A survey of academic and administrative staff involved in budgeting in four small-to-medium Ontario universities gathered information on budgeting attitudes as they relate to content, context, process, environmental outcomes, and personal factors. Differences between administrators and faculty were also investigated. (MSE)

Traces the history of futuristic predictions of environmental changes. Focuses on particular documents published on environmental change predictions. Identifies particular instances of environmental change, such as the rate of species loss and the greenhouse effect. Maintains that predictions of future environmental changes are fraught with…

While women are making some progress, the structure of employment in higher education is highly resistant to change. Concern for women's issues is no longer a high priority for educational leaders. Both administrators and women themselves must be committed to the advancement of women in higher education. (MSE)

Campuses are less commonly communities of shared values and interests and are becoming complex bureaucracies governed from the top down by administrative elites, losing their collegial atmosphere and cultural distinctiveness. Power has been transferred from faculty to administration, borrowing corporate approaches at the expense of the academic…

National Semiconductor, a worldwide firm with headquarters in California, designed dual career paths with the assistance of a compensation and benefits consulting firm. The approach to change was so effective, because of the paths, job evaluations, compensation structure, and the process, that others have adopted it. (JOW)

An application of the "Standards for Evaluations of Educational Programs, Projects, and Materials" to a private institution caring for emotionally disturbed and delinquent children--the Starr Commonwealth Schools--is discussed. Topics include the organizational context, evaluation initiation, implementation, external benefits, and…

Presents a case study in which an experienced teacher was terminated for incompetence following a forced transfer, assignment to a class with serious behavior problems, and conflicts with colleagues and superiors. Suggests that the development of teacher incompetence is a process exacerbated by organizational conditions. (SV)

Outlines some ways in which schools in different countries have incorporated career guidance in their curriculum. Uses a conceptual model to examine the changing role of career guidance in Great Britain. Explores implications of this model. Makes comments on the impact of world economics crises and of various sociopolitical aims on careers…

Employed questionnaire to study relationships between role perceptions and job satisfaction among military Drug and Alcohol Prevention Specialists (N=102). Found job satisfaction primarily related to perceived importance of prevention duty and organizational efficiency. Found supervisor's emphasis upon prevention duty was significant but…

The application of a perceived climate measure on a sample of senior level Australian academics is reported. Six factors were identified: organizational conflict and ambiguity; two leadership components (facilitation/supportiveness and directiveness); work group cooperation in policy committees and immediate workgroups; and organizational and…

Public and private colleges and universities are bracing for an unfavorable economic climate in the 1990s, spurred by concerns about federal funding. Institutions are cutting costs, becoming more enterprising, and implementing new pricing policies, using techniques previously used in government and business. (MSE)

Presents a lesson in which students are asked to analyze a preindustrial New England town according to its social and economic characteristics. Students are then asked to make hypotheses about how the town might have changed socially and economically with industrialization. Gives instructions for implementation. (KO)

An examination of the formal procedures by which European university's chief executive is selected and the role he or she fulfills finds many differences among countries. One notable innovation is the election of administrators within the institution. It is suggested that the drive toward professional management may endanger academic collegiality.…

Ten years after a $105-million gift from a Coca-Cola magnate, the endowment's income is allowing Emory University to decide how and how much it wants to change, in contrast to the situation of other private research universities having to make hard fiscal choices. (MSE)

A survey of 301 child protection workers in 33 states found respondents generally depressed about their working conditions, the burden of huge caseloads, and unrealistic expectations of them. Results suggested the need to further develop national and regional resource centers in support of child protective service workers. (Author/DB)