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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1983
This report of a hearing on educational benefits for veterans and members of the armed forces focuses on four proposals to establish a new educational assistance program for veterans and members of the armed forces and presents a review of the Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP). Testimony includes statements from members of the U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Armed Forces, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Ozkaptan, Halim; And Others – 1986
This report contains the results of a survey conducted in May 1983 of Army families in USARFUR (United States Army--Europe). A total of 1,036 married and accompanied family members, both military member and spouse, were surveyed. The sample was representative of the approximately 60,000 families in USAREUR in terms of rank distribution, combat…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Involvement, Demography, Family Attitudes
Younce, J. R.; And Others – 1984
These self-study materials are a basic course for Marines working as mechanics. The course contains three study units. The first unit explains mechanics' hand tools and their proper care and usage. The second unit introduces the duties of the personnel at a basic level, describes the areas of a typical shop, and deals with shop operations and…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Continuing Education, Course Content, Extension Education
Aagard, James A.; Ansbro, Thomas M. – 1984
The Naval Enlisted Professional Development Information System (NEPDIS) was designed to function as a fully computerized information assembly and analysis system to support labor force, personnel, and training management. The NEPDIS comprises separate training development, instructional, training record and evaluation, career development, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Databases
Mumford, Michael D.; And Others – 1987
A multivariate modeling approach was developed to assess the impact of changes in aptitude requirement minimums on U.S. Air Force technical training outcomes. Initially, interviews were conducted with technical training personnel to identify significant student inputs, course content, and training outcome variables. Measures of these variables…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Course Content, Labor Force Development
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1984
Post-high school activities of 1983 California graduates were studied as part of the initial phase of a 5-year follow-up study. Of 11,512 graduates who were mailed a questionnaire, 4,040 responded. About 75 percent indicated that they were enrolled in a school or college during the last fall or winter; about 49 percent were employed and about 16…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, College Attendance, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends
Brown, Joel M.; Weiss, David J. – 1977
An adaptive testing strategy is described for achievement tests covering multiple content areas. The strategy combines adaptive item selection both within and between the subtests in the multiple-subtest battery. A real-data simulation was conducted to compare the results from adaptive testing and from conventional testing, in terms of test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Branching, Comparative Analysis
Fernandez, Richard L. – 1980
This study examined positive and normative policy issues in the use of educational benefits as military service enlistment incentives. A test of the attractiveness of enhancements to the Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (VEAP) has been underway since January 1979. The enhancements, called VEAP "kickers," are limited to high…
Descriptors: Adults, Armed Forces, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1981
This document is the first volume of a transcript of hearings before a U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs concerning proposed H.R. 1400--the Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1981. The Proposed Educational Assistance Act is an updated GI Bill, which would provide the following educational…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Armed Forces, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Caro, Paul W. – 1977
A study of U.S. Air Force simulator training was conducted to identify factors that influence the effectiveness of such training and to learn how its effectiveness is being determined. The research consisted of a survey of ten representative Air Force simulator training programs and a review of the simulator training research literature. A number…
Descriptors: Aircraft Pilots, Educational Technology, Expectation, Flight Training
Hendrix, William H.; Halverson, Vicki B. – 1980
An Air Force study examined the relationship between personnel background and several measures of organizational effectiveness. The Organizational Assessment Package (OAS) consisting of 16 background information items and 149 attitudinal items was administered to military and civilian subjects (4,786) at five Air Force bases representing six major…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Background, Educational Background
AMBLER, ROSALIE K.; RICKUS, GEORGE M. – 1967
SEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN NAVAL AVIATION TRAINEES FROM THREE STAGES OF TRAINING WERE ADMINISTERED AN ANONYMOUS QUESTIONNAIRE THAT ASKED THEM TO GIVE THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF MORALE. THEY WERE THEN INSTRUCTED TO RATE THEIR OWN MORALE ON A TEN-POINT SCALE USING THEIR DEFINITION AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE. A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE DEFINITIONS IDENTIFIED THE…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Change, Environmental Influences, Flight Training
BAKER, STEWARD L.; AND OTHERS – 1967
A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF AN EFFORT TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF FATHER'S ABSENCE (FA) AND/OR GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY ON THE MILITARY FAMILY IS PRESENTED. CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH 65 FAMILIES WHO HAD FIVE TO EIGHT YEAR OLD SONS AND HAD ORDERS FOR AN UNACCOMPANIED FAMILY TOUR OF AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S DURATION IN A NONCOMBAT AREA. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS WERE…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Programs, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics
Howell, Lloyd R.; And Others – 1979
Demographic, academic, and other college-related characteristics of the persisting and nonpersisting students at Old Dominion University were investigated during a one-year period from fall 1976 to fall 1977. Information was collected from the student master registration file for a study population of 11,637 undergraduates. The students ranged in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Housing, Demography, Dropout Characteristics
Parsons, Michael H. – 1975
Hagerstown Community College (HCC) in Maryland has developed a number of new programs to serve clientele in the surrounding area who in most cases cannot or would not attend classes on the main campus. One such client group is the inmate population at two State prisons in the area. Programs for the inmates are selected on the basis of available…
Descriptors: Community Services, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Objectives
