A survey was conducted throughout Montgomery Community College to gather information regarding the time spent by various units on the completion of reports for external agencies. Data were obtained for the actual reports filed between July 1, 1975 and April 1, 1976, and for the last three months of the fiscal year an estimate based on previous…

This discourse suggests that there are nine categories of client publics (or education consumers) which individually or collectively hold expectations of accreditation and accrediting agencies: (1) the institutions, their students, faculty, and trustees; (2) the federal agencies; (3) agencies that recognize accrediting bodies, specifically the…

This tentative agreement form and organizational structure was proposed to create a broad-based policy and decisionmaking body for operation of the Consortium to Produce Performance Objectives and Criterion-Referenced Measures in Occupational Education. It is part of a project designed to develop a multi-State consortium whose primary concern will…

The author, a lecturer in educational administration at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, explored the present precarious situation facing teacher education institutions from the viewpoint of an administrator. (Editor/RK)

This article discusses a mandate for school social workers to provide demonstrably effective services. The author examines the role of accountability, interdisciplinary teaming, differentiated staffing, and new or innovative practice models in developing effective social work services. (EJT)

A college president challenges personnel administrators to play a leadership role in human resource management. Notes the need for career development programs for middle managers particularly and recommends an organizational development approach to faculty and staff career development. (JT)

The cluster dean's primary responsibility is to lead, supervise, and evaluate the faculty and staff within the learning cluster. He also participates in long-range planning and formulating educational policy. This article examines the cluster dean's relationships with faculty and department chairmen, and identifies advantages of the cluster…

Ethical problems in program evaluation are increased when conflicting or incompatible models are applied concurrently. Three models are illustrated: an amelioration model, for a program's own decision makers; an accountability model, focusing on public data disclosure; and an advocacy model, designed to advance the program's interest. Case…

Reviews a record-keeping system developed for a continuing education program for nurses in a state supported university. Discusses and includes samples of 18 forms representing three categories of records: individual offering records, registration process records, and Continuing Education Units permanent records (manual system). (EM)

A partnership of home and school working toward common educational goals continues to be the unformulated ideal of our society. In an effort to promote serious consideration of this relationship, six home-school relationship models are examined in light of what the author considers the "mindlessness" of present day educational planning.…

Reports on the District of Columbia school system's competency-based curriculum plan for education accountability. (BB)

Discusses the relationship and the extent of cooperation which exists between the federal government and universities in the area of research funding. Looks at some of the concerns of the universities and possible trends for the future. (GA)

Focuses on unnecessary labeling practices, poor cognitive and affective performance of children assigned to special classrooms, and the mainstreaming of misplaced pupils from special to regular classrooms. The controversy generated by these problems resulted in three new terms: mislabeling, mainstreaming, and accountability. These terms are…

The minimum competency movement is a national response to concern about a supposed decline in standards in the nation's schools. This article addresses some vital questions about the movement that have been left unanswered. (Author/RK)

Attempts to present an overview of the accountability models presently being considered, along with their shortcomings. Gives major criticisms of the accountability movement and develops a model of accountability that would be most workable, given the state of the art for meeting educational and statistical criteria necessary to evaluate and…