This publication on staffing and staff development is the fifth in a six-part series describing the Management Organization Systems Technique (MOST) developed at Wayne County Community College. The purpose of MOST is to determine the goals and objectives of a college and assist in their attainment and evaluation. The staffing and staff development…

Summary reports on the organization and financing of vocational education in each state and territory are presented in this second of a four-volume report of a national study of vocational education systems and facilities. Information for each state and territory is organized as follows: state governance of vocational education (state…

Papers are presented from the fourth seminar of the International Association of Universities (IAU) held in Alexandria, Egypt. Inaugural addresses are presented by M.L. Dowidar, former president of the University of Alexandria, A.R. El Heneidey, President of the University of Alexandria, H.E. Abd El Tawab Hodeib, Governor of Alexandria, and Roger…

Resource allocation in universities is analyzed based on economic theory and a theory of organizational behavior in universities. Basic methods of reaching decisions regarding allocation are intuition and numbers and combinations of the two. The intuitive method assumes a university committee can judge its needs. The numerical method employs a…

Five recent large-scale investigations of educational dissemination and change in American schools are reviewed, consolidated, and synthesized to derive a set of conclusions regarding the current state of knowledge for policy makers, program administrators, and researchers. The material is presented as an executive summary in similar management…

A case study of the relationship between governmental funding of public universities and governmental control in one nation, Mexico, is presented. Three factors in the university's autonomy from financial control are discussed: (1) university power to distribute its funds as it sees fit; (2) security against stark income fluctuations; and (3)…

A study was done to (1) examine the impact of terminating the G.I. Bill in respect to the number, quality, and representativeness of Service accessions (supply of volunteers for military services), and (2) provide a means for measuring the relative costs and benefits of alternative educational programs which might be needed to sustain military…

This essay explores the issues arising from enrollment decline by examining the local school district context in which these issues must ultimately be resolved. The first section of this paper suggests that fluctuation in enrollment should not be treated separately from the continuously changing economic, political, and social environment of the…

Selected information is displayed in the form of charts, tables, and graphs about: (1) the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) program and other state-level student financial assistance programs; (2) the primary state agency or organization responsible for administering these programs; and (3) the general state characteristics relating to student…

The major purpose of the report is to reveal through case-study examination how seven carefully selected medical faculty practice plans evolved and how they work. The satisfactions and dissatisfactions of faculty and administrators were determined in on-site interviews. Among the findings and conclusions: (1) medical practice plans have become an…

The American Association of Community and Junior Colleges surveyed its 919 member colleges in 1976 regarding their knowledge of and participation in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's (CETA) locally-based delivery system. Responses from 519 colleges (56.5%) revealed that 478 (88.6%) of the respondents participated in CETA at some…

This review of the activites of eight Head Start grantees during the 1973-74 program year incorporates for each topic the study findings, recommendations to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), and comments from HEW in response to recommendations. Topics include excerpts of Head Start (e.g., available services, children's…

This is a collection of the major papers presented at the National Organization on Legal Problems of Education annual convention. The papers reflect the diversity and complexity of the legal issues that affect schools. Major articles include "Legal Literacy and Teacher Education," by Louis Fischer and David Schimmel; "School Finance Reform in a…

The document presents a report of the approach, activities, and achievements of the Adult Basic Education Staff Development Project undertaken by Health, Education, and Welfare Region 5. The region is composed of six States: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The purpose of the joint venture is to strengthen and develop…

The emphasis in the selectively annotated bibliography is primarily on nonvocational adult education. The 1,756 entries are grouped into four large categories, with subdivisions: general (bibliographies, yearbooks and directories, encyclopedias, and periodicals); social and educational background (general works, history of education, and mass…