Author feels it is in the interest of the educational institution to channel those apparent desires to communicate into positive communication and a resultant public relations program that brings about programs and policies of benefit to, and desired by, our publics. (Author/GB)

The fact that the college had no money to pay for the program, which was designed to improve physical liabilities and self confidence of handicapped children, failed to discourage the author, the president of the Essex Community College (Maryland). (Editor/RK)

Author discusses cultural liberation and the process of emancipation necessary before masses of people can participate in a genuine cultural democracy. (GB)

This special insert in Music Educators Journal is directed to every music educator to stimulate planning for Music In Our Schools Day, March 13, 1975. (Author)

Article discussed the principal and the methods at his disposal for school evaluation, the needs for school improvement, and the results of coupling leadership with external agencies, such as the North Central Association. (Author/RK)

There is a pressing need for informational gathering activities designed to facilitate the decision-making activities of State and local vocational education planners. Management Information Systems are suggested as the rationally planned means whereby the information is received and transmitted. (Author/SA)

Effective long-range planning by vocational administrators concerning job opportunities for their graduates requires assessment of immediate and future occupational demands. The authors suggest that the demand component Manpower Manual developed by the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education Management Information System will give…

In response to the increasing emphasis on career education, the author calls for programs to train "vocational school psychologists." The contributions of such psychologists to the school program would be in the areas of assessment and consultation. (RP)

In the German Democratic Republic educational planning has to guarantee the realisation of several constitutional mandates: admission to universities and colleges in accordance with the principle of achievement, with the requirements of society, and with reference to the social composition of the people and equality of the sexes; the right to work…

The university can become a flexible and effectively functioning social organization; one which serves a society with ever-changing demands and one which attracts and motivates a quality faculty. (Author)

The corporate model for executive staff development is presented here to improve the middle range executive capacity needed to make a success of the new decentralized comprehensive school design. (Author/WM)

Examines the complex combination of behavioral and technical factors which determine the successful introduction and continuous use of management by objectives. A previous article attempted to examine significant variations in the reasons why British educational organizations have used MBO, the apparent leadership styles, and the speed and…

Describes the establishment and functions of 20 regional education service centers in Texas. (Author/DN)

The administrator in higher education is faced with the task of setting the various decision variables under his control to maximize a value function as defined over a set of goal variables. (Author)

Attempts to draw together the kinds of information needed to help school district administrators view their orgnization by examining the consequences of decisions for all of the district goals and objectives, rather than by solving problems one at a time. (Author)