Documents the rise and fall of public relations in public-administration education through a content analysis of textbooks. Notes some early signs of renewed attention. Suggests reestablishing public relations as a valuable part of contemporary public-administration education. (RS)

This bulletin presents the report of a survey of State higher educational institutions of Iowa, made under the direction of the Commissioner of Education for the Iowa State Board of Education by the committee appointed by the Commissioner. The introduction provides background on the development and purpose of the survey. Contents include: (1)…

Thomas Greenfield argued passionately for a theory of organizations based on social construction. He advocated research stressing subjectively held meanings and successfully blended aesthetics with values. This he accomplished through a "shock aesthetic" and by bringing alternative, interdisciplinary modes of seeing to educational…

Suggests that the textbook plays a role in the origin and subsequent development of a genre. Illustrates this by discussing the genre of the resume, which has risen to prominence in 20th-century professional job-search contexts. Concludes that authors of business discourse textbooks helped to stabilize the newly developed resume and disseminated…

Describes main trends in the administration and financing of higher education in China over two decades and analyzes the resource allocation under the reform policies of administrative decentralization and financing diversification. Points out the economic significance of overcoming diseconomies of scale and inefficiencies. (SLD)

The Office of Indian Education (OIE) is a classic example of what happens when a new element or force is introduced in a bureaucratic structure and attempts to propose and implement change in the behavior of individuals in the organization. OIE was administered and functioned from the beginning in a loose and non-directive manner, and within the…

Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements,…

This report is an account of a survey entitled, "A Project to Survey the Motion Picture Production Facilities of Selected Colleges and Universities in the United States," which was conducted by the University Film Foundation during the Spring and Fall of 1960, under a contract with the U.S. Office of Education. Reasons for the survey included the…

Analyzes gender and power in British universities, exploring the position of women in higher education over a 40-year span. Presents two case studies, one at a small technologically oriented university and one at a large mainstream university, of the implications of senior administrative work for the professional lives of academic women. (SLD)

Describes pedagogical foundations of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's revolutionary praxis, situating Guevara within a redemptive educational leadership model. Articulates Guevarian leadership within a historical materialist framework; presents a leadership model that addresses resistance to and transformation of global capitalist social…

The purpose of organization, for a collegiate institution as well as for a private profit corporation, is to assure efficiency and economy of operation. In view of today's pressures for increase of both quantity and quality in higher education, there is a growing need for institutions to examine critically their present organization for internal…

The principles underlying research and development centers or parks are reviewed, the history and current status of such undertakings in Europe are described, and the university perspective on participation in them is discussed. (Author/MSE)

The object of this bulletin is threefold: (1) to provide those charged with the administration of public schools in the largest cities of the United States the means of making exact comparisons of cost between any two or more cities, with a minimum of effort; (2) to establish certain standards by which any item of expense of any city of 30,000…

Shows how county superintendent of schools office was created to provide public services and evolved into highly bureaucratized organization. Examines complexity of society; legislated mandates/authorizations for services relationship to state department of education; quality of leadership; interaction with county board of education;…

In October 19, at the request of the Board of Education in the District of Columbia, the Bureau of Education made a preliminary survey of the schools of the District and reported to the board a plan for the reorganization of the administrative and teaching forces of the schools, including a schedule of salaries. It confined itself wholly to the…