In 1960, French and Raven postulated five bases of supervisory power: legitimate, expert, referent, reward, and coercive. Research studies in the middle and late 1960s in various work settings revealed the effectiveness of legitimate and expert supervisory power on worker behavior and satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine if…

A TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING THE CAPACITY OF A COLLEGE PLANT SHOULD (1) CONSIDER THE FUNCTIONAL USE OF THE PLANT, (2) ATTACK THE CAPACITY PROBLEM DIRECTLY RATHER THAN THROUGH STATUS STUDIES, (3) INVOLVE THE SIGNIFICANT FACTORS RELATED TO CAPACITY, (4) USE OBJECTIVE FACTORS, (5) BE UNIVERSAL IN ITS APPLICATION, (6) NOT INVOLVE ABSTRACT STANDARDS,…

ELEMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY ARE IDENTIFIED WHICH ARE INFLUENCED BY SIZE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS. PRODUCTIVITY INCLUDES OUTCOMES SUCH AS ACADEMIC PROGRESS AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND EXCLUDES ECONOMIC OUTCOMES SUCH AS GAINS IN INCOME. RESEARCH IN THIS FIRST PHASE WAS DONE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF IOWA. DATA STORED WITH THE IOWA EDUCATIONAL…

This study examined the extent to which the size of school enrollment affects teacher control over discipline. The study was limited to high schools in Texas. Fifty high schools were randomly selected from each of five size classifications. A random sample of 750 Texas public high school teachers were selected for the study (150 from each…

The advantages and disadvantages, for vocational agriculture teachers, of teaching in a large or a small school system are discussed. (LH)

Results of a study show that students with higher socioeconomic status generally participate in extracurricular activities more frequently than do students from less advantaged backgrounds. However, students attending small schools are more active than students in larger schools. (Author/MLF)

Differences between college students from different size high schools were investigated using a variety of college measures. Analyses determined that while there were few academic differences, students from smaller schools were more involved in high school activities, due primarily to greater opportunities for individuals in smaller ecological…

If the relationships between student violence and school size, community participation, and organizational climate can be determined, administrators may then be assisted in developing and implementing effective means of reducing school violence. (Author)

The number of private, public, and total universities, four-year colleges, and two-year colleges are charted to show fall 1983 student enrollments of: under 200, 200-499, 500-999, 1,000-2,499, 2,500-4,999, 5,000-9,999, 10,000-19,999, 20,000-29,999, and 30,000 or more. (MSE)

Fall 1983 enrollments in America's 50 largest school systems, and percent changes from 1982 to 1983, 1981 to 1982, and 1971 to 1983 are offered in an ERS statistical trends analysis. (KS)

Discussion of professional status of the college librarian includes a definition of "colleges," decline of status of college library in American Library Association and Association of College and Research Libraries, crisis in higher education and implications for colleges, bias against "small" in academic librarianship,…

Large schools reflect the problems of society, while small schools foster peaceful interaction between individuals. (PBS)

Empirical data about 31 college/university mergers are gathered and analyzed on an exploratory basis. Much of the analysis included developing descriptive statistics about the characteristics of the institutions and the merger process. (LBH)

This paper describes how the trend toward building new schools on large sites far from existing development centers, called "school sprawl" or "school giantism," can have far-reaching impacts on school children, school districts, and the larger community.Educators and parents express concern that large schools reduce…

One of the strongest arguments made to attract increased support for science for undergraduate liberal arts colleges in the mid- to late-1980s was that the proportion of students obtaining their Ph.D. degrees was larger at these institutions than at their Ph.D. granting university counterparts. This conclusion was supported by later research, but…