The application of modern construction techniques resulted in 15 schools built in less time and at a lower cost than previously done in Puerto Rico. (Author/MLF)

The educational reform movement of the past several years has forced all educators to critically examine both their current and perceived roles. The following model addresses the issues of a changing clientele, a changing society, and a changing expectation of the duties of school guidance counselors. The first requirement of a new scheduling…

Alternative scheduling provides community colleges with a means to adapt to declining enrollments and fiscal exigencies, and to respond the demand for accountability to students. Strategies such as departing from traditional semester- or quarter-length courses and developing weekend programs have been implemented at certain institutions to…

In summer 1983, Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) shortened its operating hours on an experimental basis. The building was open Monday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and a half day on Friday, while instructional areas were open for the most part only Monday through Thursday. A committee was established in July to monitor and…

This "how-to-do-it" manual on the intricacies of school scheduling offers both technical information and common sense advice about the process of secondary school scheduling. The first of six chapters provides an overview of scheduling; chapter 2 examines specific considerations for scheduling; chapter 3 surveys the scheduling models and their…

School scheduling can be improved to express many of the intangibles of a school, which give the institution its heart, says this writer. He describes a good master scheduler and makes several recommendations. (Editor)

Considers the characteristics and implications of four patterns of instructional organization: (1) concurrent courses, (2) time modules, (3) academic modules, and (4) competency. (Author/PG)

The present study attempted to discover if significant differences in grade distributions occurred in certain accounting courses taught on a multiple section basis at Johnson & Wales College during the academic years 1972-1973 and 1973-1974. All multiple section courses for the above mentioned years were identified and grade distributions…

This experiment in using computer-assisted curriculum planning in two British secondary schools tested the practicability of using computers not only in the annual compilation of school timetables but, more radically, in the characterization of constraints that "knock-on" from one year's timetable to the next. The Oxford School…

The 1976-79 schedules of the three major television networks were analyzed to determine what strategies were used to organize prime time schedules and what types of programs appeared during prime time viewing periods. Five essential programing strategies were identified: fraction of selection (cost versus reward), lowest common denominator (wide…

THIS DISCUSSION PRESENTS A DEFINITION AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE CRITICAL-PATH METHOD AS APPLIED TO BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. INTRODUCING REMARKS CONSIDER THE MOST PERTINENT QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO CPM AND THE NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH MINIMIZING TIME AND COST ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. SPECIFIC DISCUSSION INCLUDES--(1) ADVANTAGES OF NETWORK TECHNIQUES,…

THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTER TECHNIQUES TO PROCESSING AND ANALYZING INFORMATION GATHERED IN SCHOOL-SYSTEM FILES WAS INVESTIGATED. THE STUDY WAS PLANNED TO (1) IDENTIFY JOBS PRESENTLY PERFORMED BY HAND IN THE AUSTIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH COULD BE EFFICIENTLY AND ECONOMICALLY PERFORMED BY MACHINES, (2) DESCRIBE MACHINE-APPLICATION JOBS WHICH ARE NOT…