The study determines the relationship between staff utilization and staff commitment in Borno State Colleges of Education, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine: the level of staff utilization in Borno State Colleges of Education, the level of staff commitment in Borno State Colleges of Education and the relationship between staff…

This article presents the findings of a small study that examined the relationship between academic librarians and their academic colleagues in a number of institutions in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. There is an abundance of literature outlining how librarians should collaborate with their academic colleagues but less emphasis on…

The aim of the current study was to examine the assessments of parents of the quality of early childhood education (ECE) in Greece. Five hundred and fifty three preschoolers' parents participated in this study providing quality and importance ratings based on the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Parent Questionnaire (ECERSPQ) for the…

Understanding the context of the demand for special education (SE) teacher education (TE) faculty is important because it can provide faculty at doctoral-granting universities with useful information for program planning. Knowing more about SE teacher preparation programs currently in place and program revisions being planned allows doctoral…

This article highlights how undergraduate students implemented inquiry-based learning strategies to learn how nonprofit organizations utilize volunteers. In inquiry-based learning, students begin with a problem or question with some degree of focus or structure provided by the professor. The student inquiry showcased in this article was based on a…

This booklet relates the results of a study conducted for the year 1970-71 of Colorado institutions of higher learning. It gives a profile of newly hired faculty members and indicates the number of applicants for each position. Also presented are the working conditions, fringe benefits and faculty salaries for each college. Appendices include the…

Characteristics of organization structure, administrator to student ratios, program integration, accountability flow, and decision-making were studied in 53 Ontario school districts. (Authors)

Organizational, curriculum, and staff utilization patterns of New England middle schools were explored in this study. Fifteen percent of the 315 New England middle schools were randomly selected and questionnaires were sent to their 46 principals. There were twelve major findings concerning organizational patterns including the fact that…

Although library planners, managers, and administrators are beginning to investigate how to assess library organizations, most of these studies are based on an efficiency aspect of only one part of a library operation and even these are obfuscated by those promulgating the efficiency of computers in supplying library services and carrying out…

Teachers and graduate students of the Department of Educational Administration, The University of Alberta, undertook a large-scale, 14 month study of alternative staffing practices in Alberta schools in 1975-76. Examines differentiated staffing, an attempt to improve instruction through use of professional and paraprofessional staff performing all…

A study assessed the services provided by paraprofessional aides and the attitudes of principals, teachers, and aides themselves toward the role of aides in classrooms and schools. Questionnaires provided data on aides' assignment within schools, relationship problems, tasks performed, and value of the services. Consensus of each group is…

The 1975 and 1986 versions of the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) College Library Standards are compared, and results of a survey designed to determine their usefulness are reported. Findings indicated that standards are used, although they are in need of revision to address quantitative measurement, nonprint formats, and…

An overview is given of a study that examined the place of linguistics in undergraduate curricula in the United States and Canada, the nature and structure of the curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in linguistics, and the population served by the curriculum. The overview describes the project and its major activities (data collection and…

An instrument for future planning and policy formation for adult basic education (ABE) staff development at national/regional levels, the assessment determined which current objectives, processes, and products proved most effective and offered the greatest potential. The basic evaluation design was established by the Center for Resource…

To explore the possibility of utilizing paraprofessionals in the Department of Counseling at Prince George's Community College, two surveys were conducted. For the first, a questionnaire was mailed to 36 schools nationwide which were believed to be using paraprofessionals in their Student personnel programs. The 22 schools responding (61%)…