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A Study of the Developmental Problems of an Educational Counseling and Information Brokering Center for Adults (open access)

A Study of the Developmental Problems of an Educational Counseling and Information Brokering Center for Adults

The purposes of this study were to identify the problems and issues encountered in the development of an educational information and counseling brokering service for adults and to determine their relative significance to the success of an educational brokering service. To accomplish this, the relevant developmental issues were identified by a search of the literature. These were sent to a consultant of the National Center for Educational Brokering who selected forty issues and problems as salient. These statements were formulated into a questionnaire to determine their significance in each stage of development. The initial questionnaire was submitted to four additional consultants for recommendations. The questionnaires were then mailed to the directors of 135 educational brokering centers listed in the Directory of the National Center for Educational Brokering. Based on the findings of the study, eleven issues were considered very significant by the total population of respondents. The three most significant issues were: flexibility and responsiveness in service, maintaining clarity of purpose while attempting to meet diverse needs, and insuring continuing financial viability.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Harkness, Helen Leslie
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Two Levels of Noise, Two Types of Noise, and Anxiety on Student Performance of a Coding Task (open access)

The Effect of Two Levels of Noise, Two Types of Noise, and Anxiety on Student Performance of a Coding Task

This study dealt with the effect of low-level noise and high-level noise, of white noise and varied noise, and of high manifest anxiety and low manifest anxiety on college students' performance on a coding task. The conclusions of the study, based upon the hypotheses, were as follows: 1. Level of anxiety does not affect performance on a coding task. 2. The level of white and level of varied noise does not affect performance on a coding task. 3. Varied noise has a positive effect on performance on a coding task.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Nearing, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Work Improvement and Specificity of Training Using Stepping, Running, and Bicycling as Modes of Training and Testing (open access)

Work Improvement and Specificity of Training Using Stepping, Running, and Bicycling as Modes of Training and Testing

This problem was designed to evaluate the work performance change effected by each of three training programs; stepping, running, and bicycle ergometer riding. The study determined the specific work improvement of each training program by using a stress test designed from each of the training modes. Two of the purposes of the study were to determine the work performance effects and the specificity of training effect of each of the training procedures. The effect of body weight and leg strength were also measured in relation to performance, and the relative value of each of the three training procedures was evaluated. An analysis of the data showed that no training method was statistically superior to the others, but in order of improvement they ranked (1) bicycle ergometer riding, (2) stepping, and (3) running. Training by each method did appear to be specific to the type of work involved. In each method of training, the most significant improvement was in the work performance test related to that particular training procedure.
Date: May 1978
Creator: Hook, Paul G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Planning and Programming for Student Development in Higher Education Through the Use of a Needs Survey (open access)

Improving Planning and Programming for Student Development in Higher Education Through the Use of a Needs Survey

The problem with which this study is concerned is an investigation of the feasibility of using a questionnaire for determining perceived needs of students to improve the planning and programming process in student development in higher education. The study was designed to accomplish two purposes: to examine the feasibility of such an approach and to present an example of how such a study can be accomplished. The study concludes: a perceived needs survey can be accomplished with minimal difficulty and is effective in improving planning; documented student need should provide the bias for determining service philosophy and for planning student development programs for all students and for student subgroups; documented student need and preference should provide the basis for determining times of service offerings and staff utilization and deciding on methods of publicizing programs; the use of the perceived needs survey should reduce planning time.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Gault, Frank M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Extent to Which Upper-Level Institutions are Uniquely Meeting the Needs of Public Higher Education in Texas (open access)

The Extent to Which Upper-Level Institutions are Uniquely Meeting the Needs of Public Higher Education in Texas

The problem with which this study was concerned was that of determining some of the ways and to what extent Texas upper-level universities in their academic units and the individual university as a whole have uniquely met the needs of public higher education in Texas. It was concluded that upper-level universities are fulfilling their roles in innovative/experimental programs. However, as a group upper-level universities are not advancing any more rapidly toward meeting their initial goals and purposes than the four-year universities.
Date: May 1978
Creator: Smith, Lawrence Ray, fl. 1978-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Programming of Religious Education in Southern Baptist Institutions of Higher Education, 1977-1978 (open access)

The Programming of Religious Education in Southern Baptist Institutions of Higher Education, 1977-1978

The purpose of this study is to examine the programming of religious education in Southern Baptist institutions of higher education, including a comparison of current religious education programs, the articulation between college and seminary religious education programs, and the identification of future trends that these programs may follow. From these findings, the following conclusions were drawn: Religious education is apparently considered important enough to be included in the curriculum of Southern Baptist colleges. The evaluation of the role of the institution in training students for careers in religious education has been a vital factor in changes that have been made in the programs. Programs designed to grant credit for work done prior to seminary enrollment are being favorably, although not unanimously, received. Additional undergraduate religious education programs appear to be likely, should programs granting credit for previous work develop. Exploration into the development of other means for the granting of credit would bring improvement in the cooperative relationships between the colleges and the seminaries. From these conclusions, the following implications were derived: Southern Baptist schools will continue to train persons for church-related vocations. Attitudinal changes must occur, both among the college and the seminary leaders, before major changes will be …
Date: December 1978
Creator: Basden, Edward Jeter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Perceptions of Student Groups Related to the Assessment of Student Services at North Texas State University (open access)

The Perceptions of Student Groups Related to the Assessment of Student Services at North Texas State University

The purposes of this investigation were to examine the students' perceptions concerning the student services available at North Texas State University (NTSU HAS) and the need for student services (NTSU NEEDS). Other purposes were to determine which group of students had the greatest perceived need for services and to provide data that would aid various departments in the Student Service Division in program planning. Recommendations are included which suggest that more effort be made in publicizing those services available to students. Each department should establish procedures for assessing student needs as an indicator of changes in student perceptions. The Vice President for Student Affairs should support and encourage the gathering of data in each department. Research should be conducted to determine the differences between married and unmarried commuter students, married and unmarried in-town students, and commuter and non-commuter married students. The survey instrument should be individualized for each department. Data on student perceptions and characteristics should be utilized as input in formulating the mission and goal statements of the departments.
Date: May 1978
Creator: Haslund, Stephen L.
System: The UNT Digital Library