Papers presented at the Third Annual International Institute on the Community College are provided. In these papers, many facets of accountability are discussed: goal-setting, assumptions about learning, instructional modes, educational management practices, student development, instructional resources, and the systems approach. In addition, panel…

The purpose of this program is three-fold: (1) training selected administrative, supervisory, instructional, and support personnel to implement systems of adult basic education in correctional settings; (2) developing and testing a conceptual model of adult basic education in corrections; and (3) designing and implementing management and…

To determine if the Convergence Planning Technique, designed to identify research components and organize them in a logical manner on a matrix for analysis, could be applied to vocational education problems in Wisconsin, questionnaires composed of problems identified through literature reviews and interviews were distributed to vocational,…

The 1972 Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) regulations on cable television were intended to assist the penetration of cable television into the large metropolitan regions of the United States. In these major market areas, the task for developing an appropriate franchise is complicated by the changing functional nature of the cable systems…

This interim progress report comments on the objectives of the Media Utilization Services for Teachers (MUST) project, aimed at developing and demonstrating "a systems approach to facilitate the utilization of media to improve instruction for children, primarily those classified as educable mentally retarded (EMR) and functionally retarded." A…

Written for those responsible for designing jobs with career opportunities, this monograph is an outgrowth of the course "A Systems Approach To Task Analysis and Job Design." Major sections of the manual are: (1) Background and How To Read This Monograph, (2) How To Formulate Good Task Statements, (3) What You Can Do With Good Task Statements, (4)…

The procedures used in this study were designed to (1) identify the role of performance objectives in industry, (2) determine the importance of performance objectives at all levels of a school system, (3) identify the functions of the administrative service area of a school district, (4) construct the identified functions in terms of performance…

This report focuses on the goals of American education and suggested programs for NIE. The goals discussed are those that the American educational systems seems to be aimed at. They are classified into two main categories: output goals, essentially the ends which the system is geared to achieve, and process goals, attributes of the processes…

Developed as a result of nearly 3 years of development and revision, this evaluation system is designed to assist vocational education management in program planning, accountability, and reporting responsibilities. It was conceptualized within the framework of a management by objectives approach to program planning, but is compatible with other…

A field study was conducted to determine whether a general systems model was applicable to an antipoverty agency. The primary criterion for auditing the effectiveness of such an agency was "communication adaptation." The uniqueness and universality of the methodology employed allowed for accurate auditing. Ideal and empirically-derived…

The P.E.P. Report 1969-1973 focuses on the various findings of the Program Evaluation Project. This chapter deals with the first year development of an integrated program evaluation system for the Adult Outpatient Program, Hennepin County Mental Health Service, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This evaluation system is an extension of and expansion of the…

This handbook contains the proceedings of a workshop designed to assist home economics educators in working with exceptional children, especially the mentally retarded. The rationale, objectives, organization, content of sessions, participant descriptions, and outcomes of the workshop are described in the introduction. The body of the handbook…

A system of social indicators for the integrated and systemic study of rural socioeconomic development was constructed. Specific features of the system were that it: (1) embraced nearly all aspects of life activity of the rural population, ranging from work in the public sector to leisure behaviour; (2) included social indicators which measured…

Described is the Special Education Resources Location Analysis and Retrieval System (SER-LARS), a curriculum management system for several areas of exceptionality developed by the National Learning Resource Center of Pennsylvania; and briefly viewed are other curriculum management system efforts in Pennsylvania. Problems of building objectives…

Construction management accelerates school construction, increases quality and labor productivity, lowers costs, and offers developing nations an opportunity to improve their own management capabilities. (MLF)