Discusses the offering of a two-quarter Sloan Foundation course entitled "C-50-Design of Complex Systems" to students in all departments, from freshmen to Ph.D. candidates, at the Northwestern University. Indicates the presence of a realistic working environment due to the mix of students' interests, skills, and levels of ability. (CC)

Discusses the establishment of an environmental systems laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh with the support of the Sloan Foundation. Indicates that the "real world" can be brought into the laboratory by simulating on computers, software systems, and data bases. (CC)

Discusses the Environmental Systems Study Program conducted at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute with the support of the Sloan Foundation. Indicates that the activities are to lend valuable pilot experience to the implementation of broad changes in educational programs. Included is a summary of students' real-problem project titles. (CC)

Within an accepted process and measures framework, total program cost over the life of the program, including the life of facility(ies) that house the program, provides a rational decisionmaking environment for the accountable managers. (Author)

A classification system for analyzing the dynamics of energy consumption in building components. (Author/MF)

The National Research Council of Canada has under way a research project aimed at the development of facilities required to permit the computer to be used effectively in computer-aided learning applications. (Authors)

Educators must recognize the inadequacies of their planning, programing, evaluation, and budgeting systems. When these are redeveloped, PPBS will produce the cost/effectiveness data they are really capable of. (WM)

Article describes the systems for instructional materials development for medical education at the Medical Center, University of Illinois. (HB)

The problem of the white researcher in black communities is approached from a systems perspective with emphasis on relationships, as opposed to variables: the relationships of concern are those between black communities and educational systems in the communities. (Author/JM)

Current interest in control of schools is a struggle for economic influence rather than genuine educational concerns, and in urban areas is generally a struggle between black and whites. A systems approach, claims author, is an alternative for sharing control and responsibility. (DS)

Training Technology is a supplement to Educational Technology. (AG)

College planners turned to the use of systems building, fast-track planning, and construction management to produce a 1,000-student, first-phase campus in 20 months. (Author)