As part of a multi-phase, multi-method study of the House Plan at Cypress College in California, this study investigated faculty association patterns, assuming that faculty greatly impact campus life, and the general campus milieu. In April 1976, a random sample of 100 full-time faculty, stratified along division lines, were sent survey…

Specific cost areas are examined for 100 private, four-year colleges having a full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment of fewer than 3,000 students. A questionnaire was distributed to each of the institutions to gather the data presented here. The purpose of the study was to compare costs and cost factors of small colleges. Five categories of expense…

This report examines the resegregation of black and white students which may occur in desegregated schools due to differential enrollment and participation in academic programs and extracurricular activities. The report analyzes data collected by the National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) of 1318 high school graduating classes of 1972 throughout the…

This study looked at conceptions of effective high schools held by high school principals, central office staff members, and representatives of the state department of education in Delaware. Data were collected through personal interviews and analyzed through "phenomenological content analysis." Four very different images of…

Differences between black and white undergraduate student backgrounds and perceptions concerning a predominantly white university prior to college entrance, while enrolled, and within one year after receipt of a baccalaureate degree were examined. Data were collected between 1978 and 1980 from students at the University of North Carolina at…

Rooted in the philosophy of John Dewey and the work of Kurt Hahn, experiential education is a process of whole person education based on active participation by the learner in the learning situation. As professionals committed to student development, student personnel administrators are particularly well-suited philosophically and institutionally…

Project PAVE was implemented in Travis High School, Austin, Texas, to extend and coordinate services for certain high school special education students. Four components were crucial to the Project PAVE model: parental involvement, academic achievement, vocational programing, and extracurricular opportunities. The project evaluation, conducted in…

THIS REPORT (1) EVALUATES THE CLASS ENTERING IN SEPTEMBER 1964, AND ITS ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH THE SPRING OF 1967, AND (2) PRESENTS A CONDENSED SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF THE NEWARK PLAN, A SPECIAL COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR INNER CITY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. (THE PLAN HAS BEEN USED AS THE BASIS FOR TITLE I PROGRAMS IN OTHER NEWARK SCHOOLS).…

The Pupil-Perceived Needs Assessment (PPNA) is designed to assist school personnel in collecting information on pupil attitudes, reactions, and feelings towards new and existing curricular and extracurricular programs or towards education in general, and to assess pupils' needs from the pupils' perspective. The package is not meant to be used as…

A workshop held prior to the convention of the American College Personnel Association in Detroit, Michigan, in April, 1968, operated under the theme "College Personnel Services for the Adult: Student Assistance, Involvement, Development." Papers given in the six sessions covered testing, financial aid, adult characteristics, motives, needs, and…

A survey on articulation was carried out among foreign language teachers in high schools and colleges in Montana. The information is from the academic year 1976-77. The results are divided into two sections: the high school survey and the college and university survey. The high school survey gives information on the estimated percentage of…

The objective of conducting this survey is to locate areas where the secondary education program in India needs to be strengthened. The investigation studies the areas of: 1) physical facilities available in the secondary schools; 2) administration and staff; 3) subject enrollments; 4) curriculum and evaluation; and, 5) cost patterns. To gather…

A narrative description of this study is abstracted under SO 001 589. This part contains statistical tables for survey questions number 21 to 44. (AWW)

A narrative description of this study is abstracted under SO 001 589. This part contains statistical tables for survey questions number 45 to 54. (AWW)

This report contains excerpts and summaries from interviews and papers presented at the visual literacy conference. The interviews are with speakers and in general ask them to expand on an idea presented in their formal talk. For other speeches, the catalog description and/or an abstract is given. Although most of the abstracts are short, lengthy…