The Council for Environmental Education (CEE) is a national British charity governed by its members which include 80 national organizations with a shared belief in the value of education for sustainable development. The CEE works toward achieving shared aims through creating partnerships with its members, national and local government, business…

This doctoral dissertation reports on a study that examined the perceptions of the relative use by academic deans of six primary administrative control mechanisms. The effects of four known determinants of organizational control use were gathered from a sample composed of both faculty and administration from four public postsecondary institutions.…

This document is intended to encourage organizations that serve persons with disabilities to explore the potential for expanded credit opportunities for their constituencies, particularly credit financing for assistive aids and devices. The paper contends that there are significant numbers of persons with disabilities who could effectively handle…

This brochure is designed to assist study abroad advisers in increasing the enrollment of students from underrepresented ethnic minorities in foreign study programs. Administrators from eight institutions of higher education contributed ideas. The publication is a collection of their approaches and methods which they have found to be successful on…

This book is designed for use as a theoretical and practical tool for planning and implementing secondary school change. Chapter 1 presents the history of the development of the CaMaPe models and a perspective on the universality of educational and organizational structures and describes the kinds of schools appropriate to the models. The basic…

This paper addresses what characteristics of institutional approaches to change succeed in achieving stated institutional aims within a higher education context. It asserts, through an examination of two case studies, that successful organizational change depends on context-laden feedback-driven processes that result in steady incremental…

Indiana Vocational Technical College (IVTC) ranks among the largest two-year public colleges in the country, offering degrees in 40 broad technologies, and enrolling 61,00 students at 13 regional campuses. The multi-campus system is undergoing a significant shift in its accreditation status with the North Central Association (NCA) from 13 regional…

This guide provides information for those interested in starting a family day care association, which is defined as "an independent organization whose membership is comprised of home-based caregivers." The most important function of these associations is to empower individual providers by offering support, sponsoring workshops, and…

The relationship between teachers' personality factors and their willingness to comply with administrative directives is examined in this report. A random sample of 200 elementary school teachers in Mississippi received mailed questionnaires, of which 158, or 79 percent, responded. Survey instruments included the Wilkes and Blackbourn Zones of…

Changing the school environment to enhance student motivation and achievement is described in this paper, which focuses on broad structural change within the school. Current motivation theory is applied at the school level for lasting school reform. A collaborative project among university researchers, school leaders, and school staff in one…

Research in organizational development and ecological psychology has demonstrated the importance of viewing organizations from a systems perspective. Organizational innovations are planned, designed, and implemented in increasingly complex and dynamic ecosystems. This paper presents a model of organizational change which was developed using a…

In 1980 and 1982, surveys were conducted at Pensacola Junior College (PJC) to gauge the perceptions of full-time, academic transfer faculty with respect to actual and preferred program emphases, and to determine their level of job satisfaction. Responses from 56% of the instructors surveyed in 1980 (N=81) and 55% in 1982 (N=74) revealed that over…

Issues concerning the purposes and functions of regional educational laboratories supported by the National Institute of Education (NIE) are examined. The analysis is designed to assist the Study Group on Regional Laboratories to develop and evaluate a number of alternative conceptions of laboratories. A brief history of the laboratories and…

The Ohio Continuing Higher Education Association (OCHEA) is becoming increasingly vital in Ohio, with a membership of more than half of the state's 140 colleges and universities, and the prospect of continued growth. New initiatives have been launched: the newsletter expansion, the issuance of the first OCHEA publication (covering state…

Science and technology are helping solve problems around the world as well as creating new problems. The concentration of scientific and technological capabilities in a few countries exacerbates these new problems. The United Nations tried to address this disparity through a program on science and technology for development adopted in Vienna in…