As the co-director of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), a network founded by Saul Alinsky in 1940 that partners with faith and community-based organizations to improve local leadership and citizen-led action, the author has witnessed how power organizing can work. In the first few months of 2013, the author had been privileged to be part of a…

To establish a more direct link between its collections and the educational goals of Saint Xavier University, the Byrne Memorial Library has adopted a "holistic" approach to collection development. This article examines how traditional budget practices influenced the library's selection of resources and describes how holistic collection…

In 1997, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced an ambitious plan to open 13 International Baccalaureate Diploma Programs (IBDP) in neighborhood high schools throughout the city. Hoping to replicate the success achieved in the long-standing IB program at Lincoln Park High School, the scale of the IB experiment was unmatched by any other school…

SCHOOL ORGANIZATION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN HAS BEEN STUDIED IN TERMS OF A CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BY A CITY-WIDE EDUCATOR'S COMMITTEE FORMED WITHIN THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE RESULTS ARE PRESENTED. PARTICIPANTS HAVE RECEIVED THE OPERATION OF THIS PROGRAM WITHIN THEIR OWN SPHERE OF RESPONSIBILITY. THE PHILOSOPHY,…

The "cluster college arrangement" is discussed in this model for reorganization of the College of DuPage. The basic idea is to provide, within the framework of the parent institution, several educational communities small enough to enable students and faculty members to work closely toward reasonable educational goals. The following…

The Illinois Resources File (IRF) will be a data base with both manual and automated retrieval capabilities and will be compatible with ERIC. Indexing and abstracting will be done according to the "ERIC Theraurus" and the "ERIC Processing Manual" until an Illinois Processing Manual is developed; the planned completion date is…

A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE NOTED FOR EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS WAS COMPARED WITH ANOTHER LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE WHICH HAD ADOPTED FEW EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS. THE STUDY ATTEMPTED TO ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS--(1) WHAT PERSONAL VARIABLES CHARACTERIZE INDIVIDUALS IN AN INNOVATIVE COLLEGE, (2) WHAT FEATURES OF THE ORGANIZATION'S NORMATIVE STRUCTURE OPERATE TO…

The principal emphasis in Management by Objectives (MBO) in education and other industries is on management planning and problem solving. Organization development attempts to integrate individual needs for growth and development with organizational goals and objectives in order to make a more effective organization. MBO is used to help eliminate…

This report contains a history of school district organization in Illinois, a statistical profile of Illinois education today, a survey of selected districts offering quality education, and an agenda for change. Findings indicate that, of the measurable factors affecting the quality of local educational opportunity, district size is most critical.…

ABOUT 80 CHAIRMEN OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH WERE INVITED TO A SEMINAR AT ALLERTON PARK, MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 2-4, 1962. EFFORTS WERE MADE TO INSURE A GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATION FROM VARIOUS KINDS OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THE SPECIFIC CONCERN OF THE SEMINAR…

A summary of data on inservice training programs for state agencies providing services to the developmentally disabled in Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Minnesota (Health, Education, and Welfare Region V) is provided. After a brief description of the purpose and methodology of the survey, the findings are presented. Among…

The Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education has applied the change strategy of commitment, resources, and organizational structure in the planning, implimentation, and improvement of vocational education personnel and curriculum development in the State. (EA)

The new Illinois Du Page Area Vocational Education Authority Center focuses on employability. Unique features are the learning delivery plans and the student-public educating techniques involving the community market service center. (EA)

Data were collected through instruments and personal interviews from coordinators and faculty of 45 practical nurse education programs (16 in Iowa and 29 in Illinois) to determine characteristics related to student selection criteria and procedures, organizational structure, curriculum, and opinions and perceptions of faculty members. Comparison…