This guide is designed for persons who need to plan education programs in world affairs for presentation to an organization. Such a person might be a program chair of a local League of Women Voters or a community Rotary Club. The guide is organized in five sections, each of which presents information on one of five steps to program planning. The…

Thorough investigation of scheduling options is needed to facilitate the development of a tailor-made schedule for the small school. The traditional scheduling model usually only works well in urban or suburban schools. When this mass production model is imposed on small schools, student needs become secondary to the dictates of the schedule. The…

This article describes "Family Synergy" which is a non-profit organization for people interested in or exploring nontraditional marriage and family forms. It acts as a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas and also provides a supportive community for people actually exploring these new lifestyles. (Author)

This paper provides a brief history of the Maryborough and District University Society of the University of Queensland, Australia. Highlights of the review include: (1) the establishment of the first distance education, or external studies, centers at Townsville, Rockhampton, and Ipswich in 1949; (2) a resolution taken in 1963 to form a University…

A study compared the decision making process of large and small advertising agencies to determine if the size of the agency, in terms of gross annual billing, had any effect on adherence to the rules set forth in the American Association of Advertising's Standards of Practice. Forty agency employees, 20 from agencies with billings less than $2.5…

New and continuing missions for the modern university are discussed. "Multiuniversities" are viewed as institutions with multiple purposes that have retained the basic university organization. The main response of multiuniversities to demands for cross-disciplinary activities has been the creation of relatively small centers and institutes each…

Except in small towns where there are only enough parents to support one or two volunteer groups, how can the goals of the P.T.A. compete with trendy, activist objectives of Women's Liberation, and environmental, civil rights, and student rights groups? (Author)

The author suggests that the traditional, classroom form of school organization is ineffective for learning and that it wastes valuable school resources. (Author/DN)

In December, 1976, a questionnaire on public education was sent to approximately 350 state, regional and local ecumenical agencies. The main body of the questionnaire included 16 questions covering a broad range of issues in public education. The overriding issue in the 70 responses received was segregation. This was in contrast to the results of…

Provides a history of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS). Each formal meeting of AETS is summarized to include topics covered, date, location, presiding officers, and major association events or accomplishments for the year. (SL)

Illustrates the theoretical and empirical usefulness of studying one specific aspect of collective bargaining from an interorganizational perspective--specifically, the determinants of the amount of power an organization concentrates in a boundary unit for dealing with another organization. (Author)

Considers the development and experience of the state faculty senate as a means for the local faculty senates to operate at the state level influencing state policy and providing a communication link that represents the interests of its member schools. (JT)

This organization has been shown to double in size every ten years. While it is doubtful that such a pace can be maintained, 100,000 members are estimated for 1990. Unless handled with great care, problems faced today could determine whether this organization can adequately represent all of psychology. (AM)

Two discussion papers, commenting on the main article, are included: (1) "The Person and the Bureaucracy by R. Oliver Gibson, and (2) "Campus Strategies Extended by Goodwin Watson.