The report tabulates and discusses the responses of 2346 members (70 percent) of the University of Minnesota faculty to a survey questionnaire examining faculty involvement in community service programs. Twenty-nine tables present numbers and percentages of responses with respect to descriptive characteristics of the faculty (discipline, academic…

In this era of rapid social change, educational administrators have discovered that new approaches to problem solving and decision making are needed. Systems analysis could afford a promising approach to administrative problems by providing a number of systematic techniques designed to sharpen administrative decision making, enhance efficiency,…

The booklet concentrates on the massive illiteracy of adults and youth in the world despite modern scientific progress. It approaches the problem from an economic and a social viewpoint and is designed to direct attention to the grave problem of illiteracy at all stages and levels of development policy. Economic and social factors are closely…

This study examines how public factors of production fit into the production process and also determines the degree of scarcity of these factors in a rural area of Colombia. Suggestions are offered by which public factors might be increased or improved by institutional reorganization and modern administration in cases where they are found to be…

The disparities in urban/nonurban education can be changed through community participation and a redistribution of educational revenues. The high positive correlation of race and economic class to school achievement is the most pressing concern of education today. Public pressure is necessary to resist the tendency toward bureaucratic isolation of…

The main focus of this ESEA Title I program review and forward look is on problem areas the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children has identified since its first report in 1966, which the Council feels seems to deserve the early attention of a new Administration and Congress. Major recommendations are as follows: (1)…

Volume III of the evaluation report contains back-up material to assess State administration of programs and projects covering Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs for migrant children in the 10 sample States. This volume gives: role definitions for Federal, State, and local level units according to a complex set of…

The theme of the 1972 annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Reformation and Reallocation in Higher Education, was chosen because it was timely and relevant to significant problems of higher education and, therefore, to institutional research. Papers presented at the forum fall under the categories of costs and the financial…

The Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 called for a comprehensive attack on social, economic, and physical problems of blighted urban areas through the concentration and coordination of resources. It also required the involvement of neighborhood citizens in all aspects of planning: from setting goals, choosing…

This study of the fiscal, legal, and political dimensions of reform in American school finance responds to the challenge of San Antonio Independent School District vs. Rodriguez. The book focuses specifically on the State of Texas and the way in which injustices were analyzed for the landmark Rodriguez case. The book goes on to describe the role…

Shrinking training budgets pose a serious problem to those confronted with the present and future challenge of providing competent Air Force technicians for increasingly technical positions in a modern Air Force. One promising solution to this problem has been to harness the capabilities of the computer as an instructional training device. To be…

In this study, the author points out the difficulties encountered in a modern democracy by an educational system with highly decentralized sources of finance and analyzes the steps taken to try to remedy these difficulties. The analysis covers mainly the nature of the various resources which the school districts are in a position to mobilize; and…

This report examines in detail the major goals of the National Institute of Education (NIE); i.e., improving (1) the quality of education, (2) education for the disadvantaged, and (3) resource use in education. It first examines the domain of education in the United States, considering the objectives of education and the role of the formal…

This report contains tabular data on energy consumption for the calendar year 1972 and a forecast of natural gas requirements for the period 1973 to 1976. Broad sector categories used in the tables are electric utilities, residential commercial, industrial, and transportation. Tables show energy consumption by primary source and major sector for…

This paper provides an overview of selected simulation models pertinent to the problems of educational facility planning. Emphasis is placed on computer simulation models partly because of the greater potential utility of computer simulation models in coming to grips with facility planning problems. The overall objective is to document the…