The corporate model for executive staff development is presented here to improve the middle range executive capacity needed to make a success of the new decentralized comprehensive school design. (Author/WM)

Examines the complex combination of behavioral and technical factors which determine the successful introduction and continuous use of management by objectives. A previous article attempted to examine significant variations in the reasons why British educational organizations have used MBO, the apparent leadership styles, and the speed and…

Describes the establishment and functions of 20 regional education service centers in Texas. (Author/DN)

The administrator in higher education is faced with the task of setting the various decision variables under his control to maximize a value function as defined over a set of goal variables. (Author)

Attempts to draw together the kinds of information needed to help school district administrators view their orgnization by examining the consequences of decisions for all of the district goals and objectives, rather than by solving problems one at a time. (Author)

Describes an analysis by the University of Maine of the expenditures and support of public higher education in Maine vis-a-vis the expenditures and support of public higher education in comparable states. (Author)

This statement, prapared by the Council of the Australian Geography Teachers Association to assist geography teachers, curriculum planners, and educational administrators, describes geography as a field of study focusing on the environment through the use of spatial concepts and establishes the usefulness and importance of geography in school…

This study presents rankings of higher education institutions based on the American Council on Education studies to aid in national higher education planning, especially at the graduate level. (PG)

Describes a system of decentralized management for research and development centers in which the basic ingredients are (1) trust and courage among colleagues, whatever generation or seniority, and (2) a readiness to make decisions by discussion and not by the fiat of central authority. (Author)

Discusses the impact of the conversion to the metric system on vocational education. (SB)

The authors of Statewide Reallocation through Program Priorities'' respond to the preceding commentary. (PG)

Article describes four educational models for developing an educational system for career education. (GB)

A parody on the way instructional programs are organized without common standards or criteria, concluding that education needs better research. (HB)