A concise description of a study directed at exploring the question of whether systems analysis could be applied to educational problems. (HB)

An air quality control scheme employing meteorological diffusion, time averaging and frequency, and cost-benefit models is discussed. The methods outlined provide a constant feedback system for air quality control. Flow charts and maps are included. (BL)

Discusses tendencies in systems management procedures that are indicative of the curriculum field's social commitments, systems language as social rhetoric, and the constitutive aspect of systems procedures as they are applied today in education. (Author/GB)

The challenge to biological and extra biological survival comes down to man's ability to organize man-made environments that exhibit the subtle order found in natural living systems. Because of a misapplication of technology, many self regulating mechanisms are absent in contemporary human settings; they must be designed into future efforts…

Author expresses concern about a number of problems inherent in the DD and A processes as they now exist in education and feels that educational practitioners making changes and innovations need to be protected from research and evaluation reports of poor quality. (Author/MB)

Case study based on the experience of the British National Coal Board shows how main industry systems were introduced after very full involvement of user departments and demonstrates how this contributed to the success of the computer installation. (Editor)

In an article aimed at the classroom teacher, the author discusses the study of the real but contingent future, emphasizing analysis of possible choices and the decision making process itself. (Author/SP)

With the aid of the programmed computer, the systems designer can analyze systems for which certain components have not yet been manufactured or even invented, and the power of solution-technique is greatly increased. (IR)

Originally presented as a speech at the Annual Meeting of the Commission on Curriculum of the National Council of Teachers of English, November 25, 1969, in Washington, D.C. (DS)

Study supported by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education.

Overview of issues concerning computer-monitored data for research in communication and information science includes a description of systems and kinds of data possible; uses of data; advantages of and problems with computer-monitored data and collection; prior research using computer-monitored data; prospects for future research. A 111-item…

The management systems office at the University of Hawaii assists in the development and operation of an effective management information systems service. A shared computer system approach was developed to provide service in the areas of office automation and data processing. (MLW)