The organization of higher education in Sweden, entrance requirements, and the system for selection of applicants for higher education are summarized, as is the Swedish system of economic study assistance. Numbers of students, terms of admission, and other data are presented concerning the different types of adult education in Sweden (Municipal…

This document provides an overview of the school variables and unit variables used in Phase 1 of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) evaluation. Included in the discussion of each variable are a verbal definition of the variable, a description of the distribution of the variable in the 156 schools that participated in the Phase 1 study, and…

ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA REGION 5 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CENTER IS TO ASSIST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL NEEDS. THE SERVICE CENTER WAS REQUESTED TO FORMULATE THE NECESSARY CURRICULUM FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF FLAT CREEK, HEATH SPRINGS, AND KERSHAW HIGH SCHOOLS, HAVING A COMBINED ENROLLMENT OF 502 STUDENTS IN…

Technological devices present a challenge that educators cannot afford to ignore. Properly incorporated into a controlled environment, these tools need not bring about any dehumanization of the schools. Traditional teaching methods, promotion policies, marking practices, and classrooms organized by grade level may allow control over what is…

This document presents a model for a Human Relations School, an educational system in which attention is formally focused on the human relations aspects of the school, those aspects traditionally subordinated to cognitive objectives. Ten basic assumptions are listed which led to the identification of a set of goal areas. Five to 10…

The purposes of this study were to determine the relationship of structural aspects of the school organization and leadership behavior in schools to job satisfaction within Individually Guided Education (IGE) schools, and to determine whether organizational structure or leadership behavior had more impact on job satisfaction in IGE schools. Data…

The principal aim of this book is to describe patterns of school organization in urban schools and to examine their consequences for teacher performance. Much current rhetoric about school reform is based on assumptions for which evidence is scanty. This study examines relevant data in an effort to verify or refute some of these assumptions. Its…

Do academic departments promote scholarship, protect higher learning from stagnation and interference, and provide a sound basis for hiring and advancing faculty? Or do they stifle teaching and research, foster parochialism, and limit the development of professors and students? There exist operating alternatives to conventional departments. Those…

This paper explores whether differential access to school, as measured by student attendance, length of school day, and school term, is an important determinant of student outcomes (achievement and educational plans). It is stated here that most of the "school effects" research has utilized school level variables for school resources,…

The relationship between student attitudes and the school as a political system is analyzed in this research report. Four types of school systems are hypothesized: elite, bureaucratic, coalitional, and participant. After testing this conceptualization, student attitudes of trust, integration, confidence, and interest toward both school and society…

Research progress by member institutions is reviewed with regard to university administration, computing, committees, libraries, and student welfare. Consideration is given to effectiveness and efficiency, management information, management by objectives, periodic review of objectives, strategy, and analytic resource allocation. Two research…

School characteristics associated with reading achievement and characteristics of low achievers in reading are examined in separate articles in this report. The first article begins with a review of the literature on school effects, arguing that there are school variables that show consistent associations with achievement, when the structure and…

This report presents the first stage results of an internal school board intervention in two inner city secondary schools in Montreal, Quebec. The Organizational Development (OD) technology of survey feedback was applied as an intervention technique to these schools. A response mode of planned change and development was attempted. The project…

A task group was charged with remodeling an existing connected old building-new building complex to make it feasible for a house-oriented senior high school educational program. Constraints to be resolved were keeping costs low, maintaining departmental proximity while encouraging interdisciplinary activities, providing for small groups, and…

In 1969, after much controversy and the submission of many bills, the New York State Legislature passed--and the Governor signed--a school decentralization law. The law went into effect on February 16, 1970, with the major transfers of power operative on July 1, 1970. This report examines those aspects of the three-year school decentralization…