Discussed is the development, history, and organization of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The book draws heavily on records of CASE and its predecessor organizations as well as on the speeches and writings of college and university presidents, trustees, deans, and other leaders in higher education. CASE represents all…

This document provides background and references for educational programs on cooperatives. Seven major topics are covered: Cooperatives Are Distinctive Business Corporations, Types of Cooperatives (such as agricultural, credit, housing, crafts, health, memorial association, fishing, forestry, recreation, labor, buying clubs, consumer, student, and…

A survey of 14 major colleges assessed the size, composition, and function of the personnel office (e.g. ratio of central personnel employees to full-time faculty and staff). Data is presented with the conclusion that size varies within and between institutions, the variance being a function of service performed and procedures utilized. (JT)

Traces the history of the nonprofit Cooperative College Registry (CCR), 1963-1975, concluding that it demonstrated that a matching service for jobs and job-seekers in academia is feasible and will work if well-supported financially and that success is related to value placed on human relationships and personal service rendered. (JT)

This study quantified professional contributions of 411 counselor education faculties in the United States based on presentations at the APGA National Convention, publications in APGA journals, and leadership in APGA and its divisions during 1975-76. A critical response to this study is also provided. (Author)

Presents the conceptualizations (systems analysis) on which a particular task was modeled, details the way in which the theoretical framework was translated into practice, reports briefly on the methodology employed, and demonstrates the success of the analytic tool adopted. (Author/IRT)

A course focusing on bankruptcy reorganization uses simulation and role-playing to increase the depth and speed of students' comprehension of the substantive concepts inherent in reorganization proceedings and their place in the process. (MSE)

Mind mapping, which challenges the right side of the brain, is recommended as a technique for designing classroom work and stimulating more effective and efficient comprehension. (MSE)

Instead of freeing teachers to teach, schools' bureaucratic organization may have inadvertently produced ritualized, mechanistic teaching that elicits only minimal compliance from students. Defensive teaching strategies, including fragmentation (teaching by lists), mystifying information, omitting controversial topics, and simplifying material,…

Essential features of the absolute bureaucracy and the organic structure are outlined and related to intrinsic requirements for the provision of complex services such as teaching and counselling. The two organizational patterns are examined in terms of influence relationships, plasticity, and administrators' assumptions. (TE)

This publication contains statements from panelists at a seminar exploring recent campus conflicts over whether Christian student groups can bar gay and lesbian students from positions of leadership. The discussion centered on the decision of the Tufts University student judiciary to "derecognize" the Tufts Christian Fellowship (an…

The background, philosophy, and mechanics of the Leighton Park Neighborhood Centre are explained. Groups are formed on the basis of friendship and/or interest and are supplied with a resource person who can, on request, assist in demonstrating techniques. (Author/AG)

The author is chairman of the Women's Rights Committee of the American Federation of Teachers: she was invited to write this article in response to Women Teachers and Teacher Power,'' in the Urban Review,'' Vol. 6, No. 3. (Author/JM)

This bird (the Toucan) is the perfect symbol for a multimedia, multiethnic, multiage, people-oriented school, the Grant School, Bridgeway Project, in Waterloo, Iowa. (Editor/CB)

Twenty-two decision groups in three manufacturing and three research and development organizations are studied to identify the characteristics of the environment that contribute to decision unit members experiencing uncertainty in decisionmaking. (Author)