Coordinated data collection and use are needed to improve management, increase accountability, meet demands for information, and prevent havoc in administering cooperative ventures. (Editor)

The widespread attitude held by school personnel of knowing needs of handicapped students better than the students or their parents is related to issues raised by R. Reger about consumer participation in the design of special teacher training programs, and offered is an alternative to the advisory committee concept. (MC)

In a rebuttal, R. Reger comments on responses by six authors to his initally stated problem and suggestion of a method to incorporate ideas of school administrators into teacher training programs. (MC)

The various elements of the management approach to tertiary education (broadly, all institutions of further and higher education maintained by local authorities) are identified, with the principal focus on the general approach known as "Management by Objectives" (MBO). The arguments for and against its use and possible hazards following…

The State of Florida has, for several years, been committed to perfecting a workable system of accountability for the public schools. The Florida Statewide Assessment Program, begun in 1971, has been an important element in this accountability effort. The Program was designed to assess students' academic strengths and weaknesses, particularly in…

The purpose of this paper is to develop a process model for identification and assessment of employee job performance, through motivation contracting. The model integrated various components of expectancy theories of motivation and performance contracting and is based on humanistic assumptions about the nature of people. More specifically, the…

Many management styles in business and education today are not efficient, however the system of Management By Objectives (MBO) is proving to be successful. An MBO system basically has three parts: plan, implement, and review. In the planning stage the organization's purpose is defined, a mission statement developed, goals set, and objectives…

This study examines the Illinois General Assembly's role in state finance and focuses on how the legislature can best control the scope and limits of state finance. The report is divided into four sections. The first section introduces the language of the appropriations process and the techniques of control applied to that process. The second…

When resources are plentiful most enterprises flourish, including higher education, and the need for making difficult management decisions is not so pressing. In the late 1960's and early 1970's competing priorities for available resources, demographic forecasts of sharply declining enrollments among traditional college age populations, and public…

Points out that with more student aid, more flexibility, and more choices available to the student, there are corresponding increases in deception, disregard of individual needs, defaults, fast-buck artists, and generally more abuse in the educational sector. Suggests areas requiring immediate and long-range action. (Author)

The emphasis of the new accountability is upon the fact that, regardless of how intense competition among institutions may become, there are certain basic ethical and legal obligations that should pervade student-institutional relations. These are cited in recommendations of two invitational national conferences on consumer protection in…

Discussed are implications of litigation concerned with the accountability of professionals serving handicapped persons. (DB)

An educational performance contracting project illustrates difficulties of satisfactory implementation as intended when examining climate for the experiment, its design and results, and problems of carrying out the project. (Author/ND)

Author suggests specific things that the research community can do to improve their relationship with the "users"-decision makers who finance the research or decide whether schools are going to use the research findings. The need for improved communication networks is stressed. (AM)

A study was conducted at Eastfield College, Texas, to assess the impact of remedial reading instruction on the academic achievement of students with reading skill deficiencies. The study involved all students whose basic skills were assessed at Eastfield College and who received academic advisement between April 1978 and August 1978 (N=898). Of…