The current concern of church leaders and federal tax officials focuses on the religious distinctions in the Code's section on the obligation of exempt organizations to file annual financial returns with the IRS. For journal availability see HE 509 187. (Author/LBH)

The IRS' system for monitoring exempt organizations is discussed with emphasis on the constitutional problems that may arise now that church-related organizations are required to file information returns. For journal availability see HE 509 187. (LBH)

Discusses the involvement of the Dutch government in the provision of funds for universities with the focus on international cooperation. (Editor/RK)

Studies that relate computerization to either centralization or decentralization of organizational decision making are reviewed. Four issues are addressed that relate to conceptual or methodological problems. (Author/MLF)

Taken from the keynote address presented at the 1977 annual convention of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), the article reviews the development, services, and projected future of CEC--a membership organization founded to provide a clearinghouse of knowledge for teachers and other persons interested in the education of handicapped and…

Presents observations of a suburban high school, focusing mainly on the educational organization's use of time. Implications of the school's schedule are examined, followed by a discussion of the task of educating as perceived and defined in the school. Considers the study's implications for a model of educational organizations. (Author/JG)

Investigated relationship between aspects of organizational structure and alienation as experienced by personnel (N=603) employed in nine social services organizations. Interviews with personnel making executive decisions, those making supervisory assessments, and those concerned with client interaction revealed that the best predictions of…

The literature on decentralization focuses on exchange of power and school reform. Rather than uncovering details of organizational processes, researchers attempted to impose inappropriate models upon them. Unable to explain how decentralization happens, they judged the process unsuccessful. Decentralization remains to be studied and understood.…

This study examined the relationship among principals' behavior in administering regulations, their hierarchical influence, and teacher loyalty to principals. A significant relationship was found between rule behavior of secondary principals and teacher loyalty, and hierarchical influence was significantly related to teacher loyalty for both…

Describes the successful efforts of New York City's Black community to improve schools for Blacks in the 1830s and 40s. Presents a case study of the New York Society for the Promotion of Education among Colored Children, which promoted greater attendance and higher achievement. (KH)

An innovative curriculum, Twentieth Century Man, takes one traditional course from each of three academic departments and modifies the content presentation so that overlapping themes are emphasized, developed in parallel, and synthesized across disciplines in a team-taught seminar. This cost-effective approach integrates concepts while retaining…

A study examined efforts by the International Federation of Chemical and General Workers' Unions to coordinate multinational union action in the Western European flat glass industry with the conclusion that national unions can be expected to be better equipped than international unions to handle collective bargaining across national boundaries.…

An eight-item cumulative measure of interorganizational relations is introduced and then evaluated within each of three hierarchical levels of 156 social service organizations. The analysis produces three distinct item orderings that correspond to the three hierarchical levels of state, multicounty district, and county. (Author)

The instructional service component of academic departments is explored due to concern for the development of a budgetary plan that accounts both for the inherent differences in disciplines and the concomitant instructional methodologies affecting input and output properties and for operational differences among departments. (LBH)

Health occupations education has been recognized as a unique career field in vocational education. Distinctive and definitive youth leadership programs in terms of Health Career Clubs are needed to support this occupational area. (Author)