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Council of Independent Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1997
This paper offers suggestions for ways in which private higher education institutions can work together toward common goals. The first part, "Common Framework," outlines a shared reform agenda. It identifies common commitments of independent institutions and stresses three shared goals: enhanced learning; a meaningful worklife for faculty,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Educational Practices, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement
Gottfredson, Gary D.; Gottfredson, Denise C. – 1987
This paper presents and illustrates some principles for organizational development approaches to improving school climate. It discusses a specific structure for facilitating school improvement entitled Program Development Evaluation, and it illustrates the use of school climate assessments for school diagnosis and the evaluation of improvement…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Cooper, John D. – 1981
A study was conducted to determine the important components of a comprehensive staff development program. To guide the investigation, a paradigm was constructed which identified the content areas of staff development as personal/professional, program/instructional, and organizational development; and which specified a statement of purpose or…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Models, Organizational Development
Imel, Susan – 1982
Quality circles are part of the movement to provide workers with increased autonomy, responsibility, and authority. Key elements of quality circles are the characteristics of their members, volunteer participation, regular meetings, training, problem identification, and solution implementation. The theoretical bases of quality circles include:…
Descriptors: Employee Responsibility, Employer Employee Relationship, Organizational Development, Organizational Theories
Magnesen, Vernon A.; Parker, Lynn Sullivan – 1988
This booklet is designed to assist community colleges in the design and implementation of staff and organizational development programs and reviews relevant issues and provides practical ideas for successful development efforts. After chapter I briefly introduces the audience for and intent of the booklet, chapter II describes 12 development…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development, Needs Assessment
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc., New York, NY. – 1987
Based on the expertise generated by years of work in minority engineering program development, this handbook consolidates the experiences of program directors, industry sponsors, and school system collaborators. Its purpose is to provide quidelines for setting up a comprehensive precollege engineering program. Discussions include: (1) history; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Engineering Education, High Schools, Minority Groups
Intriligator, Barbara A. – 1986
This paper posits guidelines for planners forming interorganizational arrangements--or collaboratives--among universities, businesses, community organizations, and schools. The paper hypothesizes that schools can benefit from collaboratives and that these partnerships' success is attendant upon mutual understanding of a collaborative focus.…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Seager, Andrew J.; And Others – 1993
This study reports on the characteristics of selected public libraries into which adult literacy programs have become relatively integrated. The study addresses the following issues (1) the form of leadership in those libraries in which literacy programming has become integrated; (2) the organizational and staff support that promotes library…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies
Schmuck, Richard A.; Runkel, Philip J. – 1985
This textbook is designed for use: (1) as a text in college classes in curriculum and instruction, educational administration, public policy, school counseling, school psychology, and the social psychology of education; and (2) as a resource for inservice training of school administrators, staff personnel, and teachers. The book focuses on…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Educational Administration