During his postdoctoral fellowship year, Dr. Schmeding audited courses in the sociology and economics of education, educational development and planning, and instructional technology. He also did independent study in these areas. (RT)

This bibliography presents a collection of 87 references identified by the Center for Management Studies at the University of Georgia during research studies on planning, programing, and budgeting systems (PPBS). The study evolved from a local need for a unified bibliography with a focus on PPBS applications in education, and this document…

Both the trend toward the scientific information explosion and the trend toward equal opportunity of education are altering what we teach and how we teach. While the movement in research and development in education has been toward using systems applications to deal with these changes, there are some problems with this approach. The domain of…

To improve long-range vocational education planning in Maine, this study examined and evaluated the feasibility of replacing the manpower approach to planning with an investment approach. A survey of machinists was conducted to develop an instrument for measuring program benefits as part of the investment approach to program evaluation and…

This report deals with some of the basic problems member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have to face as they approach the threshold of mass higher education. Part I deals with the issues in the planning of future overall structures of post-secondary education. Specifically, it discusses: (1) prospects of…

This book is comprised of essays, reports, and recommendations which were prepared by some 40 scholars who participated in The National Development Project on Rhetoric. The project, which was sponsored by the Speech Communication Association, had as its primary objective the development and amplification of a theory of rhetoric to meet current and…

This article discusses alternative possibilities to financial problems within funding programs. Areas covered include faculty load, faculty compensation, course additions, and course scheduling. (MJM)

Presented in this document is a discussion of faculty participation in academic governance. Within this context, the discussion is broken into categories concerning oligarchy and anarchy, professionalism and unionization, academic policy and purpose, leadership and authority, and constitution and structure. It is felt that much of the present…

This report presents a flexible 10-year plan for the Claremont Colleges as a group, with sections on the individual colleges, the central programs and services, and the affiliates. Appendices include reports concerning various Claremont colleges. (MJM)

Extracts from the European education press of October to December 1971 describe educational developments in the member countries of the Council of Europe. Some general comments on the Illich controversy (disestablishment of schools) and on the need for individualization of teaching precede summaries of developments in individual countries.…

Intended for teachers, the user manual for computer assisted planning to individualize instruction for normal and handicapped children describes computer based resource units and gives instructions for obtaining a computer based resource guide. Computer based resource units are described as consisting of objectives, content statements, activities,…

"Outlook" publications focus on areas of science and technology in which research can be valuable to industry, government, and society as a whole. Their purpose is to point up significant current problems in those areas and to suggest effective research approaches to their solution. This issue, dealing with changes taking place in our schools and…

A guide to offer the nursing home administrator and his inservice education coordinator a source of information about the process of program planning in inservice education is presented. To plan a program, the following steps are necessary: (1) Know the problem; (2) Gather the facts; (3) Examine the facts; (4) Select the best solution; (5) Gain…

This bibliography contains 109 reference works on teacher autonomy and teacher decision making completed during the last 4 years. The bibliography contains books, articles, and theses. The titles which have a single asterisk show availability through the Canadian Teacher's Federation Library. Titles with a double asterisk indicate availability in…

The purpose of the Career and Educational Planning Program, a nine-week course at Pioneer Senior High School in San Jose, California, is to help students assess their personal characteristics, study career opportunities, and set tentative long range goals. It is a good example of federal funds having a long-lasting impact on a school. The program…