There are two related aspects in this study. First, the levels of professional staff resources are examined in terms of two key characteristics of local districts--property wealth per pupil and district type or location. Second, the changes in staff resources that may be occurring are examined. In order to determine if cutbacks are occurring, the…

This paper concerns the process of developing model urban education programs and is based on the experiences of the state funded Urban Education Pilot Project (UEPP) being carried out in one Cincinnati, Ohio, inner city public high school attendance area. First, key premises used by the UEPP are outlined. These include: (1) principals are the…

This packet contains the instructional materials necessary for presentation of the sixth of ten modules which comprise a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. This module focuses on performance/program budgeting which combines and extends fiscal planning and control elements from…

The document presents a Macquarie University research team's evaluation report on the Granville Work Preparation Centre in Australia, which studied the processes required to prepare mildly mentally handicapped adolescents for independent living by teaching them work and social skills. A model is schematized in which research is conceived as having…

This report presents the analysis and recommendations of a study which evaluated the federal demonstration program to institute linkage systems for health manpower planning in states. Following an introduction to the report, chapter 2 presents the basic concepts to define the health manpower decision system and to describe general characteristics…

Designed for state vocational education Research Coordinating Units (RCU) personnel who manage dissemination programs, this guide offers suggestions for sharing dissemination responsibility with other state programs. The guide examines the possibilities of integrating activities in a horizontal dimension, i.e., across state educational agency…

To assist CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) prime sponsors, vocational educators, planning councils, and service deliverers in coordinating resources, this guide is offered as a help in meeting the needs of displaced homemakers who are eligible for services. It furnishes an overview of federal legislation covering displaced…

MODIA (Method of Designing Instructional Alternatives) was developed to help the Air Force manage resources for formal training by systematically and explicitly relating quantitative requirements for training resources to the details of course design and course operation during the planning stage. It suggests approaches to course design not…

The elderly rely heavily on health and welfare resources. Human services delivery system, programs either provide income and surrogate things (such as food, shelter, transportation, education, health care) or develop social roles (personal identity, employment, interpersonal relationships, independence). Generalizations and findings from research…

A PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DEVELOP A CAMPUS ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT IN TERMS OF THE NECESSARY STAFF, SPACE, FACILITIES, BUDGET, AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE. AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT, CONCURRENT TASK WAS TO INVOLVE THE FACULTY IN PLANNING FOR THE USE OF…

SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES HAVE ALTERED SOCIETY'S PERCEPTIONS OF ITS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS WHICH, IN TURN, HAS CREATED SUPPORT FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THIS REPORT FOCUSES UPON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION. CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION IS…

This paper presents a summary of some recent engineering research in education and identifies some research areas with high payoff potential. The underlying assumption is that a school is a system with a set of subsystems which is potentially susceptible to analysis, design, and eventually some sort of optimization. This assumption leads to the…

To determine if the faculty of the Washington State Community College System were being efficiently and effectively utilized, a Legislative Budget Committee auditor selected six community colleges for a detailed review. Data selected for review were (1) individual faculty teaching loads and (2) course offerings. The auditor concluded that faculty…

The development and use of program outcomes data can be an important, positive institutional asset as external higher education agencies more frequently require institutions to provide evidence of outcomes in return for resources. Arguing that more and better research needs to be done on the outcomes of community college education, this document…

British polytechnics, or technical institutes, are considered from a range of perspectives. Papers include: higher education in the 1970's (C.F. Carter); polytechnic administration (including its relation to government agencies, personnel, academic structure, and financial and plant administration) (C.S. Hall); polytechnic costing: some problems…