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Kerrins, Judith A. – 1985
Approximately 500 Colorado school board members and school superintendents responded to a 1983 questionnaire that sought to determine the extent to which a need for inservice training for school board members was perceived as important. Of 67 skills or areas of knowledge listed in the questionnaire, the board members identified 20 as fairly…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
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Johnson, Gary P.; Soult, Marsha A. – Journal of Education Finance, 1984
A survey of one-third of Pennsylvania's school district superintendents and of the firms that conducted the mandated independent audits of their districts provided data revealing variables that accounted for differences in auditing costs among districts, suggesting factors that school business officials might consider when seeking cost reductions.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
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Zuelke, Dennis C. – Planning and Changing, 1984
A disaggregated empirical study using the production function model with multiple regression statistical techniques found that comprehensive collective negotiating processes in Wisconsin's public school districts had no significant effect on the improvement of teachers' fringe benefits in 1979-80. (PGD)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Fringe Benefits, Predictor Variables
Jensen, Jane; Haleman, Diana; Goldstein, Beth; Anderman, Eric – 2000
The reasons why undereducated individuals choose not to participate in adult education were examined in a comparative, qualitative case study that was conducted in eight nonmetropolitan sites (including the pilot site) in diverse economic regions across Kentucky. Data were collected from the following sources: in-depth interviews with 84 adults…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences