Comprehensive organizational change was planned and implemented in a community mental health center (CMHC). The planning processes used, responses within the organization to the planned changes, and organizational lessons learned by the CMHC are presented. (Author)

While the book is far from closed on the issue of reverse discrimination, in light of Bakke, there is justification for rethinking and rewriting Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines to focus on opportunities rather than on numbers and goals. (Author/WI)

Examines the community services component of New Mexico Junior College, its impact on the semirural community, the institutional changes implemented, the faculty's attitudes toward the change, and key ingredients in planning and organizing the change. (AYC)

The present organization and function of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education is examined; a major reexamination and overhaul of accreditation, including its fundamental purposes, standards, and processes is suggested. (JD)

The organization and responsibilities of a proposed Federal Department of Education are discussed in an interview. (JD)

A longitudinal study over a five-month period of changes in several jobs was conducted among 244 employees of a federal agency. Data were obtained on perceptions of job content and a number of job attitudes, and indicated a temporary positive influence of the changes in one set of jobs. (Author)

Survey responses from 3,271 high schools were analyzed to determine the status of innovational programs in curriculum, technology, and organization. (GW)

This is the third in a series of four articles, (including EJ 163 640 and AA 527 267), tracing the history of the National Catholic Educational Association through the contributions made by six of the Association's leaders. This article focuses on the work of Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt, NCEA chief executive, 1944-1966. (Editor/RK)

Organization Development (OD) is the application of behavioral-science knowledge to enhance an organization's effectiveness and efficiency. This article discusses the evolution of organization development, the basic components of an OD program, typologies of OD interventions, problems with organization development, and organization development in…

Draws on the relevant social science literature as well as on research in Crystal City and in other south Texas cities, and delineates and examines the problems which confront and may militate against the formation and effectiveness of Chicano political organizations at the local level. (Author/AM)

The prospective and perhaps inevitable merger of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers is perhaps further away at present than at any time in recent years. Examines the factors present which have prevented the merger that would have at once created the single largest union in the United States. (Author/RK)

This study examines a structural approach to organizational change in a university professional school. The study provides a review of the literature, presents the background of the client system, and discusses the specifics of the intervention methodology as well as the results of the project. (YRJ/Author)

A guide to the vital signs of institutional renewal and the factors that influence its success and failure are presented. The essay summarizes findings of a team of educators who visited eight liberal arts colleges receiving institutional renewal grants from FIPSE between 1973 and 1975. (Author/LBH)

Traditional school administrative policy often establishes the structure and organization of the school first; from this structure, the program and curriculum then follow. By contrast, a case study is offered of an educational change as support for the reverse sequence, whereby the school program can be the determiner of school organization. (CJH)