A systems approach model to counselor education is justified and elaborated by Steven Zifferblatt. Responses to his remarks are made by T. Antoinette Ryan, Donald Blocker and Patricia Wolleat, Lawrence Brammer, Ray Hosford and Norman Stewart. A rejoinder by the original author also follows. (CJ)

Excerpts from the report to the New Jersey State Board of Education by the committee of school superintendents, principals, guidance personnel, and State Department of Education staff members. (GB)

This paper examines the nature of decision making in libraries, with the view of learning what qualities ought to be developed while in a library school. The concluding section raises questions that must be answered before operations research (O.R.) can be successfully integrated into a library school curriculum. (7 references) (Author/NH)

The purpose of this paper is to describe and criticize a very common strategy in which the operations reseacher relies strongly on managerial judgement and the existing system as a basis for his inquiry. (10 references) (Author/NH)

The variable" loan and duplication policy which was developed is described and also the considerable impact of implementation. The work is presented as a case study in library O.R. The great importance of analyzing the structure of problems is stressed and the nature and usefulness of models is described. (9 references) (Author/NH)

Administering research and overseeing evaluation researchers make evident the role of attitudes and outlook in comparison to technical skill. The latter is important for evaluators. Evaluation research can be considered to have been originated in operations research. (Author/GK)

Access to initial teacher education (ITE) across the United Kingdom continues to be significantly determined by selective entry requirements, based on prior academic qualifications. While a number of alternative routes to teacher education exist, several barriers to participation in higher education, including teacher education, still exist.…

This chapter highlights some important themes from the previous chapters in this volume that will assist institutional research professionals and other higher education leaders interested in expanding use of facilities data in planning and decision making: (1) What you don't know can hurt you; (2) Operational systems are not designed to support ad…

A network model is developed to determine the optimum number of shelf heights to use which will minimize the shelving cost for a given collection of books. (Author)

Questionnaire data collected from 91 varied well-known, social-change agents were organized into a framework called the change agent's general change model. This model includes their values about change, how they conceptualize means of effecting change, the techniques they use to carry out change, their personal characteristics, and their…

An economic analysis of the Open University with an attempt to examine the economic implications of establishing an open learning system in the United States. (Author)

The U.S. Department of Education's attempt to apply quality assurance methods to its own operations is discussed in this symposium. Three presentations, including handouts, charts, and outlines, describe the quality assurance techniques and research methodologies used by the Department and present some initial results of the program. The first…

The nature and extent of systems analysis in education is discussed in terms of the following specific applications: (1) Instructional systems where the concern is with the components of the system (e.g., teachers, students, material to be taught, or audiovisual systems) and their interaction in the learning process, (2) project management systems…

This report is a critical evaluation based on extended field trials and theoretical analysis of the time-span technique of measuring level of work in organizational hierarchies. It is broadly concluded that the technique does possess many of the desirable features claimed by its originator, but that earlier, less highly structured versions based…