Community colleges are challenged with creating and sustaining student success organizational change. Institutional-level student success reform efforts are needed to combat the unacceptably low student completion rates, but colleges often struggle to initiate and maintain organizational reforms. After many years of reform efforts, researchers…

Continuous professional development is essential for upgrading and updating teachers because the rate of social and educational change makes pre-service training an inadequate basis for long term professional competence. The design of these continuous professional development programmes must be informed by an effective needs analysis that…

Using a computer-assisted search of the literature, the author sought to identify and analyze documents concerning curriculum management systems for the purpose of developing a general description of a comprehensive curriculum management system model. The 12 documents identified in the search included definitional works and descriptions of…

To assist vocational educators with long-range planning, the authors discuss understanding needs assessment and defining needs, describe the levels and stages of needs assessment, and present sources and tools for conducting assessments. (SK)

Intended to aid persons who are directly involved in curriculum planning and development in public school systems, this book treats three general areas of concern. The first three chapters of the book deal with the culture of the school, the next four with various aspects of curriculum theory, and the final three with the reality of classroom…

Concerns an alternative education program usually referred to as "educational-studies." Further research regarding its current status, additional research in terms of attitude assessments, other job marketability concerns and additional benefits/limitations are addressed to provide follow-up information of a former article (Karr, 1978).…

A discussion is presented on eliminating the current fragmentation of the undergraduate liberal education curriculum and developing a curriculum by building curricular areas not around disciplines but around questions, problems, and enduring ideas for constructive social change. A description is given of three exemplary projects developed to…

Argues that a needs assessment model that is comprehensive and accounts for both cognitive and affective factors would be important to understanding the role of microcomputers in learning environments and describes a study that sought to design a computer literacy curriculum in response to real teachers' needs. (MBR)

Explains how total quality management efforts have gone astray in higher education and how they can be salvaged. Argues that the individual reigns supreme and core issues, such as building a coherent curriculum, are rarely addressed. Looks at what the institution measures and how individuals use their time. (RJM)

Discusses need for social scientific research, clinical social scientists in pharmacy, and specialists in pharmaceutical sociology and the other social sciences. To illustrate, patient noncompliance with drug regimens and the use of sociology to analyze the problem are examined. Includes a sample program in pharmaceutical sociology, course…

The point of view of a state superintendent of schools on the subject of federal and state cooperation in developing school curriculum is presented. The following major issues are discussed: (1) educational scholars working cooperatively with school practitioners produce practical and workable curriculum; (2) states have the primary responsibility…

This report presents a second program review of Mathematics and Statistics in the State University System of Florida (SUS) that was conducted in 1989-90. The report reveals that all nine SUS institutions offer degree programs in Mathematics; five SUS institutions offer 10 degree programs in Statistics. It is noted that improvement has occurred…

The handbook reviews the history and current state of the art of special education for exceptional bilingual students and provides approaches for development of programs. Ties between bilingual and exceptional education are traced historically; then legislation to assure equal opportunity is reviewed. Definitions, characteristics, and special…

To explore the relationship between time and school learning, this paper defines the three kinds of learning time identified by researchers--allocated time, time-on-task, and academic learning time--and relates them to curriculum development. The author cites evidence that time-on-task is related to student achievement and describes two…

This book is designed to help school counselors, counselors in training, school administrators, and other members of the school community to develop and strengthen developmental school counseling programs. This second edition has been completely revised to reflect current issues in school planning and management. New features include: direction…