The author advocates a total systems approach to instructional development in universities and outlines three currently advocated schemes for establishing the locus of responsibility for instruction.'' (Author/AK)

Article focuses attention on the experiences of the Ombudsman at Sacramento State College, Sacramento, California. (CB)

With the tremendous growth of innovation in education in recent years, the need to "tune up the staff has appeared as an essential ingredient. The days of change through administrative directives have disappeared with the rise in teacher militancy and competency. (CK)

Means by which the high school can provide for its own self-renewal. (Author)

Research groups could do much to improve both the services offered by a library and its role in the academic community. (12 references) (Author)

A case is presented for a radical shift of consultant orientation in the direction of accepting a client's felt needs and presented problems as being real and of working on them at a level where the client can serve as a competent and willing collaborator. (Author)

A past president of the American Vocational Association describes recent changes in the Association's administrative structure. (SB)

Reports on the design and results of an effort to change the organization style of a sales unit in a business organization. (LN)

The growth of the Association of Governing Boards is described by a past president of the organization, focusing on its services and membership drives since the early 1960s. New issues are identified, including the future of lay governing authority, the need for specialization within the association, and activism. (MSE)

Applies the concept of control to organizations. Argues that organizations have been constructed over time on the basis of different modes of control of the labor process. The modes of control become specialized for different socioeconomic classes within organizations in reaction to historical cycles of capitalist development. (Author/RW)