This publication identifies and describes the rationale behind new educational innovations in laboratory schools including those belonging to the National Association of Laboratory Schools (NALS). The educational innovations listed are categorized according to 1) type of innovation (name and description of program); 2) subject areas involved,…

An ethnomethodological approach is developed as a means of enriching theories of succession. The usefulness of the approach is illustrated by examining a detailed account of the first occurrence of succession in an emerging social organization in which succession took the form of status degradation. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the need for public library/school library cooperation in the development of their respective resources, and the formation of a network of services. Also outlined are elements critical to the success of such a network. (JVP)

Professional development of university and college faculty is one of the key, but unmet, needs facing teacher education today. (JD)

Systems Improvement Research (SIR) establishes a team composed of inside workers and outside consultants who jointly collect data and make plans for change. (Author)

The Office of Human Development Services within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has announced that the Administration for Native Americans will include: a commissioner served by a Native American Advisory Group; an Intra-Departmental Council on Indian Affairs; and Offices of Program Operations and Planning and Program Development.…

Discusses the destructive aspects of reorganization that must take place if change is to be successful. The 1970-71 reorganization of the U.S. Post Office Department is used as a model. (Author)

The article outlines the procedures and problems involved in establishing a society for the promotion of education of gifted children. Lessons learned from the experience of the Gifted Child Society in the United States over the past 26 years were recounted for the benefit of groups in other countries. (Author/DB)

Clarifies the meaning of organizational decline by delimiting it from related constructs (turbulence, stagnation, and environmental decline). Investigates certain organizational attributes associated with turbulence and decline in 334 higher education institutions over a six-year period. Results suggest that organizational attributes associated…

Authors (Creamer and Creamer) of "Predicting Organizational Change: Case Studies" respond to commentaries by Gwendolyn Dungy, Scott Rickard, and Charles C. Schroeder and G. Smith Jackson on their article. Lists and answers five questions raised by the commentaries. Claims research and theory building on model is continuing and criticism is…

Offers synoptic history of the Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) first 40 years. Compares intellectual and organizational developments affecting the field of inquiry with trends in four other interdisciplinary natural and social sciences. Urges GSA members to place higher emphasis on preserving archival material to assure a more complete…

Describes the organization of the Special Services Division of the Indianapolis (Indiana) Public Schools in response to national and local interest in special education. Cites events in the early 1980's leading to the division's reorganization, outlines the planning involved in reorganization, and recommends actions for others contemplating…

Discusses new directions in university press publishing (publication of fiction, poetry, art, photography, museum catalogs, regional material) and cites reasons for changes taking place (presses occupy unique position in academic world and book publishing industry, publication of scholarly books requires financing by sources in addition to book…

The purpose of the digest is to review the research on institutional transformation as it relates to institutional culture. The discussion of organizational culture's importance in institutional transformation is organized around three primary aspects of the change process: (1) readiness and responsiveness; (2) resistance to change; and (3)…

This paper examines the role of scenario planning as a development and change intervention. To do so, this article provides an overview of scenario planning and an overview of development and change in organizations. The article then builds on the philosophical orientations of development and change through scenario planning introducing the…