It is not clear that the new Department of Education will assure more federal funding, high-level direction of research, scientific status of leadership, or detachment from partisan ideology. (CP)

Conflict between new child welfare service priorities and underlying attitudes is a major factor contributing to supervisory burnout. Training to prevent or alleviate supervisory burnout should be directed first to the development of realistic coping strategies and secondly to resolving problems of organizational structure in the work place.…

Although the Tax Reform Act of 1969 changed the way in which many foundations operated and brought the foundation community closer together, it did not have the devastating effect that many foundation officials feared. (Author)

The author argues that the national primary survey invites, indeed necessitates, a thorough reappraisal of the purposes, content and management of the primary curriculum. His suggested response involves a comprehensive strategy of analysis and renewal, involving curricular and management components, though within the framework provided by the…

Quality of work-life issues are described in relation to a changing labor force. Organizational issues affecting work motivation include opportunity and power. An integrated approach is taken to productivity and quality of work life. (JN)

Pays particular attention to the relationship of the organization to its environment. Also considers problems that arise from the methodology used. (IRT)

The history and activities of Cornell University's Cornell Women Graduates Association are described. The organization had as its primary purposes to keep a woman on the board of trustees and to protect the interests of women students in housing, job opportunities, and campus activities and publications. (MSE)

Helps organizations determine if they are ready to begin a human resource planning program which requires the organization to analyze current and future personnel requirements, to develop an internal support system providing sound performance management programs, and to develop internal support systems for managing employee careers. (CT)

From a survey of leaders in organization development, the authors identified 40 major needed skills which they categorize under four headings: knowledge skills, consulting skills, conceptual skills, and human skills. They discuss concerns and needs in each category, providing a chart of the identified skills for self-evaluation. (MF)

Provides advice on determining how much centralization is desirable and how to achieve it. Presents advantages of centralization. Suggests beginning centralization with a top executive mandate. Discusses the first meeting to define common objectives. (CSS)

The central problem in the art of administration is maintaining flexibility of organization. To maintain the flexibility that allows vitality and growth there must be within academe devices that encourage and facilitate the achievement of flexibility. Several of these devices are briefly noted. (Article originally published in 1935.) (AF)

Since individual urban parochial schools have the local autonomy necessary to implement organizational change, they may be better able to benefit from renewal than urban public schools. (JD)

Considers problems and practices in career programing for part-time students in terms of law enforcement, fire protection, banking, and real estate programs. Suggests identifying programs with many part-time students and assessing student needs and interests in comparison with institutional practices in order to generate maximum revenues at…

General university goals, especially that of public service, presumably legitimize extension's function. Various reasons are examined to determine why extension units are not accorded greater hierarchical status and fiscal support. Several implications for policy strategy are identified. (Author/BP)

One important implication of the study is that educational policy goals must more closely reflect the student's perceptions of what they want if such ambitious programs are to succeed. (Author)