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National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
In the past the task of vocational educators has been to prepare people, especially youth, for known employment opportunities, but today we must be concerned about the adequacy of employment opportunities. The vocational system has paid too little attention to self-employed persons who discover and create their own jobs. These entrepreneurs are…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Employment Opportunities, Government Role, Job Development
Matthai, Robert A. – 1979
This report is an assessment of the energy needs and concerns of the United States cultural community: performing and visual arts groups, museums, historic properties, archives, libraries, community arts centers, zoos, aquariums, scientific collections, auditoriums, and individual artists and craftsmen. The findings and recommendations represent a…
Descriptors: Archives, Art, Artists, Arts Centers
Tetzloff, Richard D. – 1980
A study of the energy usage for 20 St. Cloud (Minnesota) district buildings was completed by a firm of consulting engineers. For each building, the study established a Total Energy Index (TEI) composed of the fuel, electricity, and water consumed during the base line year, fiscal year 1977-78. In addition, the blueprints and any proposed…
Descriptors: Building Operation, Climate Control, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates
Keller, Rosanne – 1977
Part of a series of home literacy readers with conversational text and sketches, this booklet addresses the Alaskan environment, where the snowmobile or sno-go has recently replaced the dogsled and mechanized land travel. Only with safe drivers is this "Iron Dog" one of man's best friends. The good sno-go driver stays off roads, plane…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Automation
Hendrix, William H.; Halverson, Vicki B. – 1980
An Air Force study examined the relationship between personnel background and several measures of organizational effectiveness. The Organizational Assessment Package (OAS) consisting of 16 background information items and 149 attitudinal items was administered to military and civilian subjects (4,786) at five Air Force bases representing six major…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Background, Educational Background
PECCOLO, CHARLES – 1962
THIS IS A REPORT OF A FIRST PILOT STUDY WHICH PRECEDES A SERIES OF STUDIES BEING CONDUCTED BY THE IOWA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND LENNOX INDUSTRIES INC., MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA. IT IS A DIGEST OF A THESIS BY DR. CHARLES PECCOLO WHO SERVED AS RESEARCHER ON THIS FIRST STUDY. THE STUDY AIMED AT MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF THERMAL…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Air Conditioning Equipment, Building Design, Climate Control
KNIGHT, GEORGE A. – 1966
FUNCTIONAL PROCEDURES FOR A MAJOR CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE SCHOOL PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS ARE PRESENTED. INCLUDED ARE MATERIALS FROM CONSULTING ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ATTORNEYS, AND SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS. FIVE PHASES OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS ARE PRESENTED. THE PREPLANNING PHASE INVOLVES EMPLOYMENT OF AN ARCHITECT AND…
Descriptors: Climate Control, Construction Needs, Contracts, Educational Facilities
SPRAY, S. LEE – 1968
AS PART OF A LARGER STUDY OF CAREERS IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD BEING MADE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THIS INVESTIGATION STUDIED (1) A MODEL FOR STUDYING PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR, (2) EXTENT TO WHICH PROFESSIONAL, IDEOLOGICAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCE PROFESSIONAL FUNCTIONS, AND (3) IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING PROFESSIONAL ADULT…
Descriptors: Administration, Allied Health Occupations, Health Personnel, Investigations
Geering, Adrian D. – 1980
Leadership theories are reviewed, and ways that college administrators can approach leadership are suggested. After defining leadership and distinguishing it from administration and management, three different approaches to leadership are reviewed: the trait approach, the behavioral approach, and the situational approach. Some emerging views of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Administration, Conflict Resolution, Definitions
Leon, David Jess – 1979
Various organizational modes for implementing desegregation in higher education are examined with specific reference to the effects of programs at the University of Washington, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the University of California at Berkeley. Each school established Equal Opportunity Programs (EOP) that differ…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Centralization, College Desegregation
Seifert, Kelvin; Lyons, Wendy – 1976
In this study researchers wanted to discover school principals' attitudes about reported increases in the proportion of men teaching very young children. Elementary school principals in southern Manitoba were interviewed about their attitudes toward beginning teachers in early childhood (nursery-kindergarten) education. At the time of writing,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Communication Problems, Early Childhood Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
LARSON, C. THEODORE – 1965
A COLLECTION OF SIX TECHNICAL PAPERS REPRESENTING AN ATTEMPT TO SUMMARIZE AND EVALUATE THE PRESENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AFFECTING HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN GENERAL, AND LEARNING IN PARTICULAR. THE FIRST CONCERNS THE INTERACTIONS OF MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT. THE SECOND RELATES TO SPACE AS A COMPONENT OF…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Climate Control, Controlled Environment, Design Requirements
Breuder, Robert L., Ed. – 1977
Six critical areas of community college organization and management are addressed in a direct and practical fashion. John W. Lee offers strategies for coping with the paradoxical decline in the quality of learning and the associated increase in instructional productivity. The translation of traditional intraorganizational into interorganizational…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, College Administration, Community Colleges
Manning, Brad A. – 1973
The Trouble Shooting Checklist-B (TSC-B) is a predictive instrument to aid the educational change agent in defining variables within institutions or organizations which are concerned with adopting a psychological assessment battery with some form of personal counseling orientation in deciding whether or not an institution is suited for a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), Change Agents, Change Strategies
Pyle, Gerald F., Ed. – 1973
Eight professional geography research papers presented at the Geography Section of the 1973 annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Science are provided. The specific topics of concern range from methodological essays to the quantitative analysis of historical geographic information. The titles of the papers are (1) An Attempt at Reform in Regional…
Descriptors: Climate, Essays, Geographic Concepts, Geographic Regions
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