A teacher describes his approach to teaching farm management involving field trips to farms, class discussions, lectures, guest speakers, and student research papers. The backbone of the program is the farm visits, with the farmers discussing their varying concepts of farm management. (MF)

Citing a lack of research on administrative decision-making in multi-unit community colleges and a growing need for a management theory for such institutions, the article defines the decision-making process, presents 46 problem areas and suggests a locus of decision-making responsibility (campus, central, joint) for each, and reviews the…

Analyzes the dynamics of establishing ten cooperative union-management projects concerned with restructuring work that were facilitated by a third party; examines forces supporting and opposing their creation and presents initial results from these projects. (Editor/TA)

Examines implementation of modern management techniques in student affairs units. Management techniques studied are statements of purpose, goal statements, written objectives, job descriptions, evaluation, and rewards. Differences in use of techniques between two-year and four-year, as well as private and public institutions, are examined. (Author)

Explains the procedures and materials involved in converting a high school's punch-card system to an online database. Identifies the capacities of the new system and highlights its advantages. (ML)

Discusses criteria for evaluating microcomputer database management systems (DBMS) used for storage and retrieval of bibliographic data. Two popular types of microcomputer DBMS--file management systems and relational database management systems--are evaluated with respect to these criteria. (Author/MBR)

The use of a Computing Resource Centre featuring word processing, spreadsheet, and database management activities by a group of talented and gifted students in Maple Ridge, British Columbia resulted in a marked increase in the students' organizational and planning skills and also in the quality of their work. (CB)

Presents a relational logical model to support a sophisticated document retrieval system in which flexible forms of inferential and associative searching can be performed, and provides examples of ad hoc inquiries. Several problems of particular importance to document retrieval are discussed in terms of this model. (27 references) (Author/CLB)

Discusses how the current management perspective in assessing student outcomes can be redirected so that assessment is used primarily to promote student development and to enhance learning. Defines assessment; describes development of an assessment program, including determining goals and assessment needs, when and how to assess, and choice of…

Discusses a "silent menace" in school computer rooms--the potential misuse of databases containing student directories, teacher salary information, test scores, and other data. Describes administrative computer uses and possible abuses, including invasion of privacy, false correlations between data sets, and manipulation of data for questionable…

Four articles on dBASE III include three on library applications: a photocopy invoicing system for interlibrary loan, a vertical file subject headings list program, and a subject index to statistical resources. Another article explains the differences between interpreters and compilers and the advantages of the Clipper compiler for dBASE III. (EM)

Guidelines for library automation include information on currently available microcomputer-based software products appropriate for small libraries and integrated systems for the larger libraries that can afford them. Costs, capabilities, functions, and vendor service are discussed, and a directory of vendors is included. (CDD)

Describes the design of a database interface for infrequent users of computers which consists of a graphical display of a model of a database and a natural language query language. This interface was designed for and tested with physicians at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Dallas. (LRW)

Uses France and England--because of their radically different institutional and ideological traditions in education--to illustrate common trends in educational accountability. Explains general trends affecting advanced capitalist societies at the present time, e.g., the use of corporate management approaches in education and the adoption of…

Describes a classroom management system that increases both the students' positive attitudes toward general physical science and the teacher's enthusiasm for teaching it.