New curriculum initiatives in Great Britain are reviewed for their effect on special needs students from 14 to 19 years old. Changes include restructuring the secondary curriculum, new examinations, and organizational changes. Also noted is greater centralization of educational policy. (DB)

To manage enrollments, today's colleges and universities must incorporate marketing strategies and organizational changes that until now have generally been used only by business and other private sector professionals. (MSE)

Describes types of change typically encountered in school boards (administrative, curriculum/program, human resource, teaching/learning). Outlines five cyclical phases to guide/implement change: diagnosis, planning, implementation, stabilization, and evaluation. Provides specific strategies and techniques which will improve probability of…

While institutions and systems of higher education in different countries have much to learn from each others' experiences in this period of substantial educational change, each must also be careful to examine its own conditions, needs, and mission before adapting further to competitive pressures. (MSE)

All institutional activities should be based on mutually-agreed-upon educational and cultural values as declared in a formal mission statement. A carefully formulated statement supported by conscious, informal commitment to its fulfillment allows an institution to maintain integrity and provide direction. (MSE)

Describes the experiences of a college dean and a professor of educational administration who returned to the public schools as administrators in the Kansas City (Missouri) schools. From their experiences with implementing change within schools, they learned that professional staff development activities do not foster substantive change unless…

Reports on a study to determine whether the strategies and tactics employed in the establishment and continuation of well-established honors programs at selected community colleges followed five stages of academic innovation (i.e., exploration, formulation, trial, refinement, and institutionalization). Summarizes the significant activities…

Two planning and decision-making models are outlined that are designed to aid administrators in deciding when to hire a consultant, how to choose a consultant, and how to maximize the consultation's effectiveness. (MSE)

The faculty's resistance to institutional renewal can be strong and pervasive, and obstacles include personal preoccupations, confusion about goals and functions within higher education institutions, and skepticism about change. Renewal is needed in the faculty experience as well as in the institution in general. (MSE)

Describes a systematic approach to organizational change based on examination of prior consolidation experiences, which identifies organizational and individual employee needs and uses Maslow's sequence to plan for these needs. Use of this approach to manage transition period prior to consolidation of branch operations of the 3M Company is…

Current motivation theories aid in the development of a two-step organizational change procedure applicable to educational change. The process involves constructing a climate with a psychological atmosphere that is conducive to change and directly asking others to change. (DCS)

Discusses present and future changes in library organization and management resulting from increasingly smaller library units, use of electronics to support decentralized services, new management style, and interlibrary cooperatives. Three strategies for change--to accept change, to change change, to recognize that some things cannot be…

Discusses the changes in administrative structure in the Lunenburg Public Schools (Lunenburg, Massachusetts), including the new management of professional personnel, pupil services, and special need programs, as well as the roles of key administrators. (JW)

The report on proposed reorganization of the American Occupational Therapy Association details historical developments, demands for change, and a general rationale for reorganization, as well as specific recommendations for action. (GW)