections which cover the nature and place of evaluation in extension work, the evaluation process, and the uses of evaluation…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Processing, Educational Assessment
HILTON, THOMAS L. – 1966
THIS CHAPTER FROM A LARGER WORK ON INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY DISCUSSES LEADERSHIP STEREOTYPES AND CONCEPTIONS, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL LEADERSHIP FUNCTIONS, THE SELECTION OF POTENTIAL EXECUTIVES, AND METHODS OF EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF LEADERSHIP IS TO CREATE SITUATIONS IN WHICH FOLLOWERS WILLINGLY ACCEPT THE LEADER AS THEIR…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Behavior Patterns, Business
LICHTENSTEIN, HYMAN, ED. – 1966
PRESENTATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY EVENING COLLEGES, (AUEC) DEALT WITH THE QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE, THE PROMOTION OF EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT THROUGH CONTINUING EDUCATION, CHALLENGES AND IDEALS OF UNIVERSITY EXTENSION, AND THE NEED FOR CHANGE WITHIN THE AUEC. NUMEROUS DISCUSSION SESSIONS WERE DEVOTED TO SUCH…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Business, College Credits, College Faculty
BLANCHARD, B. EVERARD – 1967
A STUDY OF EXTENSION COURSE PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO CANNOT ATTEND REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSES ON CAMPUS COMPARED MEMBER INSTITUTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ACCREDITATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION (NCATE) AND INSTITUTIONS ACCREDITED BY THE REGIONAL ACCREDITING ASSOCIATIONS (NON-NCATE). THE PARTICIPANT POPULATION WAS INSERVICE…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Evaluation, Extension Education, Financial Policy
GORDON, MORTON – 1967
IN 1964, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXTENSION SET UP AN AUTONOMOUS DAYTIME PROGRAM WHICH NOW OFFERS 100 CLASSES, CONFERENCES, AND LECTURE PROGRAMS IN FOUR LOCATIONS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. HOW THE DAYTIME STAFF FACED PROBLEMS OF ACADEMIC CREDIT, NEED FOR RISK CAPITAL IN AN INNOVATIVE EFFORT, AND MANAGEMENT OF FACULTY RELATIONS AND USE OF…
Descriptors: College Credits, Day Programs, Enrollment, Evaluation
WHIPPLE, JAMES B. – 1967
THE CHANGING CHARACTER OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR ADULTS (CSLEA) FROM 1950-1966 AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF CSLEA TO THE FUND FOR ADULT EDUCATION (FAE) THROUGH THE YEARS ARE STRESSED IN THIS HISTORY. DURING THE FIRST PHASE (1951-1955), THE CENTER'S ROLE WAS REFLECTIVE--IT STUDIED ADULT NEEDS AND ENCOURAGED LIBERAL ADULT…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Fowler, Gerald – 1979
A study unit for an Open University course on the structure and administration of higher education in Great Britain is intended to complement a textbook and to provide over 10 hours of study. The instructional objectives for the unit include: (1) an understanding of the recent evolution of the higher education system in the United Kingdom,…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Extension Education, External Degree Programs, Financial Support
Gasim, Osman Abul – 1966
An evaluation of a Farm Short Course was made in terms of its effects on the enrollees in certain behavioral dimensions and its processes as appraised by the participants. The study population comprised an experimental groups of the 203 enrollees for the 1965-66 session and a control group of 61 comparable rural youth. Data were collected on a…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Behavior Change, Course Content, Doctoral Dissertations
Barnett, Delbert L. – 1977
An account is given of a project to investigate the feasibility of developing a program of competency-based learning in the area served by the University Extension division of the University of California at Riverside. Representatives of top administration of the two counties served, county agencies, the municipal department, the school systems,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Planning, County Officials
