Part II of the 'Directory of Programs and Services for the Deaf in the United States' consists of information on rehabilitation programs and services. (LS)

The North Carolina Manpower Development Corporation recently experimented with two methods of program evaluation (the tax payback method and the earn back method) and found strengths and weaknesses in each. (Author/BP)

Innovations in the industrial apprenticeship programs of foreign countries are related to: cost subsidizations and financing policies, administrative coordination, and increased program flexibility. (Adapted from a 1974 Industrial Relations Research Association conference paper.) (EA)

The significance of the part-time degree course in psychology at the University of Hull under the administration of an adult education department satisfies a need as envisaged by the Russell Report, for more part-time degrees other than those offered by the Open University. (BP)

The Iowa Statewide Delivery System provided for the educational needs of 267,000 adults throughout the State in 1973-74. Fifteen area schools offered programs in adult basic education, high school completion, general adult and continuing education, and career supplementary education, as well as other innovative programs. (MW)

Investigations show that the nature of conditions affecting motivation influences test performance more than variations in the manner of presentation or in the program strategy. These findings are considered more useful in the designing of teacher programs than reliance on a computer. (Text is in German.) (Author/AM)

Presented before the Section on Mental Health, American College Health Association, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 30, 1968.

Federal funds for youth employment programs have increased for two decades, yet program effectiveness could improve if greater coordination between job training agencies and educational institutions were achieved. Initial coordination efforts gave educational agencies a major role in governing and operating the vocational education services needed…

A critique of a program evaluation technique called the evaluability assessment model (EAM), this paper describes the technique and its use in evaluating a federal agency. As defined here, EAM is divided into several steps. In the first step, the program description is reviewed to determine whether it is well-enough conceived to be a basis for…