Projects of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) conducted to develop techniques and strategies for describing and analyzing outcomes are discussed. It is suggested that the information will assist decision-makers in understanding and using outcomes information in their planning and management decisions. The…

The development phases of an operational computer managed instruction (CMI) system include planning, when the instructional model is designed; acquisition, when instructional system specifications are prepared; implementation/operation, which provides for the resolution of operational problems; evaluation, when the system is tested; and…

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…

Using the example of a Career Education Model developed by the Orange County, California Consortium, the document provides guidelines for setting up career education programs in local educational agencies. Component levels, a definition of career education, and Consortium program background are discussed. Subsequent chapters include: Program…

We are better prepared today to deal with the problems in library administration, because we not only have the basic work of management theorists, but also staffs who are better educated and more interested in participation. During the last 25 years, there have been two strands in library administration. The older, human relations approach allowed…

The document, developed by a task force of Wyoming educators in the field of cooperative occupational education (COE), offers suggestions for the development of management systems and policies for the improvement and implementation of COE programs in Wyoming. Following a brief description of the philosophy and objectives of COE, the document…

Many educators react defensively to demands for student assessment, accountability, and so forth. Rather than being defensive, we must turn these challenges to our advantage. If I am responsible in my work, then I ought to also be accountable for my work. We must describe what schools are expected to accomplish and show publicly whether these…

Part 2 of a two-part report describes nine supplemental studies used to test K-MUST, the Kansas Manpower Utilization System for Training. For each study, an introduction, background information, procedures, analysis, and conclusions and recommendations are provided. The studies are: (1) a comparison of Federal matrix manpower needs projections and…

By virtue of the educational process, there exists a literate electorate that wants a voice in what the educational system is producing and that knows how to articulate its demands. Schools are faced with Federal, State, and district expectations. Along with these expectations there are internal and external forces that weigh on the educational…

The system approach to planning and managing educational change features the use of an adaptive framework and a strategy for planned system change. The approach focuses management attention upon (1) relevant future states of expectation or goals, (2) present and future state variables and contexts, (3) human organization factors, and (4)…

A systematic approach to management procedures necessary to independent study programs focuses on six control instruments. They include: (1) an independent-study contract agreement, (2) a time-record sheet, (3) a syllabus of learning objectives, (4) a learning-objectives contract agreement, (5) a learning-objectives challenge agreement, and (6) a…

This collection of papers represents the developmental research as well as the thrust of the Regional Laboratory's (UMREL) program. UMREL has been developing behaviorally engineered educational environments through a cross-disciplinary effort in education and the behavioral sciences. The program began with the establishment of demonstration…

This booklet is designed primarily as an instructional manual for staff inservice training in fulfilling professional obligations for accountability. Important factors in bringing about accountability are people and systems--people assess the need, consent to meet the need, and contract to be responsible for specific standards of performance. The…

The use of graphics (maps, charts, diagrams, renderings, photographs) for regional policy formulation and decision making is discussed at length. The report identifies the capabilities of a number of tools for analysis/synthesis/communication, especially computer assisted graphics to assist in community self-education and the management of change.…

Teachers need a framework for decision-making; this book supplies criteria against which they can weigh choices about alternative courses of action and encourages systematic instructional design by encouraging them to think about the overall educational effort. The underlying assumptions are that teachers overteach, that poor organization by the…