A past president of the American Vocational Association describes recent changes in the Association's administrative structure. (SB)

An attempt to discover relationships between school size and teaching styles as reported by faculty members. Some differences were revealed, but differences explainable by school size were slight. (Author/RA)

Student personnel workers must value highly those working directly and successfully with students, and place only their best workers in direct contact with students. (Author)

Coprincipals carry the authority and status of the principal's office equally. The coprincipalship at Lompoc (California) Valley Middle School has functioned successfully for two years. Each principal shares in decision-making and has contacts with both successful and struggling students. (Author/MLF)

The Youth Society is a free self-education and cooperation organization independent of party politics. It is the most democratic Finnish popular movement. The program includes arts and sports as well as learning and social participation. The goal is the development of people into good individuals and alert citizens. (JOW)

Provides a schematic overview of 60 key organizations, agencies, committees, and research programs, both private and governmental, national and international, that are currently studying the migration process and making the results of their research available to the public. (Author)

Discusses the movement of the numerous engineering societies toward program cooperation through The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), Engineers Joint Council (EJC), Engineers' Council for Professional Development (ECPD), and Association for Cooperation in Engineering (ACE). Briefly describes the history, development, and goals of…

Provides a model for school organization structured to encourage coordination and communication between specialists, teachers, and principals. (Author/IRT)

Two types of organizational structure--centralized and pluralistic--found in 48 states' public assistance organizations can be partly accounted for by the administrative ideology that was dominant at the organization's formative stage. The effects of the structure on some internal components of the organization are long-lasting. (Author/IRT)

Predictions of divergent effects of individual task and subunit workflow technologies on staff characteristics and subunit structures were tested. (Author/IRT)

Explores distance-education issues in higher education related to the technology, the learner, the instructors, the pedagogy, and the organization. Provides list of 12 "best practices" in the use of distance education. For example, electronically offered degrees or certificate programs should include general education requirements. Draws…

Presents an annotated directory of organizations serving children under age eight in more than one nation. Notes the headquarters, website, and mission statement for each organization. (JPB)

Essential aspects of a linkage model for rural development and extension are an umbrella organization representing subcommunities and having overall coordination responsibility and program development committees. Principles include the following: development is about self-help; degree of community participation determines effectiveness; and…