The project's objectives included strengthening the research capability of Kentucky State University, a historically black institution, allowing faculty to participate in professional development workshops, and aiding public administration graduate students with data from which to write theses. Four hypotheses were tested: that public managers participating in in-house managerial training programs tend to: (1) acquire a higher level of public service values, managerial skills, awareness of public policy issues, and involvement with professional organizations for continuing public service education; (2) have a stronger professional identity as public managers; (3) have a strong commitment to public service occupational values; and (4) achieve a higher level of vertical and horizontal mobility in organizational structure. A total of 1,500 trained Kentucky public managers and a control group of 1,500 Kentucky public managers without such training were surveyed, with a response rate of 48.9%. Preliminary analysis of results reveal that respondents, mostly male and college-educated, agreed on the importance of college education, professional training, and continuing professional education activities. An overwhelming majority shared certain public service values, and most were sensitive to the political ecology of public administration and supportive of the Ombudsman role. (Author/MSE)