As 4-H evolves to include a wide breadth of youths' modern interests, innovative educational opportunities and evaluation practices become necessary. Horsemanship and safety-based horse camps were created in response to a statewide challenge to develop competitive 4-H members and retain those members as they approach adolescence. This article…

The ability to evaluate and accurately articulate the outcomes associated with leadership development programs is critical to their continued financial and administrative support. With calls for outcome-based accountability, the need for rigorous evaluation is particularly relevant for those programs administered through the Cooperative Extension…

As important as cognitive outcomes are in assessing the educational merits of honors programs, the authors ask whether honors programs affect the values and social attitudes of their students differently than other students: in particular, whether honors students are more or less tolerant than other students and, if so, in what ways and why. There…

This communication project provides an overview of public relations as seen through the communication arts. It is specifically focused to give law enforcement officers a general review of the practice of public relations, communication basics, and an understanding of the media. This course also provides the facilitator with multiple tools for…

The use of Industry-Advisory Committees for evaluating specific vocational and technical education programs has long been recommended by vocational educators. Citizen evaluation of public occupational education is probably the most important factor affecting it whereby citizens assign responsibilities for occupational education and administer or…

The primary objective of this survey was to obtain useful information about the State's existing vocational schools and training programs in order to aid in evaluating and improving vocational education in Arkansas. Information was obtained by mail survey of former students, contracts with students currently enrolled, and interviews with teachers,…

A 113-item questionnaire completed by 233 county agricultural extension agents supplied data for a study of educational interests in competency areas of--understanding social systems, program planning and development, understanding human development, extension organization and administration, the educational process, communications, effective…

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE-ABILITY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN ARKANSAS WHO DO NOT CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, AND TO WHAT EXTENT RURAL-URBAN BACKGROUNDS, SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, AND INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATIONS ARE RELATED TO STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL PLANS. THE STUDENTS GRADUATING IN 1957 WHO ACHIEVED A…

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE BACKGROUNDS OF VOCATIONAL HOMEMAKING TEACHERS AND IDENTIFIED THEIR PRESERVICE EXPERIENCES, PRESENT PRACTICES, AND FELT COMPETENCIES IN THEIR FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD YEAR OF WORKING WITH ADULTS. DATA WERE COLLECTED BY A QUESTIONNAIRE MAILED TO 75 TEACHERS IN ARKANSAS, 45 IN KANSAS, AND 67 IN OKLAHOMA. THE TEACHERS…

This report interprets information from the first phase of a Federally funded adult basic educational guidance and counseling project in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Findings and conclusions are presented as to the cultural, psychological, and other characteristics of students; problems encountered in designing guidance…

Senior medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences were surveyed regarding the value of a program providing regression based predictions of their individual Day 1, 2, 3, and Total Federation Licensure Examination (FLEX) scores and the probability of passing the FLEX for subsequent Arkansas licensure. The prediction formulas…