EVALUATION OF THE POPULATION INSTITUTE EAST-WEST CENTER UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, HONOLULU, HAWAII

EVALUATION COVERS THE PERIOD 6/1/68 TO 6/1/73. CONTRACT OBJECTIVES WERE ACHIEVED WITHIN THE TIME-FRAME CONTEMPLATED BY AID AND THE EAST-WEST CENTER. EWCPI PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO 50 STUDENTS A YEAR. THE EVALUATORS NOTE THAT THEY HAD NO BASIS FOR EVALUATING THE BASIC QUALITY OF THE COURSES AT EWCPI. WHILE AS YET UNSYSTEMATIC, EWCPI DID ATTEMPT TO RELATE RESEARCH TO FIELD PROBLEMS. OF 31 RESEARCH STUDIES IN 1972, 19 WERE CONCERNED WITH COUNTRY-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS -- AND ONLY 8 OF THESE WERE PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED IN LDC'S. THE REMAINDER FOCUSES ON POPULATION PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE US OR JAPAN. EWCPI'S MOST AMBITIOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CONSISTED OF 4 WEEKS OF INTENSIVE STUDY IN SUCH AREAS AS ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH, EVALUATION OF FAMILY PLANNING, BASIC MEASURES OF FERTILITY, AND METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION. THE FIRST SEMINAR COVERED 39 TOPICS, TAUGHT BY A STAFF OF 14(FROM 10 DIFFERENT US INSTITUTIONS). EWCPI'S STAFF OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS WAS EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT DEMOGRAPHIC METHODS AND THE COMPUTER FIELD. OVERALL, THE STAFF WAS EFFECTIVE AND WELL-TRAINED, AND THE INSTITUTE WAS GIVEN HIGH MARKS FOR ITS EFFICIENT AND SKILLFUL ADMINISTRATION. COORDINATION WITH AID WAS LESS THAN SATISFACTORY. TEAM RECOMMENDED THAT PROCEDURES BE ESTABLISHED FOR REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF RESEARCH PROJECT FINDINGS AND THE EWCPI PROGRAM IN GENERAL.