Introduces a paleontology curriculum that focuses on the concepts of observation and inference, setting up an experiment, collecting data, and developing and testing a hypothesis. Features units such as Nature of Science, Paleontology of Florissant, and Evolution. (YDS)

By analyzing ethnographic case studies, the ways that two colleges and one university conceive of and construct knowledge are examined. In contrast to assertions that disciplinary activity is the agent of knowledge production, it is argued that institutional contexts powerfully influence knowledge production and that knowledge is a cultural…

Examined relationship of employment status (full or part time) to facets of job satisfaction, work commitment, and perceptions of organizational climate in hospital employees (N=350). Results indicated that full- or part-time employment status did not have a significant effect on the majority of employee job attitudes. (Author/ABL)

Discusses ways in which administrators can deal with conflict. Strategies for encouraging healthy conflict and discouraging unhealthy conflict are considered. (RJC)

Corporations must be aware of labor force trends to formulate intelligent responses. Labor force changes during the 1990s will have serious repercussions for those caught unaware. (SK)

Surveys research on the connection between communication and stress, with particular application to the workplace. Reviews how message behaviors involving uncertainty, perceived control, and emotion can contribute to or ameliorate work stress and burnout. Discusses communication behaviors such as communication overload, participatory…

Changing well-established organizational decision-making processes is difficult but must be undertaken to regain and retain institutional viability. Research on decision making and the rational model used in business offer insights and options for changing the college and university decision process to increase organizational effectiveness. (MSE)

Political forces in Brazil have caused significant economic changes, including hyperinflation, and policy that threaten higher education in a variety of ways, including failure to expand during a period of economic strength, severe loss of academic autonomy, lowering of academic and administrative standards, and declines in teacher education and…

Reviews the concepts of educational program planning, models that provide a framework for the application of theory, and principles of systematic planning: analysis of milieu and client system; needs assessment; development of objectives; and formulation of instructional, administrative, and evaluation plans. (SK)

Argues that effective planning in Australian school systems must account for the attitude of everyone involved in the school's operation when developing youth policy. Describes the transition from school to work from the viewpoints of the educational system, administrative organization, classroom teachers, and students. Discusses the…

Contingencies and considerations in managing a campus facility renewal or construction project are provided for administrators. They concern relationships among and between contractor, crew, campus community, and the outlying community; costs; expectations; planning and design; and the timing and scheduling of construction. (MSE)

The financial reductions to Britain's polytechnics has been largely subjective, and the atmosphere of crisis management has damaged morale, made long-range planning difficult, and endangered educational quality. These problems may necessitate a radical restructuring of British higher education. (Author/MSE)

Describes the components of a program designed to strengthen ethical behavior relative to corporate policy. The topics covered include the identification of ethical standards and the skills related to those standards, the use of job aids, performance testing using case studies to simulate the application environment, and trainer tools. (CLB)

With data from 256 school principals in Manitoba, this study examined the effect of external environmental constraints upon the various types and sources of job-related stress. Results indicated that external pressures triggered extraorganizational and intraorganizational stress as well as the less obvious intrapersonal stress. (TE)

A study of nine four-year public colleges found that organizational climate is a relevant factor at the organizational level in distinguishing campuses from one another, but subunits account for the greatest variation. Administrators have more positive perceptions of organizational climate than faculty, and faculty attitudes are affected by…