This paper presents a study that analyzed the ways in which community college presidents define and disseminate information on institutional and organizational change. It identifies three courses of change on community college campuses: presidential initiatives, internal pressures, and external pressures. The study centered on the presidents'…

Digital collaborations are often stymied because institutions of higher education are increasingly divided between two cultures: the culture of knowledge and the culture of information. Campuses primarily remain institutions of knowledge, although practices of information acquisition can no longer be ignored, especially since the advent of…

This paper reports on the findings of a case study of an Organizational Development (OD) intervention within a new university in the UK. Previous research into the leadership of higher education has highlighted a number of apparently inevitable tensions. The findings of the case study uncovered a number of complex and interrelated tensions. The…

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This paper discusses the center/satellite model for funding educational programs which was introduced by the U.S.O.E. Bureau of Educational Personnel Development in early 1971. The author traces the origins and examines the underlying rationale of this model in order to assess its potential. (RP)

Predicts the probably development of four different types of voluntary service organizations (VSO) that have emerged in the last decade, and describes their probable future organizational development, character, and role. (Author/NJ)

Authors purpose is to identify and discuss the reasons why some innovative changes failed and other succeeded. (CB)

This paper describes costs and effects in the design and operation of linkage mechanisms in complex systems and changing environments. (LN)

Advocates having a Teacher Educator-Evaluator Model on the staff of every school who would assist in skill and competency development, and the counseling of teachers. (Author/AF)

Institutions of higher education have outgrown their traditional organizational structure and greater influence and personal contact must be promoted between student-faculty-administration representatives. (Editor/IR)

Medical schools can alleviate the nation's untended crisis in health care by increasing health care delivery teaching and giving more students training in patient care systems. (IR)

Examines planning considerations for community colleges and faculty related to fiscal constraints, the changing student population, vocational versus general education, and collective bargaining. Describes a study of 198 community college faculty members' career satisfaction and familiarity with and use of professional development options. (DMM)