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TREND IMPACT ANALYSIS AND SCENARIO WRITING : STRATEGIES FOR THE SPECIFICATION OF DECISION ALTERNATIVES IN EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
JAMES F. McNAMARAFutures research and long‐range planning in an urban school district involve the use of a methodology having no direct answers or precise rules in terms of experimental and design…
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: ADVISEMENT VERSUS CONTROL
HARRIET TALMAGE, ALLAN C. ORNSTEINThe study examines superintendents' attitudes toward community participation at the advisory and control levels in four areas of educational policy making: curriculum, student…
PROBLEMS RELATED TO TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND DETERMINING INTERVENTION STYLE
CARL R. STEINHOFF, ROBERT G. OWENSOrganization Development, as widely practiced in schools, is characterised by a diagnosis of organizational problems that is carried out collaboratively by facilitator and client…
SOME CONSEQUENCES OF A SPONSORED INNOVATION IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN DINUNZIO, DONALD J. WILLOWER, PATRICK D. LYNCHA program designed to influence student attitudes toward school by changing teacher attitudes and behavior was set up in the fifth and sixth grade classrooms of an elementary…
FACTORS RELATED TO STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
CHOO PIANG FONGThe study investigates the relationship of intelligence, sex, and selected “home background” variables to student perceptions of the high school environment. In addition it also…
TEACHER ATTITUDES AS A FUNCTION OF PUPIL CONTROL IDEOLOGY
V. LEO BARTLETTThe Pupil Control Ideology (PCI) concept has been used extensively to describe the school organization. Teachers hate been described as either “custodial” or “humanistic” in their…
SOME NOTES ON RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
NORMAN F. DUFTYThe financial problems of the 1970's are forcing universities and C.A.E.'s to give increasing attention to the resource allocation process. In considering this issue one of the…
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN AUSTRALIAN EDUUCATION 1964–1975
DON SMARTThe years 1964–1975 saw an unparalleled expansion of the Commonwealth Government's involvement in Australian education at all levels. At the beginning of that decade the Menzies…
TUITION FEE DISCRIMINATION AT NON‐GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
ROSS I. HARROLDThis article considers the use of charging differential fees for the same tuition services as a means to widen the financial accessibility of non‐government schools to children of…
FREEDOM OF CHOICE: FOR WHOM? A POINT OF VIEW
A.J. WATTThis paper is an examination of the rationale for the policy of supplying public funds for the support of schools run by private organizations. The example of the policy chosen…
EQUALIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES
NICHOLAS A. NWAGWUIn Africa, there is a great desire to achieve social and economic development through a full and proper education and utilization of the abundant human resources available…
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- Professor Chen Schechter
- Professor Jayson W. Richardson