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Isbell, Mary K.; Cook, M. Kathleen – RQ, 1986
Academic librarians in Illinois were surveyed to determine their attitudes toward and recordkeeping practices for online searches. Findings indicate that confidentiality is considered to be as important for online searches as for circulation records, but that recordkeeping practices and attitudes toward subject and client disclosure do not assume…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Ethics
Estes, Gary D.; Demaline, Randy – 1982
On July 8, 9 and 10, 1981 the National Institute of Education (NIE) sponsored a "hearing" on minimum competency testing (MCT). The hearing, which was to clarify issues related to MCT, was modeled after adversarial and judicial evaluation approaches. The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory was responsible for the overall evaluation…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Hearings
Berger, Michael A. – 1982
As studies of organizational development have focused increasingly in recent years on stages of decline and death, theories of revolutionary adaptation have gained currency. The theory of organizational retrenchment developed in this paper is divided into five chronological stages: (1) preresponse, (2) emerging awareness and buying time, (3) alarm…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conflict Resolution, Declining Enrollment, Educational Planning

Miles, Wilford G., Jr.; And Others – Simulation and Games, 1986
Describes a rigorously controlled study comparing university students' perceptions of learning from a business simulation and from cases in a business policy course. Results indicate students perceive both cases and simulations as viable and valuable instructional methods, although cases are perceived to be generally superior to simulations. (MBR)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Games
Burgess, J. Orrison, Ed.; And Others – 1987
This manual was developed in response to issues and concerns raised in "Directions and Program Policy Proposals" (1984), and in accordance with the Saskatchewan (Canada) School Improvement Program to help meet the need for more and improved monitoring and evaluation at the local school level. It is designed to provide school…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection, Decision Making
Berger, Michael A. – 1982
Previous management research supports the view that comprehensive planning and participative decision-making are important factors in reducing community opposition to educational policies. To investigate the possibility that neither of these strategies necessarily has this effect, a survey was undertaken of 53 school districts that had experienced…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Declining Enrollment, Educational Cooperation, Educational Planning
Berger, Michael A. – 1982
This paper focuses on the organizational consequences of retrenchment policies emphasizing efficiency (selective cuts to insure long-term survival) and equity (across the board actions). The effectiveness of each of these policies was tested on 59 cases of school district enrollment decline over a 10-year period by means of a…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Case Studies, Consolidated Schools, Consultants