EVALUATION - EXPANSION OF POPULATION PROGRAM COMMUNICATIONS.

CFSC COMMUNICTN PROGRM EMPHASIZES PRODUCTN OF PERSUASVE MATERIAL FOR MASS MEDIA & SMALL GROUPS, & RESRCH IN COMMUNICTN WITHIN SOCIAL SCIENCES. PROFESSNL STAFF CAN ADMINSTR A MASTERS CURRIC IN INFO,EDUC & COMMUNICTN (IEC). STAFF ARE,HOWEVER,PRESSED FOR TIME TO TEACH,RESRCH,PUBLISH,TRAVEL,RECRUIT & CONSULT OVERSEAS SO THAT A MANHOUR ANALYSIS COULD DEFINE IDEAL STUDNT/TEACHR RATIOS AND INDICATE FUTURE PERSONNEL NEEDS. 4 COURSES FOR A MAJOR COMMUNICTN SUBJCT IS NOT ENOUGH BACKGROUND FOR LDC STUDNTS. CURRIC LIMITS DEPTH OF STUDY TO "HOW" RATHER THAN "WHY",NEGLECTING MGMT,COMMERCL RESOURCES,ALTERNATIVES TO & LIMITS OF MASS COMMUNICTN,& RELATION OF SKILLS DEVEL TO INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICTN. NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECRUITED IS BELOW PROJECTNS; GRADUATES' ABILITY TO PLAN COMMUNCATN PROGS CANNOT BE MEASURD UNTIL GRANTEE UNDRTAKES SYSTMATIC EVAL. THE PROGRM'S LENGTH,ITS ACADEMIC REQUIREMNTS,COMMITMNTS BY STUDNTS,STUDNTS' EMPLOYRS,HOST GOVT & AID MISSION ACCOUNT FOR LOW ENROLLMNT,AN INDICATN OF LOW PRIORITY OF IEC IN LDC'S. FAMLY PLAN RSRCH PRBLMS ARE HANDLED PRACTICALLY,SINCE DESIRED END RESULTS ARE SOLUTNS RELEVNT TO LDC'S. 8 RSRCH PROJCTS GIVING STUDNTS TRNG & IMPLMNTD SINCE PROJCT BEGAN NEED COORDNATN & SYSTMIZATN. COMMUNICTNS LAB HAS EASILY OPERABLE EQUIP FOR ALL PHASES OF MASS MEDIA TO ENCOURAGE STUDNT EXPRMNTATN. AMOUNT OF LAB WORK COINCIDES WITH COURSE WORK LOAD BUT EMPHASIS ON PRODUCTN TECHNIQUES RATHER THAN MGMT OF COMMUNICTN LABS DOES NOT MEET LDC STUDNT DEFICIENCIES IN MGMT TRNG. CFSC IS STEADILY GAINING ENOUGH RESPECT & FUNDING TO ALLOW IT TO BECOME INDEPENDENT.