The handbook, developed by the National Summer Leadership Training Institute (1972 and 1973) on the Education of the Gifted and Talented, provides background information for program development, worksheets for applying information, and models which illustrate successful program ideas. Topics considered in the section on initiating a program are…

Although the program-planning-budgeting system (PPBS) has been used in higher education to improve planning, budgeting, and decision making, examination had not been conducted to determine if the technique was consistent with planning, budgeting, and decision-making "theory." This paper reports the findings of such a theoretical…

Project PRIME (Planning Resources in Minnesota Education) was a 1-year research project that had as its prime objective the test implementation of the CAMPUS model for higher education administration and planning in Minnesota. This report outline the 13 specific objectives of the project and describes the research results. In addition, the report:…

This paper presents the results of research conducted to develop a model or a conceptual framework fo the study of project management in the field of educational research and development. The basic framework incorporates two dimensions; (1) the project and (2) its environment. Four project components; task, temporary management system, project…

This report of a project to design a set of training guidelines for planning, managing, and evaluating cooperative education programs describes briefly the procedures used in developing the guidelines and model; discusses the various components of the planning, management, and evaluation process; and presents guidelines and criteria for designing…

A three-month Federally sponsored program for Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs in the San Francisco area was conducted in 1975 by Amex Systems to examine successful or exemplary education and training systems for minority entrepreneurs, develop a manual for organizing new training programs, and promote the establishment of additional programs. The…

The product of a 1972 Dental Health Branch contract with the U.S. Public Health Service, this manual is designed to aid in the development of school fluoridation programs and presents: background information on general concepts relating to the action of fluoride on teeth; discussions dealing with community and school fluoridation studies; and the…

This bibliography lists 155 books, articles, monographs, and other studies on operations analysis in education. The criteria for inclusion are that the study be quantitative and analytical and use techniques of operations research, systems analysis, management science, program planning and budgeting, benefit analysis, cost analysis, benefit-cost…

Career Education poses a challenge for in-service education and requires management decision making from all the discipline areas and teaching levels. The major theme of this paper is that sound planning and management of a systematic in-service delivery system is basic to implementing career education. A planning format is presented for use in…

Forecasts for manpower requirements by NUSC for fiscal years 1973 and 1974 were made using a linear regression model of the goal programming variety. An application of one of the Charnes, Cooper, Niehaus career management models for manpower planning was then made to evaluate the consequences of the policy reducing average GS grade to 9.35 while…

Reported are the proceedings of a 3-day institute on the management and supervision of programs for speech and hearing handicapped children operated by New York State Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES); included are four papers presented at the institute. Listed are institute participants, goals, and agenda. Noted in the overview…

This handbook discusses the use of distance education for teacher training and examines the case for and against distance teaching; its organization; the development, production, and distribution of distance-teaching materials; tutoring and counseling; and the monitoring and evaluation of finance and resources. Distance teaching is defined as the…

Collected are eleven presentations made at a workshop designed to expose college and university administrators participating in the Technical Assistance Consortium to Improve College Services (TACTICS) to new management techniques. Presentations addressed the following subjects: the role of planning and management systems in post-secondary…

The model described in this paper, and the accompanying bibliography, are designed for use by mid-level managers who head small community service programs in community colleges or who have decision-making authority over a sub-unit of large community service programs. This guide is further restricted to managers controlling services and non-credit…

The guide to curriculum development for gifted and talented students is intended for use in Connecticut local school districts and contains 14 author contributed articles. An introduction discusses program development in terms of goals, means, and evaluation. Articles have the following titles and authors (when given): "Curriculum for the Gifted"…