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Guttmann, David – 1977
This is a study of decision-making patterns among urban community-living older adults. Focus is on the utilization of resources by the elderly. The sample consists of 410 respondents who were interviewed twice. The results show that action-taking related to a significant life event is the most important predictor of well-being. Significant…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Community Resources, Decision Making, Gerontology
Carvalho, Bernardo A. – 1977
The involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with both United States and foreign news media has been recorded in numerous publications. This report reviews the important aspects of the CIA-press relationships as they have appeared in print and discusses the implications of these relationsihps for the credibility of the press. Media…
Descriptors: Credibility, Federal Government, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Speech
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Lawrence, John E. S.; And Others – 1976
This is the second of a four-volume report of Project EDNEED II (Empirical Determination of Nationally Essential Educational Data). (Project EDNEED II, conducted from July 1975 to September 1976, was designed to document the extent to which data currently collected by State vocational education agencies could be used to answer prioritized…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Information Needs
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Katz, Douglas S. – 1976
This is the fourth volume of a four-volume report of Project EDNEED II (Empirical Determination of Nationally Essential Educational Data), conducted from July 1975 to September 1976 to document the extent to which data currently collected by State vocational education agencies could be used to answer vocational education informational needs of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
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Guba, Egon G.; Clark, David L. – Educational Researcher, 1975
The current unified-system view of educational knowledge production and utilization is seen to be inadequate. A reformulation of the conceptual structure on which the program is built must be complete, balanced, and realistic in order to mount programs in education which can command broad-based support. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Innovation, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Ofiesh, Gabriel D. – Educ Leadership, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Planning, Educational Technology, Information Dissemination
Anderson, Wayne; Sherr, Steve – J Coll Stud Personnel, 1969
Descriptors: College Students, Confidential Records, Counselor Role, Information Dissemination
Cresswell, Anthony M.; And Others – 1982
Interviews with persons responsible for interpreting and transmitting labor relations policy to negotiators at the local school district level in New York revealed considerable consistency in the ways the relevant laws, regulations, and legal opinions were assessed and used. Policy interpreters turned first to documents and then to consultants…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Utilization, Labor Legislation
King, Jean A.; And Others – 1981
This bibliography cites 326 references on the use of evaluation information and results. References include dissertations, journal articles, ERIC documents, books, and other papers. Both published and unpublished works, the majority of which were written after 1970, are cited. A special list of ten recommended readings is separate from the…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Davis, Donna G.; Stecher, Brian – 1980
Data from interviews with elementary school principals are examined for insights into the impact of administrative style on evaluation utilization. Characteristics of 23 principals' administrative styles are classified as being either "compliance" (CO) or "non-compliance" (NCO) oriented. CO principals are characterized by the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Louis, Karen Seashore – 1980
The role of external agents in educational knowledge utilization, the factors affecting agent impact, and future research needs comprise the topics of this literature review. Based on existing definitions, the author identifies the external agent as an individual or group outside the client system whose objective is to help the clients enhance…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Harrison, Charles H. – 1977
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system provides information to education writers for newspapers, magazines, radio, and television. ERIC can be used to find the names of reliable sources in a given field, as well as background information for an in-depth article or broadcast. The ERIC collection of documents on microfiche is…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Educational Resources, Guides, Indexes
Trubow, George B. – 1978
Policies and issues associated with the privacy and security of criminal history information are presented. The first chapter discusses general concepts regarding privacy and security of criminal justice information, including definitions of basic terms, considerations of interests requiring attention when developing policy, relevance of fair…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Criminals, Information Storage
World Federation of Engineering Organizations, London (England). Committee on Engineering Information. – 1977
This international collection of papers on the role of technical information in the engineering profession contains 18 discussions on the following: activities of the Committee on Engineering Information (CEI) of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO); engineering information in the framework of UNESCO/UNISIST; industrial and…
Descriptors: Databases, Engineering, Engineers, Information Services
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Tydeman, John; And Others – 1980
The size, cost, and complexity of quantitative modeling in the social and physical sciences demand that modelers focus attention on premodeling phases of analysis, specifically on formulation and definition of problems. This is especially true in the areas of futures research and technology assessment. At the problem-defining stage of modeling, a…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Display Systems, Information Networks
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