A school superintendent describes the process by which a school district investigated, planned, and implemented with local funds a special program for gifted students, grades K through six. Decisions regarding program organization, staff selection, inservice training, and curriculum development for the Murfreesboro Exploration Responsibility…

Organizational development (OD) and its future are discussed. Examines database implications about OD's applications. Reports an effort to transcend the limitations of the literature, based on a very intensive search for OD applications in both business and government contexts. (CT)

Examines the three components which form the basis for designing and offering career transition workshops for employees at Goddard Space Flight Center: structuring support systems, providing cognitive information, and planning. (CT)

Presents impressions and reflections on the Conference on Inservice Education conducted during October 16 through 18, 1980, at the University of Alberta, Canada. Reviews and informally assesses contributions made by presenters at the conference. (Author/RH)

The author, in her review of Frank Caro's article, "Leverage and Evaluation Effectiveness," finds several suggestions which may harm evaluation more than help it, and which are unlikely to be implemented. (Author/GK)

This product review describes and evaluates the features of the TI 99/4 (including its speech synthesizer), its costs, peripherals, and software. (SJL)

Describes a system of bibliographic control for computer programs at Bechtel's Data Processing Library. (RAA)

Discusses an effective way to develop a training program in a few days or weeks without shortchanging the company or the participants. (JOW)

A computer program entitled Program STANDARD is presented which assesses the significance of the conjoint agreement of many observers with a standard or "correct" set of choices for assignments of subjects or objects on nominal scales. (Author)

This study was designed to provide analytic comparisons of five commonly available packaged computer programs which perform factorial univariate analysis of covariance. The five packages: Statistical Analysis System, Datatext, Biomedical Computer Programs, and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences were compared by running each program on the…

New York University's Zen approach to community service focuses on the principles of mindfulness, awareness, compassion, and engagement in the present moment. It enables a more holistic approach to the measurement of volunteer management objectives. (SK)

Presents position that American Association for Counseling and Development (AACD) may have outlived its usefulness and needs to be replaced by an alternative organization or organizations. Calls attention to AACD's potential in the contemporary world. Looks at AACD structure, professional identity, and mission. (NB)

Provides brief historical perspective on the American Association for Counseling and Development (AACD) as an organization, defines some of the issues facing AACD, identifies key challenges to achieving unity, and briefly discusses some possibilities for AACD as an organization and confederation of professionals. (NB)

Provides information on conducting program-related needs assessment with a step-by-step approach to designing needs assessment. Discusses the importance of prioritizing needs; reviews a scaling procedure for ensuring prioritization; and presents an example of a needs assessment using the scaling technique. (Author/ABL)

Weiss' and Patton's competing views concerning the influence of program evaluation on decision-making are critiqued. Patton's approach provides an essential mechanism for achieving desired ends, once they are determined. Weiss' approach supplements that contribution by including not only expert development of means, but also expert selection of…