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SCHWEICKHARD, DEAN M. – 1967
SPONSORED BY STATE BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN ELEVEN REPRESENTATIVE STATES (ARKANSAS, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, GEORGIA, NEW MEXICO, OHIO, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH DAKOTA, MINNESOTA, AND WEST VIRGINIA), THIS STUDY CENTERS AROUND SEVEN BASIC PROBLEMS--(1) CONCEPTS OF "POLICY" AND "POLICYMAKING" IN STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Administrators, Agency Role, Certification, Curriculum
LUNSFORD, TERRY F. – 1965
AN EXAMINATION WAS MADE OF THE ISSUES AND EVENTS OF THE "FREE SPEECH" CRISES ON THE BERKELEY CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR MORE SYSTEMATIC AND DISPASSIONATE STUDY OF CERTAIN ISSUES BEHIND THE STUDENT PROTESTS, AND TO STIMULATE SOCIAL AND LEGAL RESEARCH ON THESE ISSUES. FOLLOWING AN…
Descriptors: Activism, Bibliographies, Court Litigation, De Jure Segregation
Conroy, William G., Jr. – 1980
This monograph describes the Transition to Work Simulator (TWS) so that the National Institute of Education can evaluate its capability in helping recommend policy suggestions to the United States Congress on the future of vocational education in America. (The TWS is a pre-implementation laboratory for testing economic and lifestyle impacts of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Data, Education Work Relationship
O'Neil, Bryan L. – 1979
The responsibilities of the business department chairperson at Castleton State College were assessed. A literature review included the area of organizational structures of academic institutions, and key faculty members and administrators at the college were interviewed to identify the key issues and problems of organizational structures and job…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Business Administration Education, Curriculum Development
Lienemann, William H.; Bullis, Bruce – 1980
Systemwide bargaining in higher education in four states (Florida, Minnesota, New York, Illinois) was studied to determine whether institutions were affected in the manner predicted by previous literature, whether the amounts of influence, or power, of various institutional decision-makers were affected, and whether the viewpoints of respondents…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
Ruopp, Richard; And Others – 1980
This final report of the National Day Care Study (NDCS), Volume IV-A, contains three papers that help to set a context for interpreting overall study results. "Research Issues in Day Care, A Focused Review of the Literature" focuses on effects of group care and regulatable characteristics of the day care environment. The second paper,…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Case Studies, Child Development, Classroom Environment
Reubens, Beatrice G.; Harrisson, John A. C. – 1980
A study of apprenticeship systems in a large number of foreign countries revealed considerable interest in expanding and improving apprenticeship systems, both as initial training systems and as a way of easing the transition from school to work and relieving youth unemployment. The American apprenticeship system differs from those of other…
Descriptors: Adults, Affirmative Action, Apprenticeships, Career Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1980
These congressional hearings contain testimony given in Washington, D.C. at nine hearings pertinent to the H.R. 6711 (Youth Act of 1980) and H.R. 6897 (Amendments to the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965). (These are bills to extend the authorization and improve youth training and employment programs, to extend the authorization of the…
Descriptors: Business, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Murphy, Jerome T. – 1980
This paper, prepared for a National Institute of Education conference on state governance issues in education, reviews the most important recent research on the role of the executive branch in state education policy-making and implementation. The literature review is divided into five categories: (1) input/output studies; (2) policy-making…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Decision Making Skills, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1976
The report contains 39 speeches by cultural affairs ministers at a 1976 Council of Europe conference in Oslo, Norway. The focus is on four themes: (1) the challenge of cultural policy in a changing society, (2) cultural policy as an instrument for improving the quality of life, (3) encouraging artistic creation, and (4) European cultural…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Citizen Participation, Conference Reports, Creative Development
Manning, Winton H.; And Others – 1977
The selective admissions issue in higher education is examined in this book from three perspectives. Part One on public policy and academic policy includes comments and recommendations by the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education. A report by Winton H. Manning in Part Two deals with fairness, including: the role of values in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Business Administration, Competitive Selection
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences. – 1976
The review of social and behavioral science programs supported by the National Science Foundation recommends improvements in program substance and management. Sixteen social and behavioral scientists who are or have been grantees under Foundation programs served on the review committee. They examined more than 150 documents pertaining to…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Data Analysis, Financial Policy, Financial Support
National School Boards Association, Washington, DC. – 1978
This four-part report deals with minimal competency testing with a focus on test development and the federal role in competency testing. The first section presents highlights of a 1978 conference on "Achievement Testing and Basic Skills" chaired by Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph Califano. The second section contains the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Board of Education Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Paulston, Rolland G. – 1979
The bibliography identifies 179 books, journal articles, and papers published from 1969 through July 1979 concerning educational change, evaluation, and ideology. Arranged alphabetically by author, topics include social change, social science research and national policy, social policy research, politics and educational reform, and ideology and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
LAMBERT, SAM M. – 1967
AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS HELD NOVEMBER 14, 1967, IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION DEFINED MAJOR FACTORS TO WHICH HE ATTRIBUTED UNREST AMONG TEACHERS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS. THESE FACTORS INCLUDE RAPIDLY INCREASING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, CONSEQUENT SOCIAL…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Collective Bargaining, Curriculum Development, Decentralization
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