A retrospective look is taken at the internal workings of a reform of university governance in the Netherlands, including a description of the relations between the various actors involved. It was found that a state of equilibrium has not yet been reached, but the most acute stages of the transition have passed. Then a broader look is taken at…

Asserts that a disproportionate number of Black administrators hired in the latter part of the Sixties and early Seventies are experiencing numerous problems and are highly frustrated in their efforts to perform their duties in a creditable fashion, and argues that the very nature of their jobs is responsible for this. (Author/JM)

Convivial access, described as a way to allow people the most autonomous action by means of learning resources and tools least controlled by others, would counteract the schools' current monopolistic control over student learning by changing approaches to freedom, responsibility, and choice. (DW)

Examines student and teacher attitudes toward student brinkmanship, behavior that challenges the authority system of the school while avoiding negative sanctions, and discusses possible consequences of student brinkmanship for the school's social system. (Author)

Paper delivered at the Adult Basic Education Workshop, at Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland, Jun 68.

Three discussion papers, commenting on the main article, are included: "Preventing Schismogenesis by K. E. Boulding, "Beyond a Hollow Legitimacy: What? by A. Etzioni, and "Is a New Pattern of Legitimacy Emerging by H. C. Kelman.

One in a series of working papers commissioned by the World Order Models Project, this essay suggests directions for thought and action relevant to the evolving struggle for a just world order. The first and most important need is to combine a struggle theory of history with traditional world order inquiry, visioning, and politics. We must blend…

There is a growing awareness among scientists and researchers in every field that the selection of problems for research, the guiding theories, the interpretation of evidence, and resulting conclusions can be, and in fact often are, shaped by political or social ideology. If infused with keenly critical vigilance, such awareness affords the best…

This paper provides information on the role of organizational development in the institutional planning process at Florida Junior College (FJC), using short statements on the functions and objectives of each of the major components within the planning process. First, an overview is provided of organizational development and its value in…

Five approaches, designed by the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL), help educational administrators gain access to the educational policy-making process. They include a year-long fellowship program, the Educational Policy Fellowship Program, for midcareer administrators to learn about policy-making at the federal, state, and local levels;…

This paper describes the methodology used to analyze interview data on school control structures in the Management Implications of Team Teaching (MITT) project. Project MITT looked at school decision issues and their control structures, and at the people making or being governed by those decisions, to test how types of school decisions are related…

The relative newness of educational politics as a research field means that, aside from possibly systems analysis, much theory-building has yet to be done. In this regard, power analysis has both limitations and potentialities. Some people contend that power is evident only in those situations involving government agencies utilizing negative…