The need for management information by college and university administrators is becoming more intense. Recognizing that computerized information systems have not been able to satisfy this growing need, an alternative approach to the preparation of management information is described. This approach places the needs of decision makers before those…

The study was conducted to identify and analyze change orientation and perceptions of emerging professional roles held by teachers of home economics in the public schools of virginia. A random sample of 330 teachers participated in the study. Five hypotheses were formulated based on a review of past literature. Data were collected utilizing a…

This paper describes an adaptation of Dyer's regression model that uses data on individual students in an attempt to isolate the influence of different schools on variations in student achievement growth. This procedure involves comparing the results of a multiple regression analysis of individual student achievement scores and several…

This is the second annual report on public school dropouts in Delaware. The purpose of the report is to provide an accurate statistical description of school dropouts to dispel any stereotypes that might hinder development of programs to aid dropouts. The data presented was compiled from monthly reports submitted by local school districts to the…

This publication discusses the difficulties of calculating reliable income estimates for particular groups of people and presents a methodology for overcoming those obstacles. Basically, the procedure involves setting up cumulative distributions of housing values, rental values, and family incomes for each census tract. Average housing values and…

To determine some of the factors associated with clothing habits and attitudes and their relationship to social participation among persons 65 years of age and older, personal interviews were conducted with 100 white people, 65 and older. The possible association between the extent of participation and other variables such as attitudes, habits,…

This paper describes six existing evaluator-auditor working formats and the conditions which foster credibility of evaluation findings. Evaluators were classified as: (1) member of project developmental team, accountable to project director; (2) independent internal evaluator, accountable to system in general but not to project directors, and (3)…

Attending the Institute on March 21-23, 1974 in Nogales (Arizona) were 300 or more administrators, state department officials, project coordinators, teachers, university professors, citizens, and students from throughout the state. Following the central theme, "Education for the 70's", the institute's goal was to "impact the…

The purpose of this study was to determine the relative importance of six criteria of project success and to develop a composite criterion of educational project success. Criteria considered were schedule, cost, quality/performance, follow-onwork, spin-of benefits, customer/client satisfaction, and overall project success. Two hundred and six…

This study was designed to show the effects of three instructional strategies incorporating the use of the cognitive and affective taxonomies on the kinds of questions preservice teachers ask children in reading instruction. The strategies, administered to 120 preservice elementary teachers enrolled in language-arts methods classes, involved 1)…

This study is an analysis of the educational attainment of teachers, based on the hypothesis that educational preparation beyond the necessary level is beneficial to the teacher, the school student, and the educational administration alike. The questions considered are 1) What changes in teacher aspirations and values are brought about by advanced…

Persons responsible for 2-year college occupational education should take positive steps to monitor data to measure and insure the development and successful operation of their programs. The purpose of this report is to provide better understanding of techniques involved in conducting surveys. Surveys can establish: student characteristics,…

After the decision was made to continue the Library of Congress machine-readable cataloging (MARC) project as an operational system, a conference was held to permit discussion of the new MARC II format, problems concerning the character set used for bibliographic data, and the feasibility of sharing program specifications for bibliographic…

This verbal memory study considers only simple sentences and examines learner performance under the two conditions of audio presentation and printed presentation. Learner performance is compared when required either to recognize sentences identical to those in the original list or, alternatively, to recognize non-identical sentences incorporating…

The objective of this research was to determine the publication fate of papers presented at the national meetings in 1966-1967 of the following organizations: (1) the Optical Society of America, (2) American Sociological Association, (3) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, (4) American Geophysical Union, (5) American Institute of…