If America's schools are to meet the needs of the 21st Century, they must be reinvented and restructured. This book is no restructuring cookbook, but is designed to provide ingredients that may be useful in inventing recipes to satisfy local tastes. Chapter 1 discusses purpose in the life of organizations, concentrating explicitly on purpose in…

Conceptual and ethical guidelines for institutional evaluation are proposed that reflect higher education's inherent ambiguity and conflict, emphasizing plurality in values and perspectives, dispersion of power, the need for early negotiations about the purposes and control of evaluation, the kinds of information needed, and access to it. (MSE)

Considers the social nature of language and applies it to the composition classroom. Demonstrates how the composition teacher's conception of language influences the student's position of power. Argues that the "democratic" use of language allows students from lower social classes to appropriate language and to make changes which will…

The effectiveness, behavior, and role of the consultant as policy advisor is examined in light of three operating assumptions: (1) that educational organiztions are subject to politicization; (2) that the consultant's primary role is to assist in nonroutine, potentially controversial policy decisions; and (3) that the consultant must therefore…

Female researchers conducting field research in educational politics encounter special problems of access, entry, reciprocity, and ethics. Accordingly, this study focuses first on field research methods in policy settings as a general topic, then on problems specific to women in this area. A researcher must be aware of informal coalitions or…

Use of upper-class students in college freshmen orientation program leadership roles is proposed. Leadership qualities that can be promoted include planning, delegation, communication, decision making, situational analysis, relationship building, initiative, risk taking, stress management, and program evaluation. Two program models are proposed,…