Community-based organizations (CBOs) are neighborhood-based groups committed to providing human services to poor and minority individuals. The charge that government ineptness generates a need for CBOs is supported by examination of the federal government's operation of the general revenue sharing program. A project set up by CBOs collected data…

A three-year partnership between the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), a group of school systems, the Massachusetts High Technology Corporation, and Digital Equipment Corporation achieved the goal of recruiting outstanding BA and BS graduates, with majors in math or science, into teacher education and teaching. The success of the…

This paper discusses the utility, versatility, and pros and cons of the formal performance appraisal as one of the tools of management by objectives (MBO). Rather than rating the traits of an employee, performance appraisal based on MBO rates an employee's achievements toward both his professional goals and institutional goals. The paper outlines…

Development in the study of organizations and needs for additional research are addressed. It is suggested that when goals are not achieved, an organization searches for new alternatives and new information. When aspirations are achieved, the search for new alternatives is assumed to be modest, slack accumulates, and aspirations rise. It has been…

This manual describes the Virginia Community College System's strategic and operational planning methodology for student services: the Student Services Planning Model (SSPM). Introductory material outlines the role, philosophy, and objectives of the SSPM; offers guidelines for its use and background to its development; and presents the assumptions…

Following a brief account of the circumstances of migrant workers and the status of migrant education in the United States, this pamphlet describes how the National Education Association (NEA) has impacted and will continue to impact the process of providing educational choices for migrant students. The NEA has consistently testified before…

During the past two decades, community colleges have vigorously pursued the expansion of mission and clientele. However, resulting increases in student numbers, services, and facilities have not been matched by additional local, state, and federal revenues. This tension between continuing expansion and available resources, along with increased…

This master plan is intended for use by the governing board, administration, faculty, and community of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) as a standard against which progress in occupational education development and improvement can be measured. After Sections I and II provide a foreward and introduce members of MCCCD's…

This document presents a summary of the goals and activities suggested for external evaluation teams for Kansas high schools. The total evaluation process has three parts. First the school engages in a long and comprehensive self-study, which produces data reflecting the faculty's own perception of the school. This is followed by an intensive two-…

This document describes a training conference sponsored by the Teacher Corps Network. Informational and skill development sessions for Community Council members from the Teacher Corps projects are included. A special planning session, held prior to the conference is described. A description is given of the conference planning and events. The…

An in-depth evaluation of four Organization of American States educational journals is presented. The journals, published for distribution among Latin American countries, were "Tecnologia Educativa", "Curriculum", "Educacion de Adultors", and "La Educacion". Assessment was made of the journals' mandates, implementation procedures, and managerial…

This report offers a broad outline of the educational programs and supportive services provided by District 24 in Queens, New York. Goals are presented for (1) the district as a whole; (2) the major curriculum areas (reading, mathematics, corrective mathematics, bilingual education, English as a second language, social studies, and education of…

Two studies were done about the selection of specific measures for use in institutional goal translation and evaluation processes; in addition, they provided prototype methodologies for setting objectives. The first, "Institutional Goal Achievement: Measures of Progress" (IGA), suggested by its results that the process of setting goals…

Shows how county superintendent of schools office was created to provide public services and evolved into highly bureaucratized organization. Examines complexity of society; legislated mandates/authorizations for services relationship to state department of education; quality of leadership; interaction with county board of education;…

Describes the characteristics of and relationship between academic libraries and campus computing centers, and presents reasons to support the argument that the two organizations will continue to have distinct, though closely related, identities. Several issues that universities will have to address to formulate a campus-wide information policy…