Concepts of community service utilization and housing alternatives based on needs and problem areas identified by county and state agencies' response to a survey of services for older citizens were integral to instrumentation. The intergenerational questionnaire completed by 4-H youths focused on experience, knowledge and attitude about aging and older people. Pre-post assessment and interviewers' observation are integral elements of the data collection process. Twelve county specific interviewers were inserviced via an intensive workshop to facilitate the administration of pre-post assessment questionnaire. Post-assessment, Phase II, occurred one year after initial contact with participants.
Preliminary results are congruent with demographics for the national elderly populations.
Research of School Restructuring in Rural South Carolina School Districts Dennis J. Nielsen, EdD, Principal Investigator Results of social and educational measures of rural school districts in South Carolina are at the low end of almost every measurement scale. These rural school organizations have operated for many years within an organizational structure guided by traditional models. In order to affect positive change, teachers and administrators find that they must learn new roles, new forms of behavior and new ways of interacting. The model of Total Quality Management provides a tested way to make a positive systemic change. Results of social and educational measures of rural school districts in South Carolina are at the low end of almost every measurement scale.