This paper examines the concept of "associated membership" in international organizations, specialized agencies, and regional organizations. Organizations that allow countries or territories to enter as associated members provide for cooperation and interaction, although these countries do not have the rights and obligations of full membership.…

Empirically examines a model describing causal relations among four social-psychological factors--organizational climate, managerial leadership, peer leadership, and group process--in organizational functioning. (Author)

A school system must be concerned with both the formal and informal communication systems. (Available from Buckeye Association of School Administrators, 750 Brooksedge Blvd., Westerville, Ohio 43081) (Author)

This paper was presented as part of a symposium that dealt with several systematic research efforts that employed a specific methodology--the Structural Properties Questionnaire (SPQ)--as a measure of organizational structure in schools. The "subjects" in this study, 17 students in a class on organizational behavior, representing 14…

The Management Responsibility Guidance (MRG) process is a matrix management program designed to clarify roles and improve staff integration, decision-making, effectiveness, and productivity. In 1976-77, Los Angeles County (California) used this approach in four pilot special education schools. As part of the MRG process, each staff member…

Designed for industrial arts teachers, this advisor's handbook contains general information about the American Industrial Arts Student Association (AIASA) and specific instructions for organizing and conducting student clubs. Sections of information include the following: (1) Policy of United States Office of Education (USOE) for vocational…

Healthy and successful cities are built out of blocks and neighborhoods. Cities are too large and varied to be regarded or run as uniform entities. Block associations are proposed to be one of the major tools that are available for stabilizing and maintaining urban neighborhoods in a fashion that is both inexpensive and responsive to the needs of…

THIS MONOGRAPH IS A DISCUSSION OF FOUR ASPECTS OF STUDENT UNIONS. PART ONE DISCUSSES THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF A UNION AND THE UNION AS A CAMPUS CENTER. PART TWO DEALS WITH THE PLANNING OF UNION BUILDINGS AND GIVES PROCEDURES, PRINCIPLES AND CAUTIONS. UNION FACILITIES AND SERVICES ARE LISTED. PART THREE DISCUSSES THE ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES OF…

THE HISTORY OF ADULT EDUCATION IN DENMARK, ENGLAND, GERMANY, AND THE UNITED STATES IS PRESENTED AND COMPARED. ADULT EDUCATION OPERATES THROUGH A VARIETY OF INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND UNIVERSITIES PROPER. IT IS VOLUNTARY AND PRIMARILY APPEALS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HAD ADVANCED FORMAL EDUCATION. VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT…

THE PRINCIPAL CONCERN IN DEVELOPING THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR A PUPIL PERSONNEL PROGRAM IS HOW THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE EACH PUPIL WITH THE BEST QUALIFIED SERVICE, SO THAT THE PUPIL CAN MOBILIZE HIS STRENGTHS AND RESOURCES TO HIS GREATEST BENEFIT. ONE REQUIREMENT IS THAT ONE PERSON SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GUIDANCE OF…

The directory was prepared as part of a comprehensive effort for improving the international network for the exchange of documentation, information, ideas, and experiences, in the field of adult education. The provisional edition will be corrected and updated after March 1976. A work-sheet and coding instructions are included for this purpose. In…

A design is proposed which would unite the elements of teacher evaluation, differentiated staffing, and inservice education into continuous progress plan, in which teachers would undergo continuous growth experiences and assessment to prepare them for a variety of horizontally differentiated roles. In this way all aspects of a teacher's…

Information is provided on the purposes, goals, functions, membership, board of directors, calendar of events, publications, and names and addresses of the officers or executive committees of 19 national organizations serving the deaf. Organizations included are the Council of Organizations Serving the Deaf, Alexander Graham Bell Association for…