THIS REPORT IS A DISSERTATION ON AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE SIZE-COST-ACHIEVEMENT FACTORS OF 39 REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF WISCONSIN. THE AIM WAS TO IDENTIFY THE SIZE DISTRICT AND LEVEL OF EXPENDITURE WHICH PRODUCE THE GREATEST EDUCATIONAL RESULTS AND TO EVALUATE THE REORGANIZED DISTRICTS BY DETERMINING IF…

This dissertation presents the application of change theory to the results of empirical research on concepts underlying the change process. It is stated that the change process is based upon the assumption that women can implement change to alleviate institutionalized discrimination in the organizations in which they work. The objective of the…

Two interventions of a university-based organizational development (OD) team with the administrators of a local Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) are described. The intervention was invited by the new superintendent of the BOCES. The first intervention focused on skill development and goal clarification. Because of a crisis in the…

This article describes an attempt by a group of Harvard and M.I.T. graduate students to use organization development methods for the first time in a large urban school system. The group concluded that (1) organization development consultants must be aware of the different environment within which large city school systems operate, (2) such an…

The argument of this paper on systematic change in institutions of higher education is that "(1) there are identifiable functions which appear to be necessary in effecting a program of planned change in an institution and/or a social process field; (2) colleges and universities do not presently seem to be engaging in systematic efforts to carry…

The Special Committee of the Trustees of Columbia University was appointed "to study and recommend changes in the basic structure of the University." The second interim report contains recommendations of the Committee on the participation of faculty and students in university governance through a proposed University Senate that would replace the…

The circulation systems of three divisional units of Wayne State University libraries (Education, Humanities, Social-Science) needed centralization because their separate operations had created many inconsistences and unnecessary inconveniences. This paper outlines the socio-technical decisions made in the organizational change. It describes the…

This collection of papers represents the first in a projected series of books concerned with the future of education. Its purposes are to provide educators with insights into the thinking of futurologists, to illuminate the significance to education of their thinking, and to introduce educational practitioners to the tools used for future studies.…

This document provides an analytical survey of interinstitutional cooperation from the theories of organizational change and education. Section I poses the major questions for analysis and reviews some analytical perspectives relevant to the topic. Section II is an overview of several major facets of the phenomenon, including definitions of…

This report to the President recommends the organizational restructuring and redefining of the responsibilities of the following regulatory agencies: Interstate Commerce Commission, Civil Aeronautics Board, Federal Maritime Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Power Commission. Prepared by the President's Advisory…

This monograph describes a new type of college administrator, the educational development officer, proposed by the National Laboratory for Higher Education. NLHE developed the concept over the past 3 years with the aid of representatives from selected colleges and universities who have been serving as EDOs. It conceives the EDO as a senior level,…

This monograph sets forth a portion of the research and theory base underlying the organization development program, 1 of the 3 major components of the National Laboratory for Higher Education''s Administrative and Organizational Systems program. It depicts some of the linkages among organization development, institutional research, information…

This study provides an overview of the status of jails and inmate populations in Texas in order to identify and solve existing problems. Analysis of the distribution of inmates among the 325 jails indicates that Texas has too many local jails for its total inmate population. Most of the jails lack adequate medical, recreational, or educational…

Paraprofessional programs in the schools of a metropolitan district were studied to test a theory about factors related to successful implementation of organizational innovation. Indices of variables were constructed from items on two questionnaires administered to a stratified random sample of paraprofessionals, teachers, and administrators. The…

A DISCUSSION WAS PRESENTED ON EXISTING AND POTENTIAL SOURCES OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION, THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH INNOVATION OCCURS, AND THE CHANGES WHICH MUST BE MADE TO TIE TOGETHER KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE. CERTAIN PROBLEMS OF DISTINCTION AND DEFINITION WERE NOTED. CURRENT SOURCES OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION DISCUSSED INCLUDED (1) CLASSROOM…