Strengths of the committee system and its value for colleges and universities are discussed. College committees provide more people with the opportunity to participate in the decision-making process. Leadership is provided to a committee by a chairperson who acts as a facilitator. The value of a committee depends on the scope of its mission, the…

The importance of human and political factors in college planning is emphasized by a veteran faculty member and administrator. Three examples are cited, based on experiences at California State University-Northridge; West Virginia University, and the community surrounding the College of the Virgin Islands. One "real world" factor that…

Pending legislation would allow those tribes, who have had their civil and criminal jurisdictional powers taken without their consent, to regain those powers if the tribes so desired. (AH)

American Indians are now at the stage where, if they wish to maintain and further advances they have made, they must force the government to clarify its policies, to streamline its programs, and to deal honestly with all Indian communities. (KM)

The author presents an evaluation of an inservice course on "Classroom Strategies for Dealing with Racism and Sexism" which sought to foster both personal and societal change. The training model, containing four main elements (personal power, group support, critical awareness, and action) was compared to a control model focusing on the analysis…

Processes and outcomes of the implementation of career education programs during the 1974-75 in six diverse school districts located throughout the country were examined. Procedures were designed to use both formal questionnaires and case study methods in gathering information. Use was made of statistical, interview, and documentary data in…

Four treatment levels were compared to determine the effects of a seminar in self-concept theory and process education on teachers' classroom behavior and pupils' responses to that behavior. Goals of the program were to (1) determine whether an intensive focus on theories of self-concept and success would result in changed teacher attitudes and…

A description of the graduate school of George Mason University, a suburban institution serving about 9,600 students in the urban suburban region of Northern Virginia, is provided in this paper. In the past five years the university has begun to direct its outlook to serve its student body which has become both culturally and intellectually…

The materials included in this booklet are designed for use by participants in Application Sessions A and B for physical activity personnel working in elementary and secondary schools. These materials are initial drafts prepared for field testing only. They are not the final products to be delivered at the completion of the project. The materials…

Presented is a case study of efforts of two consultants to encourage deinstitutionalization and compliance with Title 19 and Title 20 regulations at a church supported facility for 258 mentally retarded residents. Noted is conflict between deinstitutionalization requirements and the administration philosophy of providing kindly custodial care…

This report outlines the limitations and weaknesses of singlecase, time-series research designs, of which the ABAB design is one of the widely used. An alternative design, the simultaneous treatment design, proposed by Browning and Stover (1971), has several advantages over the ABAB design. The design enables an experimenter to simultaneously…

One approach by the state of Georgia to ensure equal educational opportunity for all children has been to organize a method whereby several school systems within an identified geographical region may share services they cannot afford to provide individually. By legislative action in 1972, provisions for Cooperative Educational Service Agency…

The protracted process by which Hesse's University Law of 1966 was enacted is traced. It is shown how that process gave rein to the still dominant forces of accommodation to traditional ideals of university mission and structure. As the last important attempt at moderate university reform in Germany, the law mandated certain changes in university…

Four specific topics in teacher education are addressed. The first of these is the control of teacher education, policy formation, and governance. These administrative issues are considered in the light of the complex interaction between interest groups, the power of state and local control of education, and professional organizations. The second…