Published research on institutional characteristics associated with external research funding are reviewed. Principal points of agreement are that funding levels are related to previous funding levels; publications are related to funding; and funding is related to the existence of doctoral programs. No evidence of bias in federal funding was…

Evaluation can serve a variety of educational management questions, but an administrator's ability to use evaluation as a management tool depends not only upon his or her own perception of evaluation but also on the perceptions of other potential evaluation users in the system. Research has uncovered a variety of factors influencing an…

Reviews the objectives, methods, and findings of three studies: "Program Consolidation and the State Role in ESEA Title IV," conducted for the U.S. Office of Education; "The Private High School Today," U.S. Office of Education Research; and "Secondary Schools and Their Effects on Children," a study conducted in…