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Download full textHendrix, 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
Wilson, Sandra Reitz; And Others – 1975
An intensive investigation of the impact Army service has had on the quality of life for a representative sample of young Americans is analyzed in terms of possible improvement in Army personnel procedures. A total of 166 men (of a potential 200) and 49 women (of a potential 50) were interviewed. The information from these interviews; a review of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Behavioral Science Research, Career Planning
Air Force Occupational Measurement Center, Lackland AFB, TX. – 1975
The report describes the results of an Air Force occupational survey of the television equipment repair career ladder. A job inventory, administered to 808 job incumbents, consisted of a background information section and a duty-task list designed to assess the relative amount of time spent on tasks performed in current jobs. The resulting…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Job Analysis, Job Skills, Job Training
Withers, Glenn Alexander – 1974
The study examines military manpower procurement for peacetime. It considers the broad alternative systems of conscription and voluntarism and develops models of demand and supply for military labor to show how these are affected by the choice of procurement system. Empirical applications are made using evidence from Australia, Canada, Great…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Economic Factors
Main, R. E. – 1974
The document evaluates Navy Mental Group Four personnel gains in competency of basic communication and computational skills after taking the Practical Arithmetic Self-Study course. Categorized as Group Four by receiving scores from the 10th to the 30th percentile on the Armed Forces Qualification test, trainees received instruction in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Audiovisual Instruction, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Fry, John P. – 1974
This paper describes the results of one Army officer's experiment in applying the techniques of psychological research on the job. With a view to developing his subordinates' leadership ability and initiative, and permitting them an active role in managing the battalion, he emphasized particularly the principles of "contingency management"…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Contingency Management, Counseling, Experimental Programs
Mathieson, David E. – 1971
Beginning with a historical review of private correspondence schools, supervised high school level programs, military programs (notable the United States Armed Forces Institute), and activities by such university extension luminaries as William Rainey Harper and W. H. Lighty, this literature review covers accreditation and licensing problems,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Achievement, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (DOD), Washington, DC. – 1969
Operated on a voluntary, decentralized basis at 215 military bases (58 overseas), the TRANSITION Program is designed to provide maximum guidance and training or educational opportunities for servicemen during their last six months of duty to prepare them for productive reentry into civilian life. Public and private placement services are also…
Descriptors: Business, Comparative Education, Cooperative Programs, Counseling
Upchurch, Harley M. – 1970
Increased United States involvement in world affairs has been accompanied by an increase in the number of Americans living abroad in numerous American enclaves. Most of the commentary on such "overseas American communities" is impressionistic, superficial, and stereotyped, and tends to foster the notion that Americans are peculiarly ethnocentric.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Culture, Community Study, Cultural Exchange
Fustukjian, Samuel, Comp. – 1971
The books included in this bibliography were written by or about notable Americans from the 16th century to the present and were selected from the holdings of the Penfield Library, State University of New York, Oswego, on the basis of the individual's contribution in his field. The division into subject groups is borrowed from the biographical…
Descriptors: American Culture, American Studies, Architects, Bibliographies
Naval Training Publications Detachment, Washington, DC. – 1973
The training manual is intended to serve as an aid for men who are seeking to acquire the theoretical knowledge and the operational skills required of candidates for advancement to Illustrator Draftsman First Class (DM 1) or Chief Illustrator Draftsman (DMC). It includes subject matter that is related to both the knowledge factors and the…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Color, Design Crafts, Drafting
