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Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. – 1966
A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR, WHICH FOCUSED ON RELATING VARIOUS SOCIAL SCIENCES TO THE ISSUES OF POVERTY, INCLUDED PAPERS ON SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF POVERTY, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION BY THE POOR, MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS IN POVERTY, URBAN PLANNING, POLICE SERVICES, APPLICATIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGY, PROBLEMS IN SOCIAL WORK…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Communication Problems, Community Action, Community Development
Wallace, Everett M.; And Others – 1968
A research project is being conducted to design, develop, test and evaluate instructional materials for on-the-job training of library personnel. The initial efforts are concentrated on the training requirements of scientific and technical libraries and involve development of three training course packages: technology in libraries, reference tools…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Inservice Education, Instructional Materials
Canadian Association of College and University Libraries, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1967
Contents: (1) Session on Acquisitions, "Acquisitions--Policies, Procedures, and Problems" by Louis Vagianos, with a supplement "Brown University Library Fund Accounting System" by Robert Wedgeworth, "Simon Fraser's Automated Acquisitions System" by T.C. Dobb, and "Automated Acquisition at University of Western…
Descriptors: Administration, Automation, Book Catalogs, Cataloging
Brown Associates, Rochester, NY. – 1968
In the entire Genessee Valley area of New York, only two channels are available to educators. Therefore, a study was made of the feasibility of constructing a multi-channel system for the transmission of television and data signals to schools in the area. Field strength measurements were taken of the local educational broadcast signal WXXI-TV to…
Descriptors: Broadcast Reception Equipment, Broadcast Television, Construction Costs, Construction Needs
Peterson, Kent W.; Lamont, Valarie C. – 1978
The status of health services components of master's degree programs in health services administration is described. Included are student coursework in related subjects such as quantitative methods, statistics, program evaluation, research design, operations research, and systems analysis, as well as student and faculty research. A general survey…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum, Degree Requirements, Graduate Study

Nagelberg, Mark; Little, Dennis L. – 1970
Summary descriptions of selected urban simulations and games that have been developed outside the Institute For The Future are presented. The operating characteristics and potential applications of each model are described. These include (1) the history of development, (2) model and player requirements, (3) a description of the environment being…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Educational Games, Game Theory, Management Games
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This summary of the 1973-74 Michigan Cost-Effectiveness Study describes the results of an exploratory inquiry into compensatory education reading programs in forty-eight Michigan schools. The study is said to have as its purpose the development and implementation of evaluation techniques to determine what educational practices bring about changes…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Salton, Gerard – 1975
This book provides an introduction to automated information services: collection, analysis, classification, storage, retrieval, transmission, and dissemination. An introductory chapter is followed by an overview of mechanized processes for acquisitions, cataloging, and circulation. Automatic indexing and abstracting methods are covered, followed…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Indexing
Lawrence, Ben – Studies in Management, 1972
Program budgeting is described as a means of enabling higher education to respond effectively to three major accountability concerns. They are (1) the long-term financial implications of a particular programmatic or policy decision, (2) determination of what is being paid for, and (3) understanding that the price being paid for a program is…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates
Guthrie, Harold W. – 1975
This paper focuses on partial models for solving urban problems to contrast our achievements as social scientists with our aspirations as prescribers of public policy. The objectives of this paper are (1) to review some of the reasons that an ideal set of solutions for urban problems has not been produced by social scientists and (2) to describe…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Metropolitan Areas, Migration Patterns, Models
Juola, William R. – 1975
A planning model incorporating the concepts of Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Systems (PPBS) was developed in the Duluth, Minnesota public school system to assist in the consolidation of federally funded programs in the district, especially those under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title III. A cost effectiveness model…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Educational Planning, Evaluation
Rouse, William B.; And Others – 1975
The development of a mathematical model of the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET) is described. Based on queueing network theory, the model predicts the probability of a request being satisfied, the average time from the initiation of a request to the receipt of the desired resources, the costs, and the processing loads. Using a…
Descriptors: Costs, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation, Library Circulation
Nunamaker, J. F., Jr.; And Others – 1973
A methodology is described for an automatic design system initially defined in terms of logical processes or program modules. Processes and files are grouped and reorganized in such a way as to produce an optimal design with respect to a specific target machine. Performance criteria for the optimal design are defined in terms of transport volume…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Storage Devices, Computers
Carpenter, James L. – 1970
The capacity of the North Central Association Commission on Secondary Schools self-study and team-visit program to effect change in member secondary schools was studied. Change is defined as the rate of implementation of recommendations. As many relevant variables as possible were identified and their interrelationship was investigated. A systems…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Administrator Attitudes, Change Agents
Miller, Donald R. – 1970
The system approach to planning and managing educational change features the use of an adaptive framework and a strategy for planned system change. The approach focuses management attention upon (1) relevant future states of expectation or goals, (2) present and future state variables and contexts, (3) human organization factors, and (4)…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Educational Technology