As a part of Project USHER (Uniting Science and Humanness for Educational Redesign), a program is being carried out to increase the effectiveness of educational management in the nation's community colleges. The management model chosen to accomplish this goal unites the management-by-objectives model and the participative management model, and is…

Presented is the final report of a project to plan a field teacher training program for preparing educators to work as social change agents with particular emphasis on preventing handicaps. The report is divided into two parts: Part I on the general schemes of the field teacher training model and the methods and procedures employed in its…

This report discusses the analysis of selected factors related to public school enrollment and describes the development of a model for projecting student enrollment using a systems analysis approach. Chapter 1 discusses the purpose of the study, the techniques employed in the study, and the organization of the report. Chapters 2 and 3 provide an…

The curriculum of the General Internal Medicine Residency at the University of California, San Diego, has been designed to prepare graduates for the practice of general as opposed to subspecialty internal medicine. Relevant psychobehavioral topics are incorporated and residents are exposed to long-term management of psychiatric patients. (LBH)

Emerging field experience trends are analyzed, and five models of the classroom teacher educator are presented. Alternative governance arrangements are identified, and different types of contractual agreements described. (JD)

Describes an Arkansas articulation model in business and office education which attempts to bridge the gap between the traditional experience-based system and the performance-based system by incorporating the strengths of each system. The model includes eight elements and covers the four cluster areas of accounting, office practice, shorthand, and…

Explores the legal implications of in-school suspension practices through consideration of individual versus institutional rights within a special punitive-rehabilitative setting. Argues that the prison hospital model is applicable to in-school suspension programs and discusses a number of legal questions raised by the prison hospital model.…

The article presents a model for training elementary social studies teachers--a model which will provide some insight into a possible relationship between the laboratory school classroom, the college professor, and future teachers. (Author/RM)

Matrix management provides a flexible method of responding to today's complex challenges in a way that supports a traditional organization and at the same time recognizes the necessity to draw upon the total resource needs of the institution through project teams. Operation at Kings College is described. (MLW)

A national project of the Society for Values in Higher Education examined comprehensive values studies at eight colleges and universities. The possibility that dialog about values might improve campus decision making was explored. The place of academic freedom in the discussion of values is described. (MLW)

A teacher education program intended to make participants aware of teaching as a holistic process integrating specific teaching skills and general planning abilities is described and evaluated. (GW)

Outlines a model for the preparation of preschool teachers that utilizes a preservice/inservice, competency-based approach. (Author/JG)

This brief summarizes the importance of professional development, identifies core competencies for youth workers, highlights professional development training delivery models, and sets fourth next steps for professional development that can benefit youth programs. Programs often attribute their success to effective youth workers, and research…

The essays in this collection reflect on effective practices conducted in Catholic schools. Essays were written by participants in the 2000 principals' academy. Under "Section 1: Religious Education" are the following essays: "Kingdom Builders" (Sr. M. Joseph); "Sacramental Programs, Parish Programs" (J. Thaler); and…

Although the child support enforcement program has been increasingly successful in obtaining health care coverage for children, changes in the labor market, family structure, health care delivery systems, and social welfare policy require new approaches to ensure that children obtain appropriate health care coverage. This report of the Medical…