To test the replicability of an earlier study of the informal relationships among school administrators, researchers interviewed 16 principals of schools in an urban district in the southwestern United States. The earlier study had used unstructured scheduled interviews with 28 principals in a small city and suburban district to discover grouping…

To help further the movement toward international communication in the field of educational administration, this directory lists national, international, and governmental organizations and offices concerned with educational administration for most countries in the world. Preceding the listings is an article on the growth of an international…

This booklet provides guides for the organization planning subcommittee for a new Lutheran high school. Included is a sample of an association constitution including articles of incorporation and bylaws. Other examples are given of the Lutheran high school philosophy and Lutheran high school goals. A sample job description for the first…

The planning of training research and development, its performance, and the utilization of research findings are discussed. A description and history of the organization, procedures, and personnel in a U.S. Army-university contractual relationship are given. Also discussed are the categories of human factors research programs as developed by the…

In the late 1960's, especially after the 1964 Berkeley movement, numerous power blocks joined in the struggle for control of US universities. The range of demands on the higher education system serve to separate the competing groups into 4 general categories. The Anarchist Left, or radicals, comprises about 5% of the total college student…

In order to survive creativity in and change educational organizations, the decision-maker needs to understand how these organizations presently function. Educational organizations are discussed as sociopolitical systems and a conceptual framework is proposed for analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The five functions that…

This bibliography contains one hundred and fourteen listings of media references which have been annotated and outlined for the purpose of allowing easy access to existing references located in journals, texts, and other publications. Most of the listings have been expanded to include a breakdown of materials into categories such as filmstrips,…

Dealing with various aspects of planning, programming, and piloting the multiphased college union organization amidst the college or university environment, this annotated bibliography has classified and indexed into a meaningful and methodical form of codification books, monographs, papers, and magazine articles written or published during…

This study of higher education associations in Washington DC examines the relationship of their proliferation and politicization to increased federal involvement in higher education. Shortly after World War II, many voluntary higher education associations established offices in Washington DC as an indication of their interest in shaping federal…

This report provides some basic guidelines for planning and establishing a consortium. Systems analysis was used to study 5 consortia, determine their objectives, identify applicable system variables, and ascertain the contribution each variable must make to achieve organizational objectives. The consortia were the Central States College…

Prepared by the teachers and administrators of Cypress College, this "Faculty Handbook" contains the general descriptions of staff responsibilities, and describes the policies, procedures, and routines. The chapters of the handbook, which follow a Foreword, Code of Ethics, Calendar, and Administrative Chart, are: 1. Organization; 2.…

The action guidelines are intended to aid state and local associations for retarded children in ensuring the delivery of appropriate educational services to all mentally retarded children. Stressed are the effects of the right-to-education court decisions in guaranteeing education for the mentally handicapped. Considered in the introduction are…

This year book of the National Institute of Adult Education (England and Wales) and the Scottish Institute of Adult Education lists organizations concerned with adult education programs and, in most cases, provides a brief description of the programs. Following a discussion of the purposes of the National Institute of Adult Education (NIAE), the…

The purpose of this theoretical paper is to describe a set of models for the instructional organization of the multiunit secondary school. The school's instructional organization is viewed as a mechanism for structuring resources to influence learning outcomes. The multiunit elementary school (MUS-E) models served as the point of departure for…

Evaluation models imply or assume theories of organization, behavior, and decision-making. Seldom does an evaluation model specify these assumptions. As a result, program evaluators often choose mechanistic models and their resultant information is either inadequate or inappropriate for most of the client's purposes. The Ontological Evaluation…