To investigate means of converting management development programs into a successful organizational development process, managers' attitudes toward centralization and decentralization of functions and decisions, the importance of performed functions, their personal effectiveness, their managerial style, and what they prefer for executive…

Author restates his reasons for changing programs of interstate student enrollment and suggests ways to eliminate the problem at minimal cost. (Author/RK)

Presents an edited selection of points from an address concerning the present range of the NFER'S activities and other suggestions and comments from the forum's delegates. (Author/RK)

A discussion of the problems in specifying resources, planning activities and anticipating results in designing educational projects. (HB)

Describes a rationing system designed to control environmental impact and degradation while maximizing personal choice. By assigning to every resource use and activity that causes environmental impact, a price in money-independent units (Natural Resource Units), a new system of environmental trade-offs can be established. (JR)

Authors propose a Staff Development Institute for Elementary and Secondary School teachers of Puerto Rican students, which will be concerned with the development of knowledge of Puerto Rican culture and specific professional skills. (Authors/MB)

Author offers a suggested program for prospective teachers under the James Report guidelines. (MB)

Describes a new plan which business and industry could help in to solve problems of urban racial minorities. (DM)

Author looked at educational policy and development in Europe and contrasted them with England's educational system. (RK)

According to the author, vocational education is an anomaly of the day, plodding along on the same track and immune to changing needs. While the charge may be sweeping, suggestions are offered for projecting this vital aspect of education into current times. (Editor)

The Agency for Instructional Television (AIT) has proposed a cooperative project among the states and provinces to develop instructional materials combining the use of microcomputers and television in a move to improve the problem-solving abilities of students in the sixth through eighth grades. (MP)

Outlines an assignment in which students write grant proposals to learn how writing is used in the "real world." (FL)

The increasing intrusion of the federal government in institutional affairs and accountability make audits of higher education institutions inevitable. Some suggestions on how to be prepared for an audit are provided. Suggestions include familiarization with regulations, current indirect cost rate, and current rate for benefits negotiated with…

Notes why the family is not considered in drug policy and programing and asserts that existing conditions demand conscious consideration of the family in efforts of federal drug agencies. Data show changing parameters of drug use-abuse. A research and prevention agenda that integrates the family is presented. (Author/BEF)

Offers early childhood program directors practical suggestions on fund-raising and writing proposals. (CM)