Discusses four megatrends from John Naisbitt's book--"Megatrends"--which have particular relevance to the electronic library: shift from industrial to information society; need to balance high-tech with high-touch; focus on self-help over institutional help; and change in organizational structures from pyramid hierarchies to networks.…

Enumerates changing external conditions and internal organizational problems in community colleges resulting in a paradox involving institutional mission and structure. Lists steps for positioning community colleges as the key provider of specified programs/services through carefully defined linkages with public- and private-sector organizations…

Reviews forces that influence leadership in community colleges (e.g., demographics, resource constraints, mission definition and quality assurance, and technological change and aging staff). Suggests directions that will help community college administrators respond to new challenges. (DMM)

This article describes and analyzes the major changes in teacher education in anglophone Canada during the past three decades and then develops from that analysis a set of conditions necessary for effective program development to occur in schools of education. (MT)

Argues that community colleges can maintain their commitment to students by raising academic standards, demanding more of students and educators on campus, and remaining open to the particular needs of all constituencies. Explains the experiences of Passaic County Community College, when in 1976 the college instituted higher academic standards.…

Approaches to categorizing types of adaptive response are developed, these types are explained, and the consequences for individual institutions of responses made and not made are assessed. The extent of substantive change are associated with institutional type as reflected in the Carnegie Classification System. (MLW)

Well-managed companies and excellent schools have similar characteristics, based on an understanding of people's needs and the integration and utilization of that understanding by the organization for its purposes. Teachers, administrators, and the business community should be involved in educational change, along with education policy experts and…

This alternative model for identifying, diagnosing, and treating organizational needs identifies the basic elements of organizations, determines gaps between what is and what should be for each element, and allows interventions which are internally and externally consistent and successful. Common tools for closing these gaps are described. (MBR)

Describes the counseling services of Northern New Mexico Community College (NNMCC). Covers NNMCC's assumptions regarding counseling, mission, current counseling services, goals, and limitations posed by the present counseling structure. Proposes a proactive delivery mode based on group instruction in response to fiscal constraints. (DMM)

Urges the need for improved communication among advisers of state and regional press associations. Presents a table detailing results of a survey of association membership, management structure, activities and services, problems, and major accomplishments. Offers suggestions for improving cooperation among advisers of state and regional press…

An analysis of a new professional specialty--advocate planning--suggests that social movements are seen to enter a profession through the creation of new specialties or segments. By showing that the new practitioners of advocacy planning were highly, though variably, influenced by social movement organizations of the 1960's, this paper suggests…

Interviews and questionnaires were administered to a varied group of professional social change agents. A four-category typology of change agent types was developed from an inductive analysis of the data. (Author)

In its broadest terms, the learning paradigm calls for institutional change and institutional responsibility for learning outcomes. Leaders have to develop structures and processes that allow for more flexibility and creativity. Decisions have to become more data-driven. Barriers to student success have to be identified and removed. This book…

There is cause for concern about the future of public higher education. The unease is driven in part by the recent cuts in state funding of most public universities and by the harsh reality that today's strains are merely a continuation of a three-decade-long trend driven by systemic tensions in state budgets. Arguably of greater moment is the…

Frontline social services workers are the heart and soul of our nation's publicly funded human services system. Conservatively estimated at about 3 million, these workers have a tremendous impact on the life chances of vulnerable children and families. This vital role prompted Casey Foundation staff to conduct an in-depth exploration of job…