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Huff, William H. – Catholic Library World, 1981
Describes several studies, made by various organizations within the library community, which explored the feasibility of establishing a National Periodicals Center. The latest feasibility study is to be done at the Federal Government level and must take into consideration recent innovations in electronic communications technology. (Author/LLS)
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, National Programs, Periodicals, Shared Services
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Ferguson, Kristin M.; Xie, Bin – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Objective: To reduce mental health symptoms and high-risk behaviors and increase social support and service utilization among street-living youth, the authors conducted a pilot study to assess the feasibility of the social enterprise intervention (SEI) at a homeless youth agency. Method: Convenience sampling was used to recruit 16 street-living…
Descriptors: Intervention, Feasibility Studies, Homeless People, Life Satisfaction
Bailey, Natasha – AONTAS The National Adult Learning Organisation, 2009
This research was commissioned by AONTAS-the National Adult Learning Organisation, in partnership with Irish Aid, the Irish Government's programme of assistance to developing countries. To date, a strategic focus on the integration of development education into adult learning has been missing at both State level and across the development…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Adult Learning, Community Education, Foreign Countries
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Lapere, David Allen; Mummery, W. Kerry; Yates, Kevin – ACHPER Australia Healthy Lifestyles Journal, 2008
Adult workplace intervention programs to improve physical activity through wearing personal pedometers and completing team orientated "virtual journeys" have been shown to be useful in enhancing activity levels (Mummery, Schofield, Hinchliffe, Joyner, & Brown, 2006). Similar approaches applied to the school setting have also been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Elementary School Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach
Regan, Gail – Interchange, 1974
Descriptors: Educational Change, Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Models
HAMILTON, PHYLLIS D.; KINCAID, HARRY V. – 1965
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO DETERMINE THE AVAILABILITY, NATURE, AND RELIABILITY OF DATA ON THE RAPID CHANGE IN THE WAREHOUSING FUNCTION IN INDUSTRY AND (2) TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR DECISIONS CONCERNING THE DESIRABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF CONDUCTING SUBSEQUENT STUDIES. THREE MAJOR SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON,…
Descriptors: Automation, Employment Problems, Feasibility Studies, Marketing
CAMPBELL, VINCENT N. – 1963
THIS DOCUMENT TRACES RESULTS OF EXPLORATORY STUDIES IN SELF-DIRECTED (SD) LEARNING OF 5 TYPICAL LEARNING TASKS. GOAL WAS TO ASCERTAIN KINDS OF LEARNING SITUATIONS FOR WHICH PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION COULD BE IMPROVED VIA SELF-DIRECTION, I.E. MAXIMUM STUDENT FREEDOM TO CONTROL THE LEARNING PROCESS. RATIONALE FOR THE RESEARCH CAME FROM A…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Independent Study, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation
Technomics, Inc., Chicago, IL. – 1966
THIS DOCUMENT REPORTS AN INVESTIGATION ON THE FEASIBILTY OF COST EFFECTIVENESS TECHNOLOGY AS IT MAY BE APPLIED TO DECISIONS ABOUT MONEY SPENT ON EDUCATION. THE AUTHORS BELIEVE THAT IT IS FEASIBLE TO APPLY A SUITABLY MODIFIED VERSION OF COST/EFFECTIVENESS TECHNOLOGY TO MATTERS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURE. THE FOLLOWING PREREQUISITIES ARE LISTED…
Descriptors: Costs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Evaluation Methods
Hanson, Allen R. – 1969
The paper investigates classes of adaptive systems used as prediction machines in certain simple games. Ideally the machine should approach a state which will maximize its expected gain. The simplest machine takes the form of an urn, similar to the urn models of Polya and Friedman, but modified so as to form an adaptive system. The machine is…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Decision Making, Feasibility Studies, Game Theory
Short, Jerry G.; McCombs, J. Lynne – 1966
A conventional and a programed version of a Navy correspondence course were evaluated. In the correspondence setting there were no differences in student proficiency for the two versions of the course, and most students in both groups who completed the study achieved a high proficiency level. (Author)
Descriptors: Costs, Feasibility Studies, Programed Instruction, Teaching Methods
Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville. Div. of Education. – 1966
This report is a model of an extensive feasibility study for the establishment of a 4-county junior college district. It covers all aspects of organizing and pursuing the study. From questionnaires and census data, the committees compiled demographic information on the area and on the educational needs of adults, business, and industry. The survey…
Descriptors: College Planning, Feasibility Studies, Planning, Surveys
Hanford, George H. – 1974
This document is the introduction to the main body of a report on the inquiry into the need for and feasibility of a national study of intercollegiate athletics. In addition to outlining the organization of the report on the findings of the inquiry, it consists of five sections designed to provide background information regarding the approach…
Descriptors: Athletics, Colleges, Extramural Athletics, Feasibility Studies
Jacobson, Joan L., Ed.; And Others – 1971
This booklet is to facilitate the efforts of interested groups to determine the feasibility of introducing differentiated staffing. The guide begins with a definition of differentiated staffing, followed by a brief outline of the major factors involved in the concept: personnel, curriculum, community relations, equipment and materials, facilities,…
Descriptors: Differentiated Staffs, Educational Policy, Feasibility Studies, Guidelines
Woolard, Wilma Lee – Library Journal, 1978
A 1976 study of the feasibility of combining school and public libraries investigates effects on services and strengths, weaknesses, and problems. Conclusions are based on responses to a questionnaire from 55 libraries with combined facilities in the United States. (KP)
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Library Surveys, Mergers, Public Libraries
Pearson, John N.; And Others – Journal of Business Education, 1984
Provides a model of business administration education and the integration of the functional areas of business--linking the entrepreneurial firms and big business. (SK)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Entrepreneurship, Feasibility Studies, Policy
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