The traditional responsibility of land grant schools to serve the society of which they are a part can provide a model for improving the programs of schools of education. (JD)

Many problems are encountered when evaluating a complex, decentralized national program such as 4-H. Good effects of the federal evaluation mandate include local concern with program quality. Bad effects include that local agencies are forced to utilize noxious methodologies or to collect information they consider to be unimportant. (Author/GC)

Considers the elements of organizational effectiveness, the relationships between ends and means, and the nature of inputs necessary to the organization's survival. Presents hypotheses for industrial, educational, and military organizational planning processes and training technology, and suggests changing planning focus from inputs to outcomes.…

Cultivating resources for effective community coverage may take years. School newspaper staffs with the patience to plan and the eagerness to experiment are proving that the effort is valuable. (Author/RL)

Qualifies the use of game simulations to test communication-related theories, explicates a mixed-motive game experiment (Creative Alternative) which permits systematic investigation of interpersonal influence processes, and discusses the use of the Creative Alternative game to study the effects of alternative compliance-gaining strategies.…

The design and findings of a communication audit conducted in the division of university relations at the State University of New York at Buffalo are discussed. (Author/SF)

Stressing the importance of comparing the experiences of indigeneous people throughout the world, this article reviews history of British aboriginal relations in New Zealand and Australia, thus shedding a new perspective on Indian affairs in North America. (Author/ DS)

Presents a general methodology that may be used by states in the design of municipal overburden provisions for their educational aid programs. (RLV)

Technological advances in nonproprietary software are discussed. Developments in general support of software and in computer hardware are examined. It is suggested that nonproprietary software is a resource that can save colleges and universities system development time and costs. (Author/SF)

The expenditure policies of the Tucson School District No. 1 were analyzed with respect to Mexican American children. Substantively significant "regional" (i.e., west side minority schools vs. east side majority schools) effects, socioeconomic effects, and ethnicity effects were found. (NQ)

The approach to discipline outlined here focuses on the principal, who has the responsibility and the resources to interpret effectively the behavioral differences among individuals. The approach stresses the sensitive, sensible, and effective use of the resources already available to the school. (Author/IRT)

Reviews the basic rationale and elements of Planning, Programing, Budgeting Systems (PPBS) and discusses the value of PPBS as an administrative control system for implementing educational policy. (JG)

Discusses U.S. budgetary difficulties and its effects on fiscal year 1997 for overall research and development. Budgetary decisions involving the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health are highlighted as well as other agencies within the social, behavioral, and economic sciences community. Comparative budgetary data for…

The Philadelphia School District has a five-step program of site-based-management prerequisites for schools: (1) absolute support from the top administration; (2) clear and fair allocation formulas on which each school's budget is to be based; (3) universal understanding of any restrictions, rules, or guidelines; (4) full explanation of budget…

Estimates the rates of return to overeducation in the United Kingdom, using the 1991 British Household Panel Survey. Describes three approaches to analyzing skill utilization and their returns. Analyzes characteristics of the overeducated and undereducated work force. Overeducation is part of an adjustment in the labor market and tends to…