The purpose of this study was to describe challenges identified by participants from three cohorts in a methods training workshop meant to strengthen evidence-based intervention knowledge and practice. Since passage of the "Every Student Succeeds Act" (ESSA), educational leaders and decision-makers have been charged with ensuring that…

This study investigated what university and college department chairpersons believe are the most important duties of their position, how they view their roles, and the relationship of perceived roles and duties. Possible role definitions included seeing department chair work as leader, scholar, faculty developer, or manager. The study surveyed 800…

Significant discrepancies between ideal and real methods of needs assessment need to be rectified. Essential principles for managing an educational assessment have been set down by recognized educators. Experts' recommendations include such requirements as using a clear definition of need (as opposed to want), precise quantifiable methods, an…

Based on a survey of State education agencies (SEAs), this study gathered quantitative and qualitative information about the roles SEAs assume in teacher collective negotiations at the State and district levels. Variations in State laws and in SEA role responsibilities created research problems. The results indicate that SEAs most frequently…

This study expands an annual survey conducted by George Worth from 1967 to 1982 for the Association of Departments of English Bulletin of average salaries in 92 English departments listed in the 1970 Roose-Anderson "ACE Rating of Graduate Programs." The present study includes the 106 English departments listed in "An Assessment of…

A study of grading practices at Christopher Newport College (Virginia) was conducted, using as data the grades awarded from 1979 to 1986. Differences between "in-department" and "out-of-department" grades were also analyzed, for all students enrolled in courses in more than one department. Results included the following: (1)…

Fifty college speech departments responded to a survey intended to discover some of the common practices and strategies for marketing undergraduate speech communication majors. The results indicated that the most frequent name for the departments responding was "Communication" rather than "Speech Communication," completely the opposite of what was…

A survey was conducted to gauge the communicative needs of students outside the field of speech communication. Respondents were 120 chairpeople from academic programs in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. These chairpersons perceived a great need for training in communication skills, but did not perceive speech communication courses as…

One consequence of school-university collaboration can be the impact of a school and specifically a social studies department on the university's teacher candidates. After seven years and the placement of 36 students, the teachers in the social studies department at Woodford County High School in central Kentucky wondered about their long-term…

Interviews were conducted with contact persons in each of six Western states to assist in determining how the services and products of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Evaluation Technical Assistance Centers (TAC) could be used most effectively to help State and local education agencies improve the use and usefulness of…

Part of a broad survey of administrator preparation programs in the United States, the study reported here was an analysis of professors' open-ended responses to questions about recent and projected changes in their educational administration programs. Content analysis was used to examine past changes, expected changes, patterns of change, and…

Data about the temporary faculty at Illinois State University were collected to determine the personal and institutional conditions of temporary employment that may inhibit participation in the full range of faculty activities. A questionnaire was developed and sent to all (984) teaching faculty, institutional records were examined and selected,…

The National Child Labor Committee, in its formative evaluation of secondary cooperative education programs, collected data that were used to identify outstanding programs, define key elements of cooperative education programs, and estimate emphases and areas of success of outstanding programs. A list of key elements of cooperative education…

The usefulness of Biglan's model of academic disciplines for examining how Yale University departments differ in their evaluations of undergraduate performance is studied. Biglan's 3-way model classifies departments according to (1) the degree to which they have a paradigm (hard vs. soft), (2) their concern with life systems as objects of study…

Results of a survey aimed at determining the role and function of department heads at eight U.S. colleges and universities are presented. Two colleges were selected for each of four categories of institutions: service academies, military colleges, former military colleges and nonmilitary colleges. Data are provided on: departmental emphasis,…