No educational program, however well designed, will be successful unless it is effectively implemented. This is just as true of "traditional" programs as of innovative or changed programs that are newly introduced in a school system. Very often, what a school system should undertake is improving the implementation of traditional programs rather…

This document reports the results of an 18 month demonstration program conducted by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) to show that the community college is uniquely suited as a resource for offenders. Pilot programs were established at three community colleges--Central Piedmont Community College in North Carolina,…

Covering the time period of July 1973 to June 1976, this report describes the procedures and results of a comprehensive career education project K-12 in the Des Moines Independent School District. The project consisted of the following 12 major components: Elementary, junior high school, senior high school, technical high school, handicapped…

The individualized instructional model used is based on fixed-content, variable time, and fixed proficiency. Flowcharting is retained along with decision tables as part of the training. Top-down modular design is introduced when students are well advanced. Five tasks are identified for use in one individualized system. The first three involve…

A man who experienced a change of direction while serving a prison sentence, Milt Gordon, now coordinates a successful Baltimore drug abstinence and vocational assistance program. A brief biographical sketch of Gordon and a description of his program form the focal points of the article. (AG)

Patient education helps individuals accept and maintain the responsibility for their own health. The article recounts the history of patient education, discusses its key concepts, explains its importance, gives a model for the seventies, outlines patient rights, and considers issues of cost. Instructional methods and settings are described. (AJ)

National Board of Medical Examiner's exam results show that U.S. medical students who participated between 1968 and 1974 in Yugoslav or Israeli international fellowship programs sponsored by the Association of American Medical Schools and the U.S. Public Health Service gained knowledge of preventive medicine and public health. (JT)

The Research for Better Schools (RBS) Career Education Program in Philadelphia focuses on experience-based instruction and includes career exploration and specialization, career guidance, and basic skills. An evaluation of the program's effectiveness is presented based on an analysis of t-test results of two experimental groups and a control…

Among the findings are that most innovative school programs are ESEA funded, that most programs involved staff development, that special programs are most successful at the elementary and senior level, and that most programs are initiated by school administrators. (Author/AM)

The Venice-Lincoln Technical Center, Venice, Illinois, is housed in former public school facilities and offers a variety of adult education and job training classes. State agencies' involvement and enabling legislation concerned with program implementation, development, and funding are discussed. (LH)

Outlined in this article are efforts and strategies undertaken by the New York Chinatown Planning Council to meet the needs of the Chinese community in New York City. Reference is made to adult education programs, day care services, programs for the elderly, youth service organizations, and housing services. (EB)

The utility of field experience education for furthering cognitive development is examined through an anaylsis of the psychological and sociological dynamics of the specific field program design. Outcomes are identified and related to existing theories of cognitive development. (Author/LBH)

College students responded to a questionnaire designed to measure students' satisfaction with their academic major programs. Hierarchical factor analyses producted four factors in both undergraduate and graduate samples: perception of value in program; satisfaction with instruction; satisfaction with faculty mentorship; and overall satisfaction…

Examines both the explicit and implicit assumptions behind the Kirkpatrick evaluation model. Attempts to demonstrate conceptually the danger of simplistic evaluation approaches and argues for rigorous evaluation designs. (CSS)