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Grubb, W. Norton; McDonnell, Lorraine M. – 1991
A study examined local work-related education and training institutions from a system perspective. Information was obtained through field interviews of staff and administrators in secondary education, community colleges and technical facilities, and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and similar programs, as well as record data from eight…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Coordination, Community Programs, Educational Cooperation
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Deinard, Amos S.; And Others – 1985
This background paper on refugee needs assessment discusses the assumptions, goals, objectives, strategies, models, and methods that the state refugee programs can consider in designing their strategies for assessing the mental health needs of refugees. It begins with a set of background assumptions about the ethnic profile of recent refugee…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Master Plans
Myers, Roger A.; And Others – 1980
A prototype of a computer-aided manpower management and career progression system, the Officer Career Information and Planning System (OCIPS), has been developed to a point at which costs and benefits for its implementation can be estimated. Considering the goals of the Officer Personnel Management System and problems of the Army Military…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Career Education, Computer Oriented Programs
Farmer, James; And Others – 1979
Characteristics of student financial aid systems are reported and a framework for evaluating student financial aid systems and classifying major data processing designs is presented. The goals of a student financial aid system are discussed, including improved service to students, increased utilization of available funds, compliance with…
Descriptors: Automation, Compliance (Legal), Computer Programs, Computer Science
Jung, Charles; And Others – 1968
The implementation in a school district of the Research Utilization and Problem Solving (RUPS) System is demonstrated. RUPS is an instructional system for an inservice program designed to provide the needed competencies for an entire staff to engage in systems analysis and systems synthesis procedures prior to assessing educational needs and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Curriculum Development, Data Collection, Feedback
Bates, A. W. – 1973
The Open University of Great Britain provides home-based instruction via broadcasts and correspondence. Since technical arguments for the superiority of open-network, cable, or cassette television systems are inconclusive, the university has been forced to develop a decision-making model to determine which system is the most cost effective. For…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Cable Television, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Dudgeon, Paul J. – 1974
A program based on instructional systems technology was developed at Canadore College as a means of devising the optimal learning experience for each individual student. The systems approach is used to solve educational problems through a process of analysis, synthesis, modeling, and simulation, based on the LOGOS (Language for Optimizing…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, College Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
Richards, William; Lindsey, Georg – 1974
A method for modeling the structure of large social systems has been developed which is based on the interpersonal communication networks present in the functioning system. Recent developments in techniques and computer software have made possible the analysis of networks of several thousand persons. The new technique provides a method for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Programs
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Dupuis, Mary M., Ed.; Mitzel, Harold E., Ed. – 1971
A planning conference on technology in education resulted in specific recommendations to the National Institute of Education (NIE). 1) Technology offers the potential for amplifying individuality, expanding the scope and depth of the educational process, contributing system studies towards goal definition, and improvements in quality, equality of…
Descriptors: Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology
Tindal, Gerald; And Others – 1993
An increasing number of elementary school sites have begun to implement nongraded, multiage, primary developmental learning environments. Nongraded primaries are more than just a loosening of the age limits and a changing of the promotion strategies. This broad educational restructuring strategy provides a unique opportunity for creating new…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
Banathy, Bela H.; Jenks, C. Lynn – 1990
This guide is the second of three documents that make up a Professional Development Package for Educational Systems Design. The intended audience for this guide is a leadership group empowered to provide leadership, policy direction, and support for a design effort. This group may consist of the educational leadership in a community in cooperation…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Role, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Malen, Betty – 1985
The research on which this paper is based examined the legislative process resulting in Minnesota's tuition tax concession statutes through a study of four decision events: the 1955 passage of a tax deduction, the 1971 adoption of a tax credit, the 1976 increase of the 1955 deduction allowance, and the 1981 retention of this deduction in a climate…
Descriptors: Activism, Elementary Secondary Education, Lobbying, Models
Clevenger, Charles – 1984
The professional development process can be organized as a continuous, multifaceted, proactive, and integrated system that is futures-oriented and focused on adaptation as an essential organizational function. A systems model employing a university professional school as an example is presented. It focuses on professional schools because they lend…
Descriptors: Colleges, Decision Making, Educational Change, Higher Education
Federal Electric Corp., Paramus, NJ. – 1966
THIS DOCUMENT SUPPLEMENTS REPORT AA 000 157, A STATE-LEVEL OPERATING MANUAL FOR THE NATIONWIDE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION INFORMATION SYSTEM (VEIS). IT CONTAINS ALL DOCUMENTATION GENERATED FOR A PILOT DEMONSTRATION OF VEIS IN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING DATA COLLECTIONS FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS, FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL FLOW CHARTS, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, AND…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Collection, Data Processing, Demonstration Programs
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Nagelberg, Mark; Little, Dennis L. – 1970
Summary descriptions of selected urban simulations and games that have been developed outside the Institute For The Future are presented. The operating characteristics and potential applications of each model are described. These include (1) the history of development, (2) model and player requirements, (3) a description of the environment being…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Educational Games, Game Theory, Management Games
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