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Leithwood, Kenneth; And Others – 1995
In developing a vision of schools capable of responding effectively to their challenges to change, futurists and reformers must solve two closely linked problems inherent in their positions. One problem is the risky business of predicting the future social and economic consequences of present trends; the other is the improbability of accurately…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Interprofessional Relationship
Moriarty, Dick – 1976
The Sports Institute for Research/Change Agent Research (SIR/CAR) model and method for research in organizational history are used to analyze the growth and development of the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CIAU) from its inception in 1906 through its breakup in 1955 and its reestablishment in 1961. Four stages of growth are identified:…
Descriptors: Athletics, Change Agents, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
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Riffel, J. Anthony – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1994
It is argued that, although Canadian universities face serious problems of money, morale, and purpose, their main problem may be that they are ill-equipped for constructive, institutionwide problem solving because of a preoccupation with finances, lack of useful decision-making or decision-implementing structures, and neglect of their own…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Pascal, Charles E. – 1978
The problems created by declining enrollments and fiscal stringencies have brought about a "new reality" for postsecondary institutions in Ontario and other Canadian provinces. The lean future that institutions face requires clear articulation and communication of institutional goals, retraining and reallocation of redundant academic…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Role, Declining Enrollment